Excellent content, would be even beter in a shorter post.
As a 5-minute exercise, I’m coming up with some more examples:
assume that you can make progress on AI alignment
or at least, assume that there is some way in which you can contribute to saving the world
run fast enough to win the race, even if it means you won’t make it to the finish
assume you will earn enough money to survive while doing things you care about
assume the brain of the person who stopped breathing is still alive
sign up for cryonics
assume your epistemology is good enough to ignore “common sense” and not be crazy
assume your readers like your writing
assume your readers like your writing enough so that there’s really nothing you need to prove to anyone anymore
assume you don’t need to prove your worth to other people
assume your best ideas will be understood
Excellent content, would be even beter in a shorter post.
As a 5-minute exercise, I’m coming up with some more examples:
assume that you can make progress on AI alignment
or at least, assume that there is some way in which you can contribute to saving the world
run fast enough to win the race, even if it means you won’t make it to the finish
assume you will earn enough money to survive while doing things you care about
assume the brain of the person who stopped breathing is still alive
sign up for cryonics
assume your epistemology is good enough to ignore “common sense” and not be crazy
assume your readers like your writing
assume your readers like your writing enough so that there’s really nothing you need to prove to anyone anymore
assume you don’t need to prove your worth to other people
assume your best ideas will be understood