Open Thread 181
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Metadata
- Published: July 18, 2021
- Source: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-181
- Document ID:
2021-07-18_open-thread-181_full
Category Map
Concepts
- effective altruism (48 mentions)
- Delta (2 mentions)
- existential risk (2 mentions)
Events
- I Believe We May Be At Another Point Like March 2020 With COVID (1 mentions)
- Reader Survey (1 mentions)
- survey 21 (1 mentions)
Organizations
People
- Kelsey Piper (20 mentions)
- Shaked (7 mentions)
- Byrne Hobart (5 mentions)
Publications
- Future Perfect (1 mentions)
Full Primary Source Text
This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is odd-numbered, so be careful. Otherwise, post about anything else you want. Also: 1: Thanks to everyone who participated in the Reader Survey - and if you didn’t, check it out here . One correction - several people couldn’t access survey 21, the one on optical illusions. This was my fault. It should be fixed now, so if you were affected, you can take it here . Warning: it is very long. 2: Some good comments on the most recent prediction market post (also some less good ones - before you hit “post”, see if you’ve accidentally proven the stock market can’t exist). See eg Shaked running some of the numbers and finding it might work for a few very important people/issues, but maybe not for smaller things. Also, apparently Byrne Hobart had a similar (though less crazy) idea two years ago ; I regret unintentionally copying him without credit. 3: “Comment” (or whatever) of the week is this post from the subreddit: I Believe We May Be At Another Point Like March 2020 With COVID . I haven’t looked into this as much as I want to, but the little I know about Delta is really concerning. 4: Future Perfect - Vox’s journalism team covering effective altruism, existential risk, and related topics - is hiring (for remote work). You would get to work with my friend and housemate Kelsey Piper, along with a bunch of other people who I am assured are also great. Read more and apply here .