Curious which of the world's biggest problems 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, 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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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 ...
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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.