Mars is locked due to the Santa Claus parade, so please gather at the Elizabeth St. entrance. We’ll accumulate there until 14:15.
Sean Aubin
Karma: 72
Against Fatalism: Discussing Mozi with Ben Parry
A Ground-Level Perspective on Capacity Building in International Development
Nuclear Power? CANDU!
Personal Idea Retrospective 2024
Event is happening November 24th. Accidentally set the date wrong when initially making the event.
Keeping Your Identity Small
Corruption: trading off pragmatism and idealism
When to Pause AI development?
Dissent Collusion
Is Science Slowing Down?
The door from the Queen’s Park subway entrance is unlocked, so use that entrance. I’ll be waiting outside University Avenue entrance until 14:15
MARS building locked due to protest. Meet outside West entrance on University Avenue. I’m still wearing the neon jacket.
Governments power-checks: Amazon & anti-trust
ACX Meetups Everywhere: Spring 2024
Because some of you were asking, here’s the yearly review template I use: https://alexvermeer.com/8760hours/
Its integrated into productivity website I use: https://intend.do/?r=u0hywhp1rz
Low-Barrier Feedback
To find the meetup, look for a woman wearing a neon jacket. I am ill, so my partner is running the meetup in my place. She’ll be wearing the neon jacket and handing out name tags.
Excited to see everyone today. Re-reading through the links, I think they might be a bit too pro-nuclear. I’m going to recommend a reading from the last meetup, Safe Enough which argues we’re thinking about nuclear risks incorrectly. A key excerpt:
I’m confused about what a worst-case for nuclear power looks like, because I don’t understand what it would mean to direct the maximum amount of radiation from a nuclear power plant to the most populous areas. The talk from Michael Shellenberger made it seem like living near Chernobyl isn’t that bad? Looking forward to discussing!