Scott Alexander (Astral Codex Ten)
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My only concern is that the light costs about $1,000.
You should be able to do better with corn bulbs, but brighter claims to have less eye strain, less glare, better color temperature, etc.
I don't know anything about these.
People with treatment refractory SAD should be trying something like this, though it doesn't have to be exactly this product.
For details, see my write-up, link in post.
I left private equity to work on shrimp welfare.
When I tell anyone this, they usually think I've lost my mind.
When I first read Charity Entrepreneurship's proposal for a shrimp welfare charity, I thought, effective altruists have gone mad.
Who cares about shrimp?
The transition from analysing real estate deals to advocating for some of the smallest animals in our food system feels counterintuitive, to say the least.
But it was the same muscle I used for converting derelict office buildings into luxury hotels that allowed me to appreciate an enormous opportunity overlooked by almost everyone, including those in the animal welfare space.