Benjamin Todd
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4,140 appearances
3 recordings
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first heard Sep 2023
last heard 28 May
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Ultimately, it's about...
focusing on the things you can change and accepting the things you can't.
Although it's like in some ways overwhelming situation to be in.
And I think actually we'll get more overwhelming because the pace of change will just increase.
I can sometimes feel some even gratitude for, isn't it amazing that I get to play any part in this at all?
One of the most important things to happen in history.
How is it that we're here at this moment and might be able to do anything about it?
It's a feeling of gratitude or almost amazement at this situation.
I think I find for myself, just even on a selfish level, I feel a bit less stressed if I feel like I'm doing my part.
Like I've figured out what I can do and I'm doing my best.
We can't guarantee this will go well, but there is a lot that can be done at the margin to make it significantly more likely.
We've touched on a lot of resources in this conversation, but...
One I want to highlight is we just released on the 80,000 hour sub stack by Matt Beard, an article on how to transition into working on these risks in just three months.
And it's like a step-by-step process you can work through with a lot of links detailing each step.
And then, yeah, I strongly to encourage you to consider applying to, if you're interested in transitioning to 80,000 hours, one-on-one advising.
and they can see if they can help you.
And then the third thing is you could try and build any of these skill sets we've been talking about that could help you work on these issues, whether that's organization building, some type of communications, government and policy, more relevant technical skills, any of those things that put you in a good position to help.
In a way, it feels like my life's work.
It's the last 15 years of thinking about this question at 80,000 hours, and I've tried to distill all of our most central and important ideas into this one nicely honed package.
So yeah, I'd be really honored if anyone wanted to buy it and check it out.
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