Not Overthinking

How can we optimise for a meaningful life?

Jan 11, 2021

01:44:03

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Episode guests

Neel Nanda

Highlights

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Episode notes

Doing Good as Effectively as You Can Is Awesome?

01:52

Motivation Hacking

04:50

You Can Be an E A, and You Can Also Be an A

05:05

Introduction

2min

Brilliant Is Sponsoring the Podcast for 20 21

2min

What's Like Your Story?

2min

So Gos No 36 Questions to Fall in Love

4min

What's an Example of Vulnerability in This Particular Context?

2min

How to Have Good Conversations Consistently

2min

The Importance of Optimizing Things

5min

Doing Good in the World Is a Good Thing

2min

Doing Good as Effectively as You Can Is Awesome?

2min

10.

The Value of Opera

5min

11.

Are You Results Focused?

4min

12.

Saving Lives Is a Hundred Times Better Than the Average Thing

2min

13.

Save a Life - Is That Really True?

6min

14.

Don't Donate All of Your Money to Liveat Pooris

3min

15.

Don't Take It From the Budget

5min

16.

The Only Justifiable, Valuable Thing to Do Is Save Lots of Lives

2min

17.

You Can Be an E A, and You Can Also Be an A

5min

18.

Pandemics - Is There a Future?

2min

19.

How to Find the Best Way to Do Good

4min

20.

How to Become the Next Petrovha?

5min

21.

Motivation Hacking

5min

22.

Doing Less Work

2min

23.

What Are Your Values?

4min

24.

I've Been in My Request to Write a Book for a While Now.

2min

25.

How to Schedule in a Date With Neal Anonymous

4min

26.

How Can I Gain as Much Information as I Can?

5min

27.

Iss Walson: Is It a Good Career?

5min

28.

Careers Are Really, Really Important

1min

29.

Effect of Arterism

4min

30.

Podcast Review - Misogeny, Generalization and Controversy

4min

31.

Podcast Episode 5 - Not Over Thinking Members Community

2min

In this episode, we're joined by Neel Nanda to discuss life optimisations, career choices, how to live in alignment with your own values and how to treat your relationships more intentionally. We discuss some of the principles behind how we can do the most good with our lives, while also being fulfilled and enjoying the journey.

Links

80000 Hours Key Ideas

Misconceptions about EA

Map of local EA groups

Neel's Blog

Neel's Top Posts

Neel's Post on Excitement & Motivation

If you want to read more about the ideas behind EA, Neel suggested these two books:

Doing Good Better

The Precipice

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