Fireside chat | Nick Beckstead | EA Global: San Francisco 2018

Did effective altruists take too long to start prioritizing the long-term future? When we disagree with others or the mainstream, how much should that affect our confidence? What is the “shape” of thinking in machine learning? In this lively fireside chat from EA Global: San Francisco 2018, hosted by Rob Wiblin, Nick Beckstead discusses these and other questions.
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Also watch 'EA Community Building', by Nick Beckstead: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHXLnWVohttgh8k.

[@loganmilliken2727]

The feeling of elitism, for me, comes from constant references to colleges, college students, and some real formal sounding job positions. Nether of which seem all that necessary unless you are going into medical fields. College needs to be made obsolete.

[@420_gunna]

Nicky B's PhD thesis "On the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future," for those that are interested: rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/40469/PDF/1/play/

[@MartinLichtblau]

Science about & for GoodLife.

[@MrScoodles]

woah. He actually does speak that fast in real life...

[@k14pc]

this was helpful, thanks!