Midway through reading. Initial reacts: 
- I wish this wasn't titled "The current alignment plan" and was instead "My favorite alignment plan". If I glanced at your title, I would have thought you were describing "what labs will probably do", but later you say "I still think it’s likely that something even riskier will happen". 
- I'm sad at the suggestion to aim for 1% extinction risk. I'm just totally unconvinced curing diseases faster and the other benefits mentioned in "costs of caution" justify 1% of no future for humanity. 
- Thanks for writing this up still; I expect it to be really useful. Thanks for adding your reflections at the top. 

I was actually thinking of noticing when you feel like you're learning a lot, figuring out models, solving problems, or making progress in other ways. I noticed I'm much more productive in some settings than others, so I place myself in these settings more often.  Making sure you're frequently in such settings at work, I suspect, will lead to significantly less time feeling stuck and more achieving of the potential of your work. 

Some examples:
- (a) I generate more ideas while brainstorming on a flip chart/whiteboard than on a Google doc and (b) my models are better when I draw them or make them 3D than when I write them. So, when I'm trying to come up with stuff, I head to a room with whiteboards.
- I change my mind more often by talking to people I trust with opposing views than I do by reading/Googling (I think because of a tendency to avoid my belief's real weak points). So, if I want to test beliefs, I find a friend who disagrees.
- I'm more productive when working in close teams who hold each other accountable than when alone. So, when I want to get a project done, I find a collaborator.