Made some updates to my 8,760 Hours guide: alexvermeer.com/8760hours-v2-u
Alex Vermeer
@alexvermeer
I work for MIRI. I spend my free time reading cool stuff, climbing things, drinking coffee, and doing make-life-better projects. Sometimes I write things.
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AI mishaps are high-stakes, and also high-probability: on MIRI's relationship to the effective altruism community.
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Cool concept: text requests and they'll do things for you (I'm on waiting list, haven't tried yet) getmagicnow.com via
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Check out The Week Dominator: A beautiful canvas to tackle goals - kck.st/1sLwAH7
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New short ebook by Stuart Armstrong that nicely sums up why we do what we do at MIRI. intelligence.org/smarter-than-u via
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Just bought a NeuYear calendar, pumped to try it out. neuyearnet.refr.cc/HW4M5BD
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Nice! MIRI finished its winter fundraiser 3 weeks ahead of schedule
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Playing around with Zapier. Just set up a daily Evernote note creation task with the date for some tracking stuff: zpr.io/6exx
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New Blog Post: So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport – Review and Summary ow.ly/2yfJb6
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New Blog Post: The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman – Review and Summary ow.ly/2xP2vr
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New Blog Post: Seth Godin (2010). Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? ow.ly/2wi02D
Anki Essentials is complete and will be available this Sunday at noon (eastern time)! Pre-order @ half price ow.ly/1TBl95
Don’t Waste Your Twenties — Part 1: Taking Advantage of the Unique Powers of the Twentysomething Brain feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheArtOfMan
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New Blog Post: 8,760 Hours: How to get the most from the next year ow.ly/2tWOe5
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My procrastination poster on lifehacker:
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Poster is now on RedBubble.com: "How to Get Motivated - A Guide for Defeating Procrastination" redbubble.com/people/alexver via

