The Power of Cheap Experiments

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I try to always be running at least one experiment on my life at a given time. I definitely think people can like do sort of cheaper investigations than they are often inclined to do. Arden, why don't you just like try this for a couple of hours and then you'll like find something out and that will be useful? That's not like the natural approach. It's such a powerful mindset. Oh, yeah. What's what do you do you have an experiment right now that you wouldn't mind sharing? Well, so one thing I've been trying, which has been kind of bizarre and interesting is trying different herbs. And my previous outlook was that herbs are complete bull

What is 80,000 Hours? What sorts of people should become entrepreneurs? How can you run cheap experiments on yourself? What are some beneficial modes of philosophical thinking?

Arden Koehler is a researcher and writer at 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit whose mission is to help people use their careers to help solve the world's most pressing problems, and an active member of the effective altruism community. Arden has a PhD in philosophy from New York University, with a specialisation in ethics and attitudes toward time, and a B.A. in philosophy from University of California, Berkeley. You can check out her work at 80,000 Hours, and you can email her at arden@80000hours.org.

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