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Open Thread 340

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Open Thread 340

This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world .

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This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world . 95% of content is free, but for the remaining 5% you can subscribe here . Also: 1: Open Philanthropy (a major AI safety funder) is accepting grant applications relating to technical alignment, policy, law, et cetera. 2: I plan to write about GLP-1 receptor agonists for addiction pretty soon. Nicholas Reville’s Center for Addiction Science Policy & Research is one of the first organizations thinking about this from a public policy perspective, and they’re looking for a COO / Strategy Director . 3: Good comments on last week’s Links post: - Moral Particle on why it’s easy to circumvent Ban The Box . - Additional reviews of Bad Therapy by Wesley Fenza and Leah Libresco . - Linch with a funny story on how the 1906 SF earthquake affected the Chinese-American community. - Mike Hawke points out that despite the new legislation promoting nuclear power, Metaculus’ forecast of US nuclear power in 2050 hasn’t budged . - Erusian on the Argentine economy , plus some bonus linguistic detective work. - Christophe Biocca says that the graph of consumption is cherry-picked and not interesting. - GJM finds that Musk’s grandfather was a local leader of Technocracy Inc, not (as I wrote) a national leader. - Mr. X against Indo-European eschatology claims .