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Four: Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questions

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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The Importance of Rethinking Your Expectations

Ser: We're never going to be rational, but there can be a lot of value in clearing our thinking as much as possible. If your expectations are low, then you can find stakes potentially quite hilarious and absurd rather than aggravating. Doctor spencer greenberg on speeding up social science tenfold and why plenty of start ups cause harm. And bryan christian on living better through the wisdom of computer science.

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