I would not advise anyone wishing to solve human rationality, or to do anything else awesome, to refrain from attempting said awesome thing on the theory that we or anyone else has that covered.
As someone who worked for CFAR for a couple years and then quit at the beginning of 2021: In addition to this advice, I would also advise that anyone wishing to gain basic skill in rationality, teaching, and workshop running, because they do not yet feel ready to solve human rationality or do anything else awesome, should pursue some strategy other than “I will work for CFAR while I level up and maybe eventually become a real cool instructory person capable of Impact”. I think that CFAR is unusually likely to be bad for you. I hope you will learn to be awesome somewhere else instead.
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As someone who worked for CFAR for a couple years and then quit at the beginning of 2021: In addition to this advice, I would also advise that anyone wishing to gain basic skill in rationality, teaching, and workshop running, because they do not yet feel ready to solve human rationality or do anything else awesome, should pursue some strategy other than “I will work for CFAR while I level up and maybe eventually become a real cool instructory person capable of Impact”. I think that CFAR is unusually likely to be bad for you. I hope you will learn to be awesome somewhere else instead.