You are in exactly the same position as me. Everything in your post reflects facts about my life, except a few:
I am not an extrovert, even in the slightest
I live in Florida, which isn’t in Germany at all.
I’ve never written any code, even basic HTML
I don’t have a fucking clue what I should be doing. It looks right now that I’m not going to make any difference at all. Not going to make a lot of money, definitely not going to contribute directly to FAI research. My current plan (which sucks) is to finish reading the Sequences and then apply for the existential risk career network. If I fail to get in, my Plan B is to come up with another plan.
The existential risk career network is a loose mailing list. I would be surprised if you weren’t accepted. But joining it won’t solve your problems either...
You are in exactly the same position as me. Everything in your post reflects facts about my life, except a few:
I am not an extrovert, even in the slightest
I live in Florida, which isn’t in Germany at all.
I’ve never written any code, even basic HTML
I don’t have a fucking clue what I should be doing. It looks right now that I’m not going to make any difference at all. Not going to make a lot of money, definitely not going to contribute directly to FAI research. My current plan (which sucks) is to finish reading the Sequences and then apply for the existential risk career network. If I fail to get in, my Plan B is to come up with another plan.
I’m so helpless!
The existential risk career network is a loose mailing list. I would be surprised if you weren’t accepted. But joining it won’t solve your problems either...
Huh. Well, ain’t that somethin’.