Curious which of the world's biggest problems<https://80000hours.org/articles/cause-selection/> you're most suited to solving? Week 3: Cause Selection We introduce a principle for choosing causes to work on: choose a cause that is Important, Tractable, and Neglected (ITN). We discuss the practical implications and practice using this heuristic on a variety of causes. (Optional) Readings: Strategic Cause Selection<http://blog.givewell.org/2012/05/02/strategic-cause-selection/>, A Framework for Strategically Selecting a Cause<https://80000hours.org/2013/12/a-framework-for-strategically-selecting-a-cause/><https://80000hours.org/2013/12/a-framework-for-strategically-selecting-a-cause/> (This article is also really funny: https://80000hours.org/2012/10/how-to-do-one-year-of-work-in-four-hours/) [https://s3.amazonaws.com/eightythousand.org/posts/images/28/large/four-hour-work-week-tim-ferriss-lifestyle-design.jpg?1348523033]<https://80000hours.org/2012/10/how-to-do-one-year-of-work-in-four-hours/> How to do one year of work in four hours - 80,000 Hours<https://80000hours.org/2012/10/how-to-do-one-year-of-work-in-four-hours/> 80000hours.org The best-selling author, Tim Ferriss, promises to teach you how to cut your working week down to just four hours, using a careful combination of Indian virtual ... If you're interested at any point this term, then come to one of our weekly meetings Fridays in Collis 218 from 4:30-6pm. We're loosely making our way through Berkeley's syllabus on effective altruism.
