80k After Hours

Actually After Hours #2: Coming to America with Joel Becker


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You can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFEb8ICWJQQ

In this episode of our new podcast project, Matt Reardon, Bella Forristal, and Arden Koehler sit down with Joel Becker to find out what’s great about America, what was not so great about FTX, and invite you to port back to the time when Arden might have been CEO.

You can learn more about Joel's current projects at https://joel-becker.com/ and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/joel_bkr

Here's where to find episode #100 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast on dealing with anxiety, depression, and imposter syndrome: https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/depression-anxiety-imposter-syndrome/

Matt also beseeches you to listen to Joe Carlsmith already: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/archive

You can also find Joel’s best friend and Matt’s former flatmate Mr. Mushu at https://www.instagram.com/its_mr.mushu/

Further topics include:

  • All possible reasons militate in favour of moving to America
  • American politics being justified in its savagery
  • Joel’s review of our famous podcast on depression and anxiety
  • The FTX fellows and visitors programme in the Bahamas
  • The [vampiric?] energy of America
  • Is sports net negative?
  • Living in filth and eschewing the typical mind fallacy
  • How much should we be working on our meta-preferences?
  • Arden on being CEO of 80,000 Hours
  • Ruminating on the powers of non-aphantastics
  • Why do kids want to draw?
  • Are people sleeping on crayons?
  • Our favourite foundational EA materials
...more
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