Being scientific is not a requirement for those who seek psychologists, or a lecturer on self-help/personal psychology. People’d rather pay a charlatan that appears on TV making astrology-like claims, than someone who knows facts about happiness, distress and depression based on large N studies.
Did you test this claim against reality and actually advertise services as a life coach etc.? Can you work as an online therapist through LivePerson.com or a similar site? If what you do actually works, maybe it will spread through word-of-mouth. Maybe you can copy the promotional methods of whoever is getting themselves promoted most effectively but spread stuff based on science.
If you’re fully fluent in >1 language, try translation work? I’ve definitely seen websites that hire people to do that though I can’t recall any offhand.
Can you raise money for IERFH and tackle bigger projects (thereby becoming more impressive and raising more money)?
Not interested in translation work. Language habilities are more abundant than philosophical knowledge/transhumanist morals where I live by a factor of millions. It would be such a waste.
I was planning on raising money for IERFH, we had donations. But I am not psychologically good at that, it also would probably not give me, personally money. We need money for several other things that take priority. Since there are 30 collaborators, I’d expect someone else would be willing to do it, but pro-bono work has a simple rule, people do what they want to do, not what you want them to, or what is needed. They are doing it for fun anyway.
I also hold the untested belief that because brazil has such a smaller community of startup founders, internet richfolk and geeky entrepreneurs, there will be very little incentive to foster IERFH and similar initiatives. Finally, philanthropy in here is nearly looked down upon. As opposed to the US, where you see Oprah and Bill Gates saying “Hurray! Give your money away!”
Notice that is an untested belief. Meaning I have failed to summon the courage/time/effort of trying to meet the big-shots here.
Thanks for the icebreaker bit! Useful insight.
Did you test this claim against reality and actually advertise services as a life coach etc.? Can you work as an online therapist through LivePerson.com or a similar site? If what you do actually works, maybe it will spread through word-of-mouth. Maybe you can copy the promotional methods of whoever is getting themselves promoted most effectively but spread stuff based on science.
If you’re fully fluent in >1 language, try translation work? I’ve definitely seen websites that hire people to do that though I can’t recall any offhand.
Can you raise money for IERFH and tackle bigger projects (thereby becoming more impressive and raising more money)?
Not interested in translation work. Language habilities are more abundant than philosophical knowledge/transhumanist morals where I live by a factor of millions. It would be such a waste.
I was planning on raising money for IERFH, we had donations. But I am not psychologically good at that, it also would probably not give me, personally money. We need money for several other things that take priority. Since there are 30 collaborators, I’d expect someone else would be willing to do it, but pro-bono work has a simple rule, people do what they want to do, not what you want them to, or what is needed. They are doing it for fun anyway.
I also hold the untested belief that because brazil has such a smaller community of startup founders, internet richfolk and geeky entrepreneurs, there will be very little incentive to foster IERFH and similar initiatives. Finally, philanthropy in here is nearly looked down upon. As opposed to the US, where you see Oprah and Bill Gates saying “Hurray! Give your money away!” Notice that is an untested belief. Meaning I have failed to summon the courage/time/effort of trying to meet the big-shots here.