Samuel Celarek

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Samuel Celarek is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 10, 2023 and February 10, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “Contact: Samuel Celarek Contact Info: scelarek[at]gmail[dot]com”; “Samuel Celarek, $20,000, to research IVF clinic success rates”. It most often appears alongside Alex, Charlie, 100 Alexander St.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: April 10, 2023
  • Last seen: February 10, 2024

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April 10, 2023 · Original source
PORTLAND, OREGON, USA Contact: Samuel Celarek Contact Info: scelarek[at]gmail[dot]com Time: Saturday, May 13th, 05:00 PM Location: 1548 NE 15th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 Coordinates: https://plus.codes/84QVG8MX+JV Event Link: https://www.meetup.com/portland-effective-altruism-and-rationality/events/292690249 Notes: If people would like to give a short presentation or lead a breakout activity, we will have a room set aside specifically for that at the event. Please fill out this google form to let me know what you would like present: https://forms.gle/opTeAXa5esPuxdBP9
February 10, 2024 · Original source
Samuel Celarek, $20,000, to research IVF clinic success rates, with the ultimate goal of creating a company that ranks the best IVF clinics. Evaluator opinion was split on this one: is this really an effective charitable cause? I funded it anyway for three reasons. First, the team came very heavily recommended. Second, this grant has a chance of causing a few dozen to a few thousand extra well-loved developed-world children to exist; I’m not exactly a total-utilitarian pronatalist but I can abstractly bargain with them. Third, this grant could improve the IVF ecosystem, and getting lots of people to use IVF is a prerequisite to high-impact reproductive technologies like polygenic screening.