Hey everyone, Unfortunately the CCCB is not available today, so the workshop is happening at TEAMWORK. Here's how to get there: https://bit.ly/teamwork-berlin

Sorry for the short notice.

The next topic will be Doing a “full-time mental health sabbatical” on Jul 18.

Anton will try to convince us to spend some time to work on our mental health full-time.

And why shouldn't we? Long-term mental health is important for everyone, regardless of whether we have current problems or not. He already gave the talk at the Summer Camp a few weeks ago, and it was one of the best attended sessions.

I like the new name and meeting outside!

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

As you say that we shouldn't ignore system 1 completely, just because it's uninformed and unadjusted, we shouldn't ignore utilitarianism.

I feel utilitarianism works quite well, when we stop and consider when what we're doing feels off.

Relevant quote by Eliezer (https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1497157447219232768):

Go three-quarters of the way from deontology to utilitarianism and then stop. You are now in the right place. Stay there at least until you have become a god.

I've just created the event for the next workshop on Jun 20 (Tue), Climate Change (Shenanigans Workshop)

Everyone knows about climate change by now, but the exact consequences of rising temperatures are still unpredictable. While there are promising approaches, the issue is highly politicized and the benefits of many popular initiatives are questionable. And what is the potential of new approaches yet to come? Do we even have enough time?

I'm happy to see you there again if you're interested in that topic as well. :)

Belief: I thought Russia would not invade Ukraine until it actually happened.

Reasoning: Russia is intertwined too closely with the EU and especially Germany. The CIA is lying/exaggerating to disrupt the cooperation.

What was I (possibly) trying to protect: I might have held economic partnership and entwinement in too high regard. I also might have thought that war in Europe was a thing of the past.

I'm trying to keep track of when I change my mind, but it's hard to notice when it happens and what exactly I thought before!

Can you give an update on the RCT?

I've just created the event for the next workshop on May 16, Teaching how to teach (Shenanigans Workshop).

An amateur's unqualified musings on learning and relating
Weaving together mindfulness, rationality, teaching and authentic relating.
We'll explore something in the direction of how to teach yourself, teaching as a metaphor for relating, and how to apply insights from it to what you care about.

I'm happy to see you there again if you're interested in that topic as well. :)

b. Moreover, the usage of insect feed may provide chickens the ability to forage and select what specific insect they want which is a behavioral trait insects keenly prefer as opposed to not having that choice.

Should the second "insects" be a "chickens"?

Great article, I've not thought about it in that much depth.

In Germany, the debate focuses solely on insects for human consumption at the moment.

Since we talked about calibration and I suggested exercising the right confidence intervals: There's a website for that!

https://programs.clearerthinking.org/calibrate_your_judgment.html