The Epicenter Council and the Importance of Consensus

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The more time you invest in an idea, the less likely it is to be a good one. You can probably do some sort of triangulation on someone if they have previously said things that didn't make sense. And also if they've come to good conclusions that you do think like you can verify and is good, that's more likely that that's correct in everything. "I actually wonder about how to tell if somebody's smarter than you"

What's the best way to help someone who's going through a difficult situation? What are the four states of distress? What are "comfort languages"? How can we introduce more nuance into our everyday thinking habits? When gathering information and forming opinions, how do you know who to trust? What's the difference between intelligence and wisdom?

Kat Woods is the co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, a startup incubator for effective altruist charities. It provides training, seed funding, and the other things necessary to kickstart an effective nonprofit. Previously, Kat co-founded Charity Science Outreach, a meta-organization that raised nine counterfactual dollars for high impact charities for every dollar spent. Subsequently she co-founded Charity Science Health, a direct poverty charity that received multiple grants from GiveWell and has served hundreds of thousands of families in India. You can find more about Kat at her website or on Twitter at @kat__woods.

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