I think https://www.wakingup.com/ should be considered for effective organisation status. It donates 10% of revenue to the most effective causes and I think reaching nondual states of awakening could be one of the most effective ways for people in rich countries to improve their wellbeing.
How bad does factory farming need to get before we WANT TO accelerate AI capabilities?
This article suggests that the DAILY "total painfulness of fish suffering is equivalent to the painfulness of one hundred fifty million human deaths" and that most of these deaths are via "slow suffocation, crushing, or live disemboweling".
Let's assume the creation of AGI had a >80% probability of leading to two outcomes for non-human animals: extinction or liberation.
I'd just like to say that I had OCD/GAD for ~ 10 years but now have no symptoms due to lifestyle changes and therapy. If anyone would like to chat with me about this I'm very happy to chat [email protected]
This comment is probably going to frustrate some people, but it comes from a good place; if you do the hard work in internalising the belief that a self doesn't exist, then feelings of rejection, shame, guilt, pride, can all go away.
It is absolutely possible to dissolve your small self (i.e. the one that feels all these emotions, the one that you can feel sitting behind your face) and access a bigger, more interconnected, loving and energetic you. One that can't be hurt or rejected.
Some resources to get started on this journey:
An intellectual/philosophical approach would be this lecture series from Jay Garfield:
2. But 'trying' to lose your sense of self won't work on its own. You'll need a practice. For that I highly recommend Loch Kelly https://lochkelly.org/
(he has two great series on the Waking Up app)
If anyone wants to chat more about this you can email me [email protected]
I think https://www.wakingup.com/ should be considered for effective organisation status. It donates 10% of revenue to the most effective causes and I think reaching nondual states of awakening could be one of the most effective ways for people in rich countries to improve their wellbeing.
How bad does factory farming need to get before we WANT TO accelerate AI capabilities?
This article suggests that the DAILY "total painfulness of fish suffering is equivalent to the painfulness of one hundred fifty million human deaths" and that most of these deaths are via "slow suffocation, crushing, or live disemboweling".
Let's assume the creation of AGI had a >80% probability of leading to two outcomes for non-human animals: extinction or liberation.
How might we do the math on this?
I hate reading articles like this; but we need to, over and over and over.
Well done.
Well done Otto and Joep 👏🏼
something relevant to the moratorium / protests would be useful 😏
I asked Midjourney-GPT-5 to visually represent the average brain of an Effective Altruist. Astounding results: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtoGZDstA8k/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I'd just like to say that I had OCD/GAD for ~ 10 years but now have no symptoms due to lifestyle changes and therapy. If anyone would like to chat with me about this I'm very happy to chat [email protected]
This comment is probably going to frustrate some people, but it comes from a good place; if you do the hard work in internalising the belief that a self doesn't exist, then feelings of rejection, shame, guilt, pride, can all go away.
It is absolutely possible to dissolve your small self (i.e. the one that feels all these emotions, the one that you can feel sitting behind your face) and access a bigger, more interconnected, loving and energetic you. One that can't be hurt or rejected.
Some resources to get started on this journey:
2. But 'trying' to lose your sense of self won't work on its own. You'll need a practice. For that I highly recommend Loch Kelly https://lochkelly.org/
(he has two great series on the Waking Up app)
If anyone wants to chat more about this you can email me [email protected]
hmmm does this work? https://join.slack.com/t/agi-moratorium-hq/shared_invite/zt-1xg02vzmp-8cFeFm3rw3ZAGX7byHJVMA
Great post. I used it as another opportunity to shout-text my non-vegan family. It didn't work.