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/)
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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/>
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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.