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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Monetary and social incentives in longtermist careers, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on September 24, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. In this post I talk about several strong non-epistemic incentives and issues that can influence people to pursue longtermistcareer paths (and specifically x-risk reduction careers and AI safety) for EA community members. For what it's worth, I personally I am sympathetic to longtermism, and to people who want to create more incentives for longtermist careers, because of the high urgency some assign to AI Safety and the fact that longtermism is a relatively new field. I am currently running career support pilots to support early-career longtermists.) However I think it's important to think carefully about career choices, even when it's difficult. I'm worried that these incentives lead people to feel (unconscious & conscious) pressure to pursue (certain) longtermist career paths even if it may not be the right choice for them. I think it's good for to be thoughtful about cause prioritization and career choices, especially for people earlier in their careers. Incentives Good pay and job security In general, longtermist careers pay very well compared to standard nonprofit jobs, and early career roles are sometimes competitive with for-profit jobs (

In this post I talk about several strong non-epistemic incentives and issues that can influence people to pursue longtermist[1]career paths (and specifically x-risk reduction careers and AI safety[2]) for EA community members.For what it's worth, I personally I am sympathetic to longtermism, and to people who want to create more incentives for longtermist careers, because of the high urgency some assign to AI Safety and the fact that longtermism is a relatively new field. I am currently running career support pilots to support early-career longtermists.) However I think it's important to think carefully about career choices, even when it's difficult. I'm worried that these incentives lead people to feel (unconscious & conscious) pressure to pursue (certain) longtermist career paths even if it may not be the right choice for them. I think it's good for to be thoughtful about cause prioritization and career choices, especially for people earlier in their [...] ---Outline:(01:00) Incentives(01:04) Good pay and job security(02:04) Funding in an oligopoly(03:54) It's easier to socially defer(05:02) High status(06:49) Role models and founder's effects(07:46) Availability(09:15) Support(09:54) Transferable career capital(10:28) Conclusion and SuggestionsThe original text contained 18 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: September 23rd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SWfwmqnCPid8PuTBo/monetary-and-social-incentives-in-longtermist-careers --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Updates to the flow of funding in EA movement building post, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on July 25, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is an summary of updates made to my previous post, The flow of funding in EA movement building. Overall Changes Total funding tracked in the data increased to $290M (from $245M). New data is from: Several private donors and Longview Philanthropy who shared (previously non-public) donation & grant recommendation data Global health & wellbeing spending e.g. GiveWell, ACE and some animal orgs (at a discounted rate since these organizations aren't explicitly focused on EA movement building but did contribute to the growth of the EA movement) The inclusion of some longtermist research organizations such as FHI which have helped do field building (also at a discounted rate) Changes to proportions and funding over time During the 2012-2016 period, funding tracked in my data roughly doubled from ~$4M to ~$8.9M (quick estimate) including $4M in funding to GiveWell and $0.5M from other donors. During 2017-2023 period, funding tracked roughly increased from $241 to $281M, from other donors and the inclusion of some cause-area specific organizations that contributed to movement building. The table below summarizes the changes to the proportions of funding coming from different sources: Funder CategoryChange in % New %Original %Other donorsUp ~8% 9.6%1.5%FTX Future FundDown ~3%14.8%17.5%EAIF (non-OP donors), LTFF & Jaan Tallinn (incl. SFF)Down ~1% EA Animal FundUp ~1%1.1%0% Open Philanthropy OP LT: Down 9.5%(~10.1% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: Down 0.4% OP Other: Up 5.9% Overall: Down ~3% OP LT: 50.4% (~54.5% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: 2.6% OP Other: 5.9% Overall: 63% OP LT: 59.8% (~64.6% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: 2.2% OP Other: 0% Overall: 66% Here's the new % data in a pie chart: What data is still missing? Total funding: I estimate total funding from 2012 to June 2023 is likely $300-350M (medium confidence). I previously estimated $250-280M (significant underestimate). Individual donors: I estimate that $1-20M since 2012 is probably still missing, since I haven't included donors who work with Effective Giving, Generation Pledge or Founders' Pledge. Allocation of cause-specific efforts: You may disagree with the discounting I've done towards different cause-specific projects (in either direction). If you think I'm underweighting those efforts, then you could consider that "missing" data. The most accurate way to do these estimates would be to ask movement building organizations for their annual expenses and to break down the sources of their funding. This information is not publicly available, and some organizations do not publish annual expenses publicly from where you might make initial guesses. I'd encourage organizations to share their numbers to give us a fuller picture of the landscape. Mistakes & reflections I didn't expect this post to be read by as many people as it was. If I'd known this in advance, I think it's likely I would have delayed publication and seeked more external feedback because concrete numbers can be sticky and hard to update people's views on. I noted that this was a preliminary analysis in the opening, but the data may have been seen as more final than it was. In the future I would spend more time hedging numbers and stating ranges of possible values and encourage people to cite those instead of exact numbers. I didn't add enough uncertainty estimates to the numbers throughout the post. For example, I mentioned that the data was incomplete, and provided an estimate on the total amount of funding ($250-280M) - this was a moderately large underestimate (the total new total tracked data now stands at $290M). I missed several sources of global health & wellbeing spending, which significantly increased total spend between 2012-2016. This ...

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act was introduced in 2016 to protect consumers who had invested in residential real estate projects from malpractices by real estate developers. After the law was passed, most states established real estate regulatory authorities to register and oversee the conduct of real estate developers. What changes did this act try to bring in, and how has this regulatory change benefited consumers? Is the increased information about property litigation that the Maharashtra RERA provides affecting housing prices? Does RERA reduce information asymmetry in the housing market?In this episode of Interpreting India, Vaidehi Tandel and Sahil Gandhi join Anirudh Burman to give us insights into these issues and more. They discuss their recent working paper, co-authored with Anupam Nanda and Nandini Agnihotri. Their study analyses how housing prices change in response to mandatory disclosures under the RERA. The paper is titled, “Do Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets in India.”Episode ContributorsVaidehi Tandel is an economist working in the areas of urban economics, political economy, and public finance, with a focus on India. Currently, Dr. Tandel is a lecturer in real estate and urban economics at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Straits Times, Livemint, and others. Her papers have been published in the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanization, Cities, and BMJ Open, among others. Her current work looks at the politician-builder nexus in Mumbai, agglomeration economies in India, and climate change and adaptation across cities in developing countries.Sahil Gandhi is an urban and real estate economist. Dr. Gandhi is a lecturer at The University of Manchester's School of Environment, Education and Development. His research is in the fields of urban economics, real estate, and land economics. His recent papers are on vacant housing in India, migration and tenure choice, housing supply in Mumbai, and so on. His research has been published in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanization, and Cities, among others. He has also led a report on affordable housing in India. Dr. Gandhi has bylines in international and Indian media outlets such as The Washington Post, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, The Economic Times, and Livemint, among others. His research has also been cited in The Financial Times, The BBC, The Straits Times, Livemint, and more.---Key Moments(0:00); Introduction(2:39); Chapter 1: The Context Behind RERA(9:56); Chapter 2: Key Regulatory Changes(15:21); Chapter 3: The Case of Maharashtra's RERA(17:27); Chapter 4: Mumbai's High Proportion of Litigated Projects(23:04); Chapter 5: The Aim and Findings of the Study(27:35); Chapter 6: Variations Across Housing Submarkets (32:35); Chapter 7: Luxury Housing and Mandatory Disclosures(35:02); Chapter 8: Non-Luxury Housing and Litigation Costs(36:10); Chapter 9: RERA's Impact on Low- and Middle-Income Consumers(40:36); Chapter 10: Types of Litigation Faced by Projects(43:44); Chapter 11: Future Research in Urban Economics(48:22); Outro---Additional ReadingsDo Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets in India by Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi, Anupam Nanda, and Nandini AgnihotriToo Slow for the Urban March: Litigations and the Real Estate Market in Mumbai, India by Sahil Gandhi, Vaidehi Tandel, Alexander Tabarrok, and Shamika RaviView: Time to Make RERA Roar by Nandini Agnihotri and Sahil GandhiIndia Has to Attack Causes of Land Litigation. Modi's Ease of Doing Business Depends on It by Anirudh Burman Making Land Titles in India Marketable: Using Title Insurance as a Viable Alternative to Conclusive Titling by Anirudh Burman--Carnegie India Socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnegieindia/ (@CarnegieIndia)Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarnegieIndiaWebsite: https://carnegieindia.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarnegieIndia/

This post is part of EA Strategy Fortnight. You can see other Strategy Fortnight posts here.I've been reflecting on the role of funding in the EA movement & community over time. Specifically I wanted to improve common knowledge around funding flows in the EA movement building space. It seems that many people may not be aware of it. Funders (and the main organizations they have supported) have shaped the EA community in many ways -  the rate & speed at which EA has grown (example), the people that are attracted and given access to opportunities, and the culture and norms the community embodies and the overall ecosystem. I share some preliminary results from research I've conducted looking at the historical flow of data to movement building sources. I wanted to share what I have so far for the strategy fortnight to get conversation started. I think there is enough information here to understand the general pattern of funding flows. If you want to play around with the data, here is my (raw, messy) spreadsheet.Key observations Total funding 2012-2013 by known sourcesAccording to known funding sources, approximately $245M have been granted to EA movement building organizations and projects since 2012. I'd estimate the real number is something like $250-280M. The Open Philanthropy EA Community Growth (Longtermism) team (OP LT) has directed ~64% ($159M) of known movement building funding (incl. ~5% or $12M to the EAIF) since 2016. Note that OP launched an EACG program for Global Health and Wellbeing in 2022, which started making grants in 2023. Their budget is significantly smaller (currently ~$10M per year) and they currently prioritize effective giving organizations.The unlabeled dark blue segment is “other donors”Funders of EA Groups from 2015-2022 See discussion below for description of the "CEA - imputed" category.  Note that I've primarily estimated paid organizer time, not general groups expenses. EA groups are an important movement building project. The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) has had an outsized influence on EA groups for much of the history of the EA movement. Until May 2021, CEA was the primary funder of part- and full-time work on EA groups. In May 2021, CEA narrowed its scope to certain university & city/national groups, and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) started making grants to non-target groups. In 2022, OP LT took over most university groups funding from both CEA (in April) and EAIF (in August). Until 2021 most of CEA's funding has come from OP LT, so its EA groups funding can be seen as an OP LT regrant. Breakdown of funding by source and time (known sources)2012-2016Before 2016, there was very limited funding available for meta projects and almost no support from institutional funders. Most organizations active during this period were funded by individual earning-to-givers and major donors or volunteer-run. Here's a view of funding from 2012-2016:No donations from Jaan Tallinn during this period were via SFF as it didn't exist yet. There is a $10K donation from OP to a UC Berkeley group in 2015 that is not visible in the main chart. “Other donors” includes mostly individual [...]--- First published: June 23rd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nnTQaLpBfy2znG5vm/the-flow-of-funding-in-ea-movement-building --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. Share feedback on this narration.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The flow of funding in EA movement building, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on June 23, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This post is part of EA Strategy Fortnight. You can see other Strategy Fortnight posts here. I've been reflecting on the role of funding in the EA movement & community over time. Specifically I wanted to improve common knowledge around funding flows in the EA movement building space. It seems that many people may not be aware of it. Funders (and the main organizations they have supported) have shaped the EA community in many ways - the rate & speed at which EA has grown (example), the people that are attracted and given access to opportunities, and the culture and norms the community embodies and the overall ecosystem. I share some preliminary results from research I've conducted looking at the historical flow of data to movement building sources. I wanted to share what I have so far for the strategy fortnight to get conversation started. I think there is enough information here to understand the general pattern of funding flows. If you want to play around with the data, here is my (raw, messy) spreadsheet. Key observations Overall picture Total funding 2012-2023 by known sources According to known funding sources, approximately $245M have been granted to EA movement building organizations and projects since 2012. I'd estimate the real number is something like $250-280M. The Open Philanthropy EA Community Growth (Longtermism) team (OP LT) has directed ~64% ($159M) of known movement building funding (incl. ~5% or $12M to the EAIF) since 2016. Note that OP launched an EACG program for Global Health and Wellbeing in 2022, which started making grants in 2023. Their budget is significantly smaller (currently ~$10M per year) and they currently prioritize effective giving organizations. The unlabeled dark blue segment is “other donors” Funders of EA Groups from 2015-2022 See discussion below for description of the "CEA - imputed" category. Note that I've primarily estimated paid organizer time, not general groups expenses. EA groups are an important movement building project. The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) has had an outsized influence on EA groups for much of the history of the EA movement. Until May 2021, CEA was the primary funder of part- and full-time work on EA groups. In May 2021, CEA narrowed its scope to certain university & city/national groups, and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) started making grants to non-target groups. In 2022, OP LT took over most university groups funding from both CEA (in April) and EAIF (in August). Until 2021 most of CEA's funding has come from OP LT, so its EA groups funding can be seen as an OP LT regrant. Breakdown of funding by source and time (known sources) 2012-2016 Before 2016, there was very limited funding available for meta projects and almost no support from institutional funders. Most organizations active during this period were funded by individual earning-to-givers and major donors or volunteer-run. Here's a view of funding from 2012-2016: No donations from Jaan Tallinn during this period were via SFF as it didn't exist yet. There is a $10K donation from OP to a UC Berkeley group in 2015 that is not visible in the main chart. “Other donors” includes mostly individual donors and some small foundations Quick details on active funders during this period: Individual Donors: A number of (U)HNW & earning-to-give donors, many of whom are still active today, such as Jaan Tallinn, Luke Ding, Matt Wage and Jeff Kaufman & Julia Wise. I expect I'm missing somewhere between ~$100,000 to $1,000,000 of donations from individuals in this chart per year from 2012 to 2016. EA Giving Group: In 2013, Nick Beckstead and a large anonymous donor started a fund (the EA Giving Group) to which multiple individual ...

In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and English on matters of language, literature, teaching, and translation. Deeply engaged with various facets of Kannada culture, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha was a drama artist in All India Radio. She anchored the Kannada news on Doordarshan from 1984-94. She was Associate Director, Katha Regional Academic Centre, Bangalore, an initiative that promoted Indian literatures in translation. She also worked as Honorary Director, Centre for Translation, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Prof Vanamala Viswanatha served as a member on the National Translation Mission.Prof Vanamala Viswanatha has translated and introduced several well-known Kannada writers such as Sara Aboobacker, Lankesh, Vaidehi, and Ananthamurthy. She translated (with Hans Sjöstrom) Samskara into Swedish, and introduced the Swedish novel The Way of the Serpent by Torgny Lindgren in Kannada. (Sahitya Akademi, 2002). More recently, she has translated several classical texts from pre-modern and modern Kannada literature including the poetry of women saint poets of the 12th century Virashaiva movement (Vachana, Basava Samithi. 2012). The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017), her translation of a medieval Kannada poetic classic in the Murty Classical Library of India series, is a landmark publication. Dr Vanamala Viswanatha's translation (with Shivarama Padikkal) of Indira Bai (1899), the first social novel in Kannada, published by Oxford University Press (2019), is yet another milestone in presenting the literary treasures of Kannada to a global readership. This text received the Best Translation award in 2020 from Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Government of Karnataka.To listen to 'Harischandra' Roopakam in English - https://bit.ly/harischandraTo Buy 'Harischandra' English Translation - https://amzn.to/41HKyvu*హర్షణీయం పాడ్కాస్ట్ గురించి మీ అభిప్రాయాన్ని ఈ క్రింది ఫార్మ్ ద్వారా మాకు తెలియ చేయండి. మీ అభిప్రాయం మాకు చాలా విలువైనది. ( feedback form) - https://bit.ly/3NmJ31Y*ఆపిల్ లేదా స్పాటిఫై ఆప్ లను కింది లింక్ సాయంతో ఆప్ డౌన్లోడ్ చేసి , ఫాలో బటన్ ను నొక్కి, కొత్త ఎపిసోడ్ లను ఉచితంగా డౌన్లోడ్ చేసుకోండి –స్పాటిఫై (Spotify )యాప్ –http://bit.ly/harshaneeyam ఆపిల్ (apple podcast) పాడ్కాస్ట్ –http://apple.co/3qmhis5 *మమ్మల్ని సంప్రదించడానికి harshaneeyam@gmail.com కి మెయిల్ చెయ్యండి.హర్షణీయంలో ప్రసారం చేసిన ప్రసిద్ధ...

In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and English on matters of language, literature, teaching, and translation. Deeply engaged with various facets of Kannada culture, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha was a drama artist in All India Radio. She anchored the Kannada news on Doordarshan from 1984-94. She was Associate Director, Katha Regional Academic Centre, Bangalore, an initiative that promoted Indian literatures in translation. She also worked as Honorary Director, Centre for Translation, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Prof Vanamala Viswanatha served as a member on the National Translation Mission.Prof Vanamala Viswanatha has translated and introduced several well-known Kannada writers such as Sara Aboobacker, Lankesh, Vaidehi, and Ananthamurthy. She translated (with Hans Sjöstrom) Samskara into Swedish, and introduced the Swedish novel The Way of the Serpent by Torgny Lindgren in Kannada. (Sahitya Akademi, 2002). More recently, she has translated several classical texts from pre-modern and modern Kannada literature including the poetry of women saint poets of the 12th century Virashaiva movement (Vachana, Basava Samithi. 2012). The Life of Harishchandra (Harvard University Press, 2017), her translation of a medieval Kannada poetic classic in the Murty Classical Library of India series, is a landmark publication. Dr Vanamala Viswanatha's translation (with Shivarama Padikkal) of Indira Bai (1899), the first social novel in Kannada, published by Oxford University Press (2019), is yet another milestone in presenting the literary treasures of Kannada to a global readership. This text received the Best Translation award in 2020 from Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara, Government of Karnataka.To listen to 'Harischandra' Roopakam in English - https://bit.ly/harischandraTo Buy 'Harischandra' English Translation - https://amzn.to/41HKyvu*హర్షణీయం పాడ్కాస్ట్ గురించి మీ అభిప్రాయాన్ని ఈ క్రింది ఫార్మ్ ద్వారా మాకు తెలియ చేయండి. మీ అభిప్రాయం మాకు చాలా విలువైనది. ( feedback form) - https://bit.ly/3NmJ31Y*ఆపిల్ లేదా స్పాటిఫై ఆప్ లను కింది లింక్ సాయంతో ఆప్ డౌన్లోడ్ చేసి , ఫాలో బటన్ ను నొక్కి, కొత్త ఎపిసోడ్ లను ఉచితంగా డౌన్లోడ్ చేసుకోండి –స్పాటిఫై (Spotify )యాప్ –http://bit.ly/harshaneeyam ఆపిల్ (apple podcast) పాడ్కాస్ట్ –http://apple.co/3qmhis5 *మమ్మల్ని సంప్రదించడానికి harshaneeyam@gmail.com కి మెయిల్ చెయ్యండి.హర్షణీయంలో ప్రసారం చేసిన...

In this episode of #Pattukkaaran podcast, I revisit one of my most favorite albums by Ilaiyaraaja. Description perusa potu bore adikka virumba, Kelunga :) I hope you enjoy this one! Time Stamps: 00:17 - Vanakkam Naan unga Pattukkaaran 00:39 - Inaiku episode enna na... 04:38 - About Vaidhegi Kaathirundhaal 05: 11 - Vanmam on Raaja 11:17 - More about Vaidhegi Kaathirundhal 13:05 - Story and Discography Trivia about Vaidhegi Kaathirundhal 15:07 - Raasaathi Unna 18:00 - Kaathirundhu Kaathirundhu 21:17 - Indraiku En Indha Anandham 21:47 - Raasaave Unna 22:17 - Megham Karukaiyile 23:43 - Azhagu Malaraada 25:43 - Ennoda suggestion vandhu... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pattukkaaran/support

Welcome to another episode of Relevancy!This episode is a sibling to Episode 11. In a collection of three interviews, we discuss with friends their experiences living in various metropolitan areas around the world. Thank you to Vaidehi, Paula, and Kofi for lending your time and voices.Connect with us on Instagram @relevancypodcast !

That's a wrap on this show, folks. After three years and well over 100 episodes, Andy, Joe, Laura, and Vaidehi are off to chase their dreams. Laura is excited to have the time to fully pursue spelunking. Andy finally convinced Larry David to do that Seinfeld spinoff he's been pitching for years. Joe is starting his side hustle on Cameo with his good friend Rudy, and Vaidehi joined a secret government project developing telekinesis. Oops, we shouldn't have told you that. In this atypical final episode our hosts yak it up one last time about favorite show moments and compare ourselves to the Beatles. As always, please check out findlaw.com for information on a wide variety of legal topics, current events, and great audio and visual content. And in all sincerity, thank you for listening.  

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Save the Date April 1st 2023 EAGatherTown: UnUnConference, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on March 20, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. We're excited to officially announce the very first EA UnUnConference! APPLY HERE. Naming What We Can, the most impactful post ever published on April 1st, have already volunteered to host a Q&A. We're calling in the producers of the TV hit Impact Island, and would like to invite Peter Barnett to launch his new book What The Future Owes Us. The X-risk-Men Incubation Program is running an enlightening talks session. Location: Mars in Gathertown Date: April 1st, 2023, 24 hours and 37 minutes starting at 12:00pm UTC (or “lunch time” for british people) The case for impact Over the years, humanity realized that Unconferences are a great twist of traditional conferences, since the independence gives room for more unexpected benefits to happen. For the reason, we're experimenting with the format of an UnUnconference. This means we'll actively try not to organize anything, therefore (in expectancy) achieving even more unexpected benefits. We encourage you to critique our (relatively solid, in our opinion) theory of change in the comments! We understand this is not the most ambitious we could be. Although we fall short of the dream of EAGxMars, we believe this Ununconference is a proof-of-concept that will help validate the model of novel, experimental conferences and possibly redefine what impact means for EA events for years to come. This team is well placed to unorganize this event because we have previously successfully not organized 10^10 possible events. What to expect All beings welcomed, that includes infants, face mice, gut microbiome, etc. Expect to have the most impactful time Make more impact than everyone on earth could ever do combined Network with the best minds in ultra-near-termist research Never meet your connections again after the event Certificates of £20 worth of impact just for £10! No success metrics No theory of change No food, no wine, no suffering Check out our official event poster! Pixelated lightbulb that looks like mars as a logo for an unconference (DALL-E) Get involved Take a look at the confernce agenda and add sessions to your calendar Comment on this post with content suggestions and anti-suggestions Sign up for an enlightning talk Unvolunteer for the event UnUnvolunteer for the event (your goal will be to actively unorganize stuff) UnUnUnvolunteer for the event (your goal will be to actively ununorganize stuff) .. And so on. We think at least 5 levels of volunteers will be necessary for this event to be a complete success, to minimize risk of not falling into the well known meta trap. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Some problems in operations at EA orgs: inputs from a dozen ops staff, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on March 16, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is a brief summary of an operations brainstorm that took place during April 2022. It represents the views of operations staff at 8-12 different EA-aligned organizations (approximately). We split up into groups and brainstormed problems, and then chose the top problems to brainstorm some tentative solutions. The aim of the brainstorming session was to highlight things that needed improvement, rather than to evaluate how good EA operations roles are relative to the other non-profit or for-profit roles. It's possible that EA organizations are not uniquely bad or good - but that doesn't mean that these issues are not worth addressing. The outside world (especially the non-profit space) is pretty inefficient, and I think it's worth trying to improve things. Limitations of this data: Meta / community building (and longtermist, to a lesser degree) organizations were overrepresented in this sample, and the tallies are estimates. We didn't systematically ask people to vote for each and every sub-item, but we think the overall priorities raised were reasonable. General Brainstorming Four major themes came up in the original brainstorming session: bad knowledge management, unrealistic expectations, bad delegation, and lack of respect for operations. The group then re-formed new groups to brainstorm solutions for each of these key pain points. Below, we go into a breakdown of each large issue into specific points raised during the general brainstorming session. Some points were raised multiple times and are indicated by the “(x n)” to indicate how many times the point was raised. Knowledge management Problems Organizations don't have good systems for knowledge management. Ops staff don't have enough time to coordinate and develop better systems. There is a general lack of structure, clarity and knowledge. Issues with processes and systems (x 4) No time on larger problems Lack of time to explore & coordinate Lack of time to make things easier ([you're always] putting out fires) [Lack of] organizational structure Line management Capacity to cover absences [see Unrealistic Expectations] Covering / keeping the show running Responsibilities Working across time zones Training / upskilling Management training [see improper delegation] Lack of Clarity + Knowledge Legal Compliance HR Hiring Wellbeing (including burnout) Lack of skill transfer Lack of continuity / High turn-over of junior ops specialists Potential Solutions Lowering the bar - e.g. you don't need a PhD to work in ops. Pick people with less option value. Ask people to be nice and share with others Best practice guides shared universally. [Make them] available to people before hiring so they can understand the job better before applying, so [there's] less turn-over. Database? (Better ops Slack?) Making time to create Knowledge Management Systems - so less fire-fighting. People higher in the organization [should have] better oversight of processes/knowledge. Unrealistic expectations Problems Employers have unrealistic expectations for ops professionals. Ops people are expected to do too much in too little time and always be on call. Lack of capacity / too much to do (x2) [Lack of] capacity to cover absences [from above] Ops people [are expected to be] “always on call” Timelines for projects [are subject to the] planning fallacy, [and there are] last minute changes Ops team [are] responsible for all new ideas that people come [up] with - could others do it? Unrealistic expectations about coordination capacity skillset organizational memory Solutions Bandwidth (?) Increase capacity Have continuity [give ops staff the] ability to push back on too-big asks Recognition Create...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Pineapple now lists marketing, comms & fundraising talent, fiscal sponsorship recs, private database (Jan '23 Update), published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on January 27, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Marketing, PR & comms skills lists now live (in addition to Ops, PA & ExA work) Candidates can now explicitly list themselves as having marketing, comms & fundraising roles. As we previously discussed, these kinds of skills are often swept under the operations umbrella at many EA-aligned orgs, especially smaller ones. We soft-launched the option in our sign-up form during Dec '22, and have already had ~12 people be open to these roles on their profile. You can view candidates by role on our roles page here. If you're an existing candidate who'd like to add those skills to your profile, email us at info@pineappleoperations.org. We now list fiscal sponsorship resources Fiscal sponsorship and operations support are a common pain points of early stage projects, so we've shared some recommendations from operations staff at other EA organizations. The Pineapple Ops team has not personally vetted or thoroughly reviewed this list. Please do research any fiscal sponsor you wish to work with. Why are we sharing these resources? Knowledge sharing of operations in EA has a lot of room for improvement. Since our team doesn't have the capacity to do resource compilations ourselves with a concerted effort, we wanted to try collaborating with other folks to create lists. Our progress to date (what we think we've done well on) Progress on placements (our main metric for impact) We've been up for 3 months, and in that time we've placed at least 9 people in full- or part-time roles, with at least 4 more getting strong leads and/or making it to late stage of the applications process that we know of. We currently list over 180 people candidates. Rough cost per placement: ~$420 USD (We expect cost per placement to drop as this estimate includes project set-up time) We've received a lot of positive feedback from employers and candidates alike - even those who haven't yet been placed directly from the board. Moving fast & experimenting I am happy with the pace at which we've moved as a part-time project. I think we've found new areas to explore which aren't too ambitious We are currently experimenting with another, smaller project that we hope will result in more candidate placements, and currently troubleshooting demand-supply issues. (We plan to discuss this project in more depth in future updates). Areas of improvement During our informal internal review, I (Vaidehi) felt the main area for improvement was to spend a little bit more time advertising the database to candidates and employers more. We did an initial sprint during November but this died down over Dec & Jan. We want to make sure that folks know about Pineapple Operations and its offered resources. We are currently evaluating capacity to do more advertising, but tentatively want to hit a target of putting out reminders, content or resources every 3-6 weeks. So far, we don't think we've made any major mistakes in the course of running this project. Additionally, although initial budgeting for the project was correct, we've identified more worthwhile opportunities than we expected to spend our initial funding on and will likely need to reduce time spent on the project or fundraise. As an unpaid volunteer, I (Vaidehi) have not been as strict on time tracking my hours as I would like to be, so I expect we may be underestimated my time input (and possible counterfactual of where else I could spend my time). Get Involved & Support us Sign up to be listed on the database Let us know if you've been hired or made it to later stages of a job application (or found a good candidate!) because of our job board We are seeking funding (~$10K) t...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Improving EA events: start early & invest in content and stewardship, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on December 12, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This post is part of an ongoing series: Events in EA: Learnings and Critiques. TL:DR; The way many EA events are run is unsustainable for event organisers and does not leave sufficient slack for running excellent events and experimenting for learning. We share our models for better event planning and highlight some key challenges with current approaches to event operations (event ops). We make the case that hiring early, finding a venue and outsourcing logistics will create more capacity to invest in the most important (but relatively neglected) aspects of event ops - content, structure and stewardship. More capacity can also allow organisers to deviate from defaults and innovate with new event formats and styles, and engage in more resource-intensive programming. We aim to set realistic expectations and provide practical guidance for newer organisers to better prepare them. Good event ops people are not easily replaceable. We've observed a trend of event organisers being put under a lot of (unnecessary) pressure due to a lack of planning and capacity. We give a bunch of real (anonymised) examples throughout this post to illustrate our point. We don't go into specific suggestions because it's very event-dependent, but we'd estimate that adding ~20-40% of lead time and/or capacity would help achieve these goals. We'd love to hear if you're an event organiser and don't find this helpful or actionable. Although we're only talking about events, we think it's possible there are similar trends in other areas -we'd love to hear about them if you've got observations! The Hierarchy of Events Planning In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, needs lower down in the hierarchy must be satisfied before individuals can attend to needs higher up. Our pyramid is similar - components lower down in the hierarchy are more basic and are necessary for an event to exist. The exact configuration of each component affects the ones above it (e.g. if your venue only has 2 rooms, you probably can't have an agenda with 3 tracks of events running simultaneously). However, influence is not strictly linear - so the structure of the event might influence which venue you choose (e.g. if you want to create an informal atmosphere, you might choose to host an event in a smaller, more casual venue instead of a formal one, or if you need a lot of stewardship for newer attendees, you might hire a larger team to manage those needs). Consider Leverage If you could invest 1-10% more resources (time) for 10-30% return, this seems worth considering. In the following, we're going to try and point out the highest leverage points of each step of the pyramid - the places where spending that extra time could make a big difference and open up more possibilities. Work backwards from specific goals aka don't start with “I want to run a conference” It may sound trite, but no event makes sense without specific, concrete, and measurable goals - you need to know the who and why, and then work backwards from there. Start with a specific goal like “I want to facilitate peer- to peer bonding for my local university group” and then list all the ways that could achieved, (host a social dinner, a retreat, a 1-day hike, a group project etc.), rather than do an event format because it's been done before and seems effective. Here are some goals an event might have - note that these goals are pretty different from each other, and it's pretty hard to create events that could excel more than a couple at once: Networking - participants form important connections with others - either peers or mentors Learning/Skilling up - participants learn from each other or experts on a particular topic Id...

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Welcome back to another episode of our podcast! In this episode, Cynthia talks to Vaidehi Tembhekar, a long time friend from high school and a fellow podcaster. Vai candidly shares with Cynthia about how she's uncovered the power of her weaknesses throughout her journey from university in the UK to building an app for social change with her brother in Kenya and navigating the realities of adulthood in the USA. This episode will definitely leave you laughing, inspired and challenged, and as always, wanting to dive deeper into your own journey by taking that leap of faith. If you loved this episode, as always do share it with those who need to hear it. Links: You can find Vaidehi on LinkedIn where she's always open to answer your questions and she candidly continues to share her story. Remember to follow us on IG at @akenyansexperience & tag us on your instagram letting us know where you're listening in from You can also reach out to us on email at: akenyansexperience@gmail.com Music credits: Justin Vinylz and The Afrolution --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/akenyansexperience/message

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Doing Ops in EA FAQ: before you join (2022), published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on November 8, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Last edited: November 7th 2022 This guide was written by the Pineapple Operations team with inputs from several operations staff at various organizations to provide an overview of considerations for entering operations work at EA orgs. We think it'll be especially useful for people new to EA and/or operations who are considering working in this space. We think it could also be valuable for people looking to hire for these roles to understand the perspectives of candidates but it has less directly relevant advice (we may write up something in the future). We've chosen to publish this now because it seems like it could be useful to many people. We may make updates in the future and will keep a change log in the appendix. 1. What is operations in EA? TL;DR it's come to mean “everything that supports the core work and allows other people to focus on the core work” (this is not normally what operations means outside of EA, administration may be a more appropriate term). Operations in EA is a very broad area that can mean a lot of different things. This guide focuses on most operations roles (excluding PA/ExA roles and operations leadership roles). There are a few roles that we've seen open positions for in the last year (2022). Note that many roles will include several items from this list: Operations Manager (most often at small / new organisations) Implementing and maintaining general systems & processes Managing Accounting, Payroll & Legal Fundraising Marketing & Communications PA tasks for the team Other ad-hoc projects Office & Community Manager People Ops/HR Recruiting Coordinator Special Projects Associate / Project Manager (usually helping incubate new projects or do project management) Events Associate (events planning & execution) Logistics/Supply Chain Some roles will also have operations staff doing direct generalist work - such as research or program development - as needed, and generalist roles at smaller orgs will also involve operations work. Generalists can do many different things, well outside the ops domain - could be research, sales, and even having inputs on strategy. Generalist work that involves research will be often very different in nature to operations where task switching is common, or external facing work vs back-office admin tasks which don't require much human contact. If you are hired as an operations person, keep in mind that this will likely be your top priority - it's literally what keeps the lights on. Read the job description for each role carefully before applying - roles with the same title might have very different responsibilities, and be clear about what proportion of your time could actually be spent on generalist work if that's mentioned in the JD (and that orgs may not be able to always predict this ahead of time). "In my current EA role, which is generalist but more explicitly ops-focused, my responsibilities have included ops, communications, and research, and shift based on my comparative advantage relative to the rest of the team. In this type of role it's important to have a clear sense of priorities and boundaries, because your work could easily encompass. everything. It's also important to learn to communicate clearly across functions and outside of your org, and to be flexible and excited about learning new things!" Emily Thai, Operations Manager @ Giving Green Operations is often recommended as a good fit for community builders or people with experience organising local groups. There is typically a fair amount of overlap between the two roles - community building can involve many tasks that often fall under ops in EA e.g. events, implementing systems & processes, managing people/community me...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On retreats: nail the 'vibes' and venue, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on October 28, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This year I attended a few retreats with different goals and audiences (mostly for people already fairly involved in EA). This post lists some observations and lessons I took away from them about how I would want to run a retreat. I've probably written some suggestions with more confidence than is warranted - I have strong opinions that are weakly held. For brevity, I've not always delved into my reasoning for every specific point, but I'm happy to expand in the comments! I've shared early versions of this advice with a couple of people running retreats, and it seemed to be helpful. Not all of this advice will apply to any one retreat, I think the best way to read this is to take what makes sense given your goals and use those. I think most of these suggestions are useful for community retreats; and maybe ~30-60% are useful for professional retreats. I'd be really excited for more people to share their reflections on what's worked and what hasn't. Nail the 'vibes' Your goal is (probably) to help people make friends. For this reason, the vibes matter. Take time to observe how the attendees are interacting, and regularly ask the most perceptive or senior attendees how it's going. It's important to preserve participants' intention, energy, and eagerness to participate proactively. Go light with the schedule & be flexible with content Creating a schedule is always difficult, but when in doubt I advocate for cutting things (ruthlessly). I think that attendees will ultimately care more about the overall flow and atmosphere than that extra session. Have a shorter ‘work' day of (high quality) scheduled events to leave enough time for chilling and socializing (e.g., 10am-5pm). This will give participants time to make friends and prevent them getting too tired. That being said - make sure the content you do have is excellent. Be willing and able to pivot - don't be scared to throw out the schedule and do something else if you feel participants aren't resonating with the content you have, or someone makes a suggestion that seems good. Factor in downtime for attendees to recover from travel. Make people feel comfortable and relaxed Try to avoid people coming late: It can feel bad to miss the first day. If people must come late, batch latecomers and have someone give them an orientation and introduce them to other participants. Consider introducing latecomers to someone beforehand, so they know at least one non-organizer when they arrive. Check in with folks: Organizers can identify and periodically check on (e.g.) the 30% of participants who are most likely to feel out of place: for example, newer EAs or people who are less well-connected. Look out for each other: The German funconference had ‘awareness facilitators' who would support you in case of physical & mental health problems or if you felt like someone crossed your boundaries, and who would keep information confidential. I thought this was a really good thing to have. Help people get to know each other before the retreat: You can share a ‘names and faces' deck of all the attendees for people to read, and also print them and put them out in the common areas. Consider activities which allow people to seek help and be vulnerable, if it makes sense: I have found Hamming Circles during retreats to be quite helpful and a positive experience (and others who've participated say the same). However, they can be very intense and it's likely that I had a positive experience because I only opted into them when I already trusted the people around me, felt open to the experience, and when the activity was being run by someone who was experienced in running these kinds of activities. Think about ways to facilitate...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: PAs in EA: A Brief Guide & FAQ, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on October 25, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This guide was produced by Pineapple Operations; Holly Morgan is the primary author, with support from Jennifer Waldmann and Vaidehi Agarwalla (all mistakes are Holly's own). 1. What is a Personal Assistant? What is an Executive Assistant? Personal Assistants (PA) tend to be hired remotely on a self-employed basis for ~5-10 hours a week per client. Support is generally focused on saving time in someone's private life and is primarily administrative. Executive Assistants (ExA) tend to be full-time, on-site employees. Support is usually focused on saving and managing time in someone's professional life and is often a mix of administrative, motivational, and generalist. For simplicity, we'll refer to both as PAs for the rest of this post. 2. What typical tasks might a PA do? Admin and research Travel logistics Research and summarise/book top options for flights and accommodation Look into the latest rules around visas, coronavirus, etc. Procurement Research and summarise/buy top options for a particular product or service E.g. laptop, eye mask, credit card, gift, hairdresser, therapist, apartment Desk research Write/find digestible summaries of specific articles, papers, books, etc. Answer questions, e.g. “Are any organisations working on X?”, “What's the best productivity solution for Y?” Household management In-person errands, e.g. receive/return packages, process mail, duplicate keys Find and manage household workers, e.g. cleaners, childcare, electricians Motivation and focus Check-ins Regularly run through a tailored list of questions, e.g. “What are your most important tasks this week that you're worried you won't do?”, “Can we think of any motivational hacks now to increase the chance that you'll do them?”, “What steps will you take this month towards becoming your best self?” Check that the person has started work, spent 1 hour on top-priority tasks, done 7 hours' work today, etc. or just literally stand behind them like a patient teacher while they write that aversive email Proactively address current/anticipated issues with workflows and prioritisation processes based on a deepening familiarity with those systems and the goals behind them Disruptive and 'ugh' tasks Do tasks that must be done frequently or at a specific time and so would otherwise disrupt the person's schedule/focus, e.g. regularly check incoming messages for anything sufficiently urgent and important, take notes in meetings, try to get hold of a company that rarely picks up, buy tickets as soon as they go on sale Do/start tasks that the person finds particularly aversive, e.g. draft emails, book medical appointments Inbox, calendar, and task management Provide daily summaries of what today's priorities seem to be (and stay on top of deadlines) Triage incoming emails and politely decline requests as appropriate Schedule meetings (with more privacy/professionalism/gatekeeping/nuance than an app) Deliver briefings before meetings and conferences Manage tasks as they're thought of, allowing the person to quickly regain focus on their work Listen to the person's problems without judgement :-) Generalist and miscellaneous Generalist Drawing on the Assistant's generalist skill set, ad hoc tasks that there are no dedicated staff for (yet) Can involve generally being another pair of eyes (proofreading, being a sounding board, rubber ducking, user testing, etc.) or potentially management in specific areas (social media, recruitment, office, events, etc.) Miscellaneous This is an opportunity to add a complementary set of skills and attributes to someone's working life So if someone is disorganised, reckless, pessimistic, etc., they could work with an assistant who's the opposite 3. How much...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: An EA's Guide to Berkeley and the Bay Area, published by Elika on October 13, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. If you are visiting or new to the Bay (and Berkeley specifically) and are looking for an EA community, this guide is a useful place to start. It can be a difficult place to navigate for newcomers, and in this guide we (Elika and Vaidehi, communtiy members of East Bay EA) hope to make it a bit easier. This guide is not a representation of the views of everyone in the community or any organisation. This guide is most helpful if you're already planning or seriously considering coming to Berkeley and want to get more context on the community and culture, rather than trying to convince you to come or be fully comprehensive. We mostly focus on the Berkeley community in this guide, but a lot of what we talk about is relevant for the San Francisco community as well. We try to be pretty frank on the challenges and the negatives because we think it's important to give an accurate picture of the community. That being said, Berkeley (and the Bay) is a great place with a really vibrant EA community! We hope you enjoy it and are welcomed warmly :) To encourage that, feel free to reach out to any local community organisers listed in the People section! We also recommend joining the group chats listed. Overview Here's a map. EAs usually mean San Francisco or Berkeley in the East Bay (a uni town for UC Berkeley 45 minutes from San Francisco) when they say “the bay”. Berkeley is particularly focused on technical AI alignment, housing organisations like Redwood Research, CFAR, MIRI, CHAI (at UC Berkeley) and Lightcone Infrastructure. As a result, there is significant overlap between the EA and rationalist communities in Berkeley, much more so than any other EA community (see more). Generally, most senior or engaged community members in Berkeley (and many in SF) are longtermists and work on AI safety. Many longtermist EA programs in summer of 2022 are being hosted in Berkeley and bring in people from all over, such as the SERI MATS program and the EA Communications Fellowship. The San Francisco community is overlapping but distinct, with relatively less rationalists and AI focused people. Organisations who have offices in SF include Open Phil, GiveWell, Founders' Pledge, and some EA startups like Mission Barns (alternative meats) and Momentum. OpenAI and Anthropic also have offices in SF. The Bay is a major hub because of the founders' effects - several historically important founding communities and organisations of the EA movement were founded and continue to be based here. This includes rationalist organisations like LessWrong, CFAR and MIRI in Berkeley, and separately GiveWell in San Francisco. Find links to community pages here, advice about moving to an EA hub here. Culture The EA culture in Berkeley is influenced by the communities it is a part of - the rationality, silicon valley / tech communities. Most people are very passionate and dedicated longtermists who tend to take existential risks very seriously and/or have short AGI timelines. There can be a “doom-y” vibe (sometimes in social settings as well, although you can find events that are more fun). Below is an incomplete list of some aspects of the community that might be important to contextualise your experiences: The community in Berkeley is overwhelmingly longtermist. You may feel alienated if you don't hold these beliefs, or find it more difficult to find lots of in-depth conversations on other cause areas because people are primarily interested in a few topics. There can be a more intense work culture in the Bay, with high variance. For some people it's normal to work long hours and come in on the weekends. This can be really motivating and inspiring for some people. But there can also be pressure to wor...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Pineapple Operations is expanding to include all operations talent (Oct '22 Update), published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on October 13, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Pineapple Operations aims to streamline the operations talent search and save both employers' and candidates' time. We provide a public directory of people interested in operations work in the EA ecosystem. Changes to our “operations” Our database now includes all operations talent We're excited to announce that we've expanded our database to include all operations talent, with 100+ candidates listed so far! Our goal is for the database to be a central, easy-to-use and up-to-date database. Let us know in the comments or here how we could do that better! We are trying out a minimum viable product, so anyone can list themselves on the database (we remove spam). We previously only listed PA/ExA talent. List yourself | Search the database We are not offering any other services as of now Due to capacity constraints we are not offering any personalised services or candidate vetting at this time. We think they are likely to be valuable, but unfortunately cannot do them ourselves. We think these services are potentially really valuable, especially for organisations with limited capacity and would experiment more in this space if we had capacity. If you're interested and have prior experience in recruiting and/or operations please reach out. We have several ideas we'd like to test (and several potential clients who would like them!). Others experimenting on their own or through other projects with outsourcing operations recruiting should also get in touch to see if we can work together Note: We will be posting two short guides on hiring / getting hired for PA/ExAs & operations staff, which we hope will help in the meantime. New Team Vaidehi Agarwalla and Alexandra Malikova run Pineapple Operations. We are grateful to Holly Morgan and previous team members for founding and working on earlier versions of the project. How are we doing so far? What can we do better? If you've found a position or hired someone you found on our database, please let us know! Since we are in the beta testing phase, we would also love to know how we can improve. You can contact us at info@pineappleoperations.org, share in the comments below or leave feedback anonymously via our feedback form. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why don't people post on the Forum? Some anecdotes, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on October 3, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I know lots of people who want to write for the Forum, but who struggle to actually get their posts written. I think this is bad - it means that we miss out on useful knowledge and insight, and that Forum posts are skewed towards users who: are more self-confident have less impostor syndrome have more spare time feel more comfortable with writing Below, I share some anecdotes I've heard from acquaintances and people on EA Twitter about why they don't post on the Forum. Then, I make some brief suggestions for things you can do if this post resonates. So why don't people post? All of the stories below are real examples, but with the names and some other details changed for anonymity. Some of these stories come from private conversations; others from Twitter. I also know other specific examples I haven't described in this post. I want to zoom out and see the big picture, before diving into examples. Aaron Bergman was kind enough to make this plot of unique authors over time (the big jump is likely due to all the competitions recently). Ideally, I would have liked to talk about Forum stats like the proportion of lurkers to commentors and posters, since the increase in authorship is correlated with a jump in overall activity, but that data was not available. I think the positive trend could be exciting, but there has also been some discussion about quality of Forum posts dropping recently. Many of the people I write about had ideas that I think would add meaningful ideas to the current discourse, and don't seem to have changed their minds on this in the last few months. They don't have time Many people want to post, but struggle to find the time to write their ideas. Often, these are busy domain experts with valuable ideas and knowledge to share. For example, an acquaintance in the alt-protein industry told me that lots of useful information is not public, because the work on it is happening in the private sector. However, they didn't have time to write about this themself. Even if someone does (eventually) post their ideas, delays can be costly. A grantmaker I know wanted to write about the risks of megaprojects. They worried that megaprojects could turn out to be an EA talent sink, drawing people away from more resource-effective (if smaller) projects; but they didn't have time to write about this. If people are convinced, they might fund or take on fewer megaprojects and avoid the possible harms. I think that it's especially important to make it easier for time-poor people to post on the Forum. I've had many incredibly informative conversations with experts like this; it's a shame that their knowledge is not more widely available. They don't think they can meet the Forum's high standards Some people worry that because standards on the Forum are so high (rightly), they don't have much to contribute. A Twitter user writes: ‘given the opportunity cost of time and the frequency of high-quality posts on the forum, it seems possibly net negative to post anything that dilutes the quality'. Others say similar things: one felt that ‘the bar is so high for quality and finality'; another believes they'd have to ‘clear a very high bar'. They feel initimidated, nervous or scared about how their posts will be received (if at all) Lots of people feel intimidated about posting on the Forum. An acquaintance in the finance industry wanted to make the case for exploring the potential to nudge ESG criteria to be more EA-aligned, since it influences trillions of dollars of investments. Conversations with friends discouraged them; they felt like they ‘had to write a whole scientific thesis just to not be torn apart.' (This person was also time poor). Others ...

Pap smears sound uncomfortable, but they don't have to be! I know I have a bit of fear surrounding them as well. Listen to this candid snippet between Ameek and Dr. Vaidehi Mujumdar on decreasing your discomfort around pap smears. This is only a preview of our podcast with Dr. Mujumdar. Listen to the full thing "Everything You Need to Know About Pap Smears" on our page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Pap smears sound uncomfortable, but they don't have to be! I know I have a bit of fear surrounding them as well. Listen to this candid snippet between Ameek and Dr. Vaidehi Mujumdar on decreasing your discomfort around pap smears. This is only a preview of our podcast with Dr. Mujumdar. Listen to the full thing "Everything You Need to Know About Pap Smears" on our page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Vaidehi meets Aarush on the metro station while trying to catch the last train to her home but misses it and guess what whom she catches instead? Aarush it is. Two complete strangers trying not to share any details about themselves amd still end up having....lets not spoil the story. Please go and listen to this story now.

If you're a home gardener or live in an area where there's a lot of farming going on, you've probably heard of Roundup. In this Sidebar, Joe and Vaidehi discuss the ongoing lawsuits based on Roundup weed killer's potentially harmful side effects and why its maker, Monsanto, has a 50/50 record in these disputes so far. 

वयं रक्षाम: में प्राग्वेदकालीन जातियों के सम्बन्ध में सर्वथा अकल्पित अतर्कित नई स्थापनाएं हैं , मुक्त सहवास है, विवसन विचरण है, हरण और पलायन है। शिश्नदेव की उपासना है, वैदिक - अवैदिक अश्रुत मिश्रण है। नर - मांस की खुले बाजार में बिक्री है, नृत्य है, मद है, उन्मुख अनावृत यौवन है । इस उपन्यास में प्राग्वेदकालीन नर, नाग, देव, दैत्य-दानव, आर्य-अनार्य आदि विविध नृवंशों के जीवन के वे विस्तृत-पुरातन रेखाचित्र हैं, जिन्हें धर्म के रंगीन शीशे में देख कर सारे संसार ने अंतरिक्ष का देवता मान लिया था। मैं इस उपन्यास में उन्हें नर रूप में आपके समक्ष उपस्थित करने का साहस कर रहा हूँ। आज तक कभी मनुष्य की वाणी से न सुनी गई बातें, मैं आपको सुनाने पर आमादा हूँ।....उपन्यास में मेरे अपने जीवन-भर के अध्ययन का सार है।... आचार्य चतुरसेन उपन्यास - वयं रक्षाम: Novel - Vayam Rakshamah लेखक - आचार्य चतुरसेन शास्त्री Writer - Acharya Chatursen Shastri स्वर - समीर गोस्वामी Narration - Sameer Goswami https://kahanisuno.com/ http://instagram.com/sameergoswami_kahanisuno https://www.facebook.com/kahanisuno/ http://twitter.com/goswamisameer/ https://sameergoswami.com

Lyrics:Kousalya Nandana Vaidehi MohanaRajeeva Lochana RamaYuga Avatara Parameshwara RamaAsura Nikhandana Kodanda RamaBharatagraja Sri Rama Parthi Pureeshwara RamaMeaning:The Lotus eyed Rama, the son of Kousalya, enchanter of Vaidehi is the incarnation of the age. Salutations to the bow wielding Rama who was worshipped by his brother Bharata, uprooter of the demon clan, now dwells at Parthi.

Welcome back! This is one of the best episodes in Sauntering with Sumaiya history. We go from talking about Instagram relationships to how toxic mentality works within friend groups. Buckle in for a bunch of nonsensical screaming... and some mature conversation emphasis on some. Enjoy!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Apply to help run EAGxIndia, Berkeley, Singapore and Future Forum!, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on May 21, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Apply to join the EAGxIndia 2023, the Future Forum and the EAGxBerkeley 2023 teams. The application takes 15 minutes and the deadline is Tuesday May 31st at 11:59pm Pacific Time. We are also seeking (separate application) volunteers to run EAGxSingapore 2022. Apply now! About the conferences Future Forum 2022 The Future Forum is a 4-day event running in San Francisco from August 4-7th 2022. We are concentrating 250 promising individuals from across communities there; drawing from Effective Altruism, Emergent Ventures, Silicon Valley tech, Progress Studies, and more. We want to arm many more of the world's brightest minds with the tools they need to tackle global problems, be it funding or great mentors. We believe the Forum can become a highly impactful event in this space. In our early stages, the Future Forum and surrounding community accelerated 20+ highly promising individuals through e.g. the EA ecosystem and Emergent Ventures, and led to the creation of 10+ start-ups and projects. For the main event, our first round of speakers & supporters includes, among others, Holden Karnofsky, Anders Sandberg, Daniela Amodei, Ed Boyden, and Jason Crawford. We are looking for more ops support to make this event happen well, with the core of work in June and July 2022. We are also excited about Event Leads who have organized a mid-to-large-scale conference before. EAGxIndia 2023 This is the first ever EAGx conference in India and will likely take place in early 2023. EAGxIndia will have about 200-300 attendees, primarily aimed at community members based in India, with up to 100 attendees for other groups, and also EA-adjacent Indian organizations that might contribute to and benefit from attending the conference. This event will be more introductory than other EAGx's, and the content will also be more targeted at addressing gaps that Indian members struggle with in EA such as localized career advice through career workshops, cause-specific career lightning talks and more. CEA has approved funding for this event and it is led by Anubhuti Jain and Pratik Agarwal, who are currently working on community building in India. EAGxBerkeley 2023 EAG SF is great for engaged community members but there are fewer ways for newer EAs to get involved with the EA community in the Bay Area, despite a fairly high awareness of EA in the area. I think an EAGx would be a good way to bring such people into the movement, and think it would have positive effects strengthening Bay Area university groups (such as UC Berkeley, Stanford and others). The application for EAGxBerkeley is run by me (Vaidehi Agarwalla) to help coordinate people interested in running this event, but I will not be taking on a leading role. Note: CEA has not yet approved this event but they have encouraged us to apply for funding. We will apply for funding once we have a team. These roles are a good fit for someone who: Wants to test their fit for event management, operations and community building Depending on team structure: Has the capacity to take on 5-10 hours of flexible work per week leading up to the conference Is able to work full- or near-fulltime 2 weeks before the conference Could be good fits for any of the following (specific needs will vary based on the location) Strategy (Goals, Metrics) Project management (Budgeting, Team lead, Evaluation Production (Venue, Catering, AV, Health & Safety) Admissions (Application review, Stewardship) Content (Speaker Selection & Liaison, Swapcard Manager) Communications (Emails, Marketing, PR, Website) Is organized, reliable, and handles crisis situations well You don't have to be super qualified, just capable and enthusiastic. Role l...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The availability bias in job hunting, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on April 30, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TL:DR; EA talent is currently suboptimally allocated, resulting in lower impact for the movement. There are many reasons for this, and in this post I talk about one reason: attention misallocation - and specifically, availability bias around certain careers and paths. Linguistic note: I will refer to career paths that are given the most attention in EA “highlighted paths”. The availability bias is “a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision.” Many factors cause some facts to be recalled more easily than others (e.g. if the fact is recent, frequent, extreme, vivid, negative etc.) In the EA context, people exhibit the availability bias towards a small subset of very competitive, geography-limited, low absorbency career paths and roles (henceforth highlighted paths). How certain are we that this is actually happening? One proxy for understanding attention is to look at job applications. These are pretty strong signals of intent on the part of community members. Jobs at some EA-aligned organisations are notoriously hard to get and getting rejected from such opportunities comes with costs. The mismatch of attention and opportunities illustrated in the stylized sankey plot below: How does the availability bias work? Highlighted paths get disproportionate attention and status from the community, but cannot absorb enough people. The way that these opportunities are perceived and experienced creates the conditions for availability bias. Additionally, there are limited resources and support for other, higher absorbency paths so the lack of information and support around these paths further exacerbates the condition. It makes highlighted paths... socially acceptable EA changes peoples' perceptions of different opportunities. In particular, it raises the bar for what counts as effective. People consider a smaller set of opportunities to be acceptable and may feel like a given opportunity needs endorsement from the EA community to be acceptable. Because there are so few opportunities that are defined as clearing this bar, they get disproportionate attention. (socially) desirable As people get more involved with EA and deepen their engagement, the more likely they are to want direct impact as well. It actually is more desirable to work for an EA organisation because EA jobs provide scarce non-monetary goods such as: Social status Meaning-making / life orientation A sense of having a near-maximal impact Being part of a value-aligned group easier to access (not to actually get) Job opportunities for highlighted paths at existing EA organisations, feel more accessible because they are publicised repeatedly, concrete, and convenient. Repetition: You are much likely to apply if you hear about a role at a careers fair, on job boards, on social media and the Forum, and by referrals from group organisers and friends. Concrete: work at an org vs create your own role (e..g in policy this can happen) Convenient: Some publicity methods like job boards or career fairs make finding some opportunities very convenient. Curated job boards present you with relevant and up-to-date openings, are convenient to search, and appear comprehensive (sometimes listing hundreds of vacancies). Careers fairs give you the ability to network with staff from the represented organisations which both increasing the likelihood of people applying and may appear to (and actually) improve their chances of getting the job. It also makes it easy to anchor on such methods, because the alternative to a job board is to search up lots of organisations yourself, and the alternative to a careers fair is to...

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Welcome to episode 16 of Change It Up!This week Sara is joined by four of our amazing 2021 ambassadors Millie, Godwin Kevin, Vaidehi and Kico to chat about their experience of the ambassador program, their journeys and their best advise for aspiring ambassadors and young change makers. Godwin Kevin is an 18 year old from Calabar, Cross River State in Nigeri. He's north star is to empower young african leaders and changemakers all over the african continent and inspire them to create extraordinary social impact in their communities and the world at large.His organization INSPIRE FOR GREATNESS was founded in 2018 his organization identifies connects and empowers young african leaders and changemakers with impactful Global Changemakers, Leaders, Entrepreneurs, CEOs, Scholars, Leaders, Sports People, Scientists, and Health Professionals from around the world, who provide Proffesional and personal mentorship in our various programs. Through his organization Godwin has impacted over 1500+ youths from over 7 countries which include (Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Egypt, and Tunisia.Millicent is a 17 year old mental health activist from the UK. After struggling with her own mental health she started an online presence called Our Happy Notes where she posts pictures of the notes she leaves in public for people to find with positive messages on them. Over time she has moved into mental health awareness and advocacy; she hopes to destigmatise mental health and provide hope in order to create change. Besides mental health she's also passionate about theatre, acting and writing.Vaidehi is a 22 year old mental health advocate from India. She raises awareness about women's safety issues, support sexual assault victims and create conceptual content on the internet & indulge in icecreams:). She believes we all shift the world a little bit with our choices and strives to make better ones everyday.Kico is a 20-year-old student born and raised in Myanmar. Growing up in a very poor country immensely shaped his vision for the world. Every time he would leave his home to go abroad either for holiday, it felt like he would be leaving one world for another. When he left Myanmar to study abroad at14, it was only then he realized despite living on one Earth, many people live in completely different worlds. His dream is to bring all those different world's together and see what people can create when united together. To see what humanity can do when they come together and see what miracles we can achieve.Want more from the Humanity Up fam?Follow Humanity Up on Insta here Head to our website here Preorder our merchandise here Apply to our 2022 (starts May) ambassador program hereFollow Sara on Insta hereThis podcast was brought to you by Humanity Up and hosted and produced by Sara Gustafson#changeitup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Some benefits and risks of failure transparency, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on March 27, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Key takeaways The goal of this post is to discuss some heuristics on when it makes sense to discuss our own and other's failures and mistakes in the EA community. I also recap the state of failure discourse in EA, including the recent interest and activity around red-teaming. (Read More) Benefits of failure transparency Building a more accurate map of the world so that resources are better allocated, we can identify and highlight trends in mistakes, and also help the broader world outside of EA improve. (Read More) Creating a strong and trustworthy signal of our values (Read More) Creating a stronger community (Read More) Risks and Costs Opportunity costs (Read More) Reputational costs (Read More) If we engage in discourse less responsibly, there is a risk of harming existing discourse norms, which could result in less failure discourse in the long run. (Read More) Transparency being used against you or unfairly advantaging others (Read More) When to engage in discourse When considering our own mistakes, keep in mind the relevance of the mistake, the value of information you could gain from reflecting further on it or getting external opinions, whether others would find it valuable, and if you're ready to hear your mistakes. If you're higher status in the community, it may make sense to have a lower bar for sharing mistakes. If you're in a competitive field outside of EA, it may be worth having a higher bar. (Read More) When considering others' mistakes, consider what you are hoping to achieve with the feedback, and how likely the other actor is to be open to feedback. Also consider whether the appropriate forum of engagement is private of public. It may also be worth factoring in the status of the actor you're criticising. If you choose to communicating publicly, be careful when expressing your level of confidence and extrapolating. (Read More) A few links that might be more concretely helpful when you're actually trying to talk about failure (Read More) Linguistic note: I refer to organisations and individuals collectively as “actors”. I also use the terms “failure” and “mistakes” somewhat interchangeably throughout this post. But I try to stick to “failure” for the most part. Thanks to Arjun Khandelwal for extensive copyediting and review, and Adam Gleave for brainstorming on whiteboards. Thanks to Nathan Young, Abi Olvera, Ben Millwood, Arjun & Adam for many (many) helpful suggestions and comments. I've tried to cite in the footnotes where possible but I'm sure I've forgotten a bunch! Introduction The goal of this post is to discuss some heuristics on when it makes sense to discuss our own and other's failures and mistakes in the EA community. I hope it provides a balanced and fair view of the considerations. Failures are pretty complex and can be caused by a lot of different things. Some are caused by mistakes that were knowable in advance, others by things that could not have been predicted or were out of someone's control. Some failures are related to not living up to one's values and causing harm to other people, while other mistakes negatively impact one's own productivity or growth without causing direct harm to anyone else. It seems like all of the above are valuable, depending on who is reading. People external to EA might particularly care about value-related failures, while those working at EA organisations might benefit from knowing how other organisations have made mistakes that negatively harmed their productivity. Failure discourse in EA currently This section might be most useful to those new to the community or interested in a summary of failure discourse in the EA community. The EA community can be keen to learn from ...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The BEAHR: Dust off your CVs for the Big EA Hiring Round!, published by Sanjay on March 24, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. [epistemic status: I wrote this post fairly quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if I've missed some relevant points, feel free to correct me in the comments] Over the coming two weeks, the FTX foundation will be making its decisions and likely disbursing $100m, possibly more. Let's assume that those funds are going to be spent on salaries (imprudent assumption) and that those salaries average $100k (probably a prudent assumption, I'd guess), and that no more than $100m is donated (prudent assumption)... . then there could be 1,000 EA jobs up for grabs in the coming months. As if I don't have enough eccentricities, I'm going to refer to the Big EA Hiring Round as the BEAHR. Has the EA community ever had this many new jobs created in such a short space of time? Not as far as I'm aware. As far as I know, it's as if a BEAHR from deepest darkest Peru has suddenly and magically turned up at a tube station. What does this mean for you, a potential applicant? Are you someone who has been thinking of getting a job in an EA org, but not gotten round to it? Now is a good time to get ready for the BEAHR! If you want to take action right now, you might want to prepare your CV. When I have hired for EA jobs in the past, I have requested a CV, but I have not been very prone to reject people for a bad CV – I've mostly used it as an indication of intent to apply, plus a useful reference point before the interview. This means that if you're the sort of person who agonises over whether your CV is good enough, you can relax. At least, assuming that other organisations take the same approach as me! If anyone wants to include further thoughts or advice on putting together your CV in the comments, feel free. Vaidehi provided some useful more general advice encouraging people to apply for jobs here. We will need the right infrastructure, including jobs boards. I am happy to report that I have used the 80,000 hours jobs board and found it to be a hugely valuable resource. It has led to a very high calibre of applicant, and a good quantity too. I'm hugely grateful to 80,000 hours for providing this great resource. However I have heard reports that people have had an inconsistent experience of using the 80,000 jobs board, and suggestions that it is underresourced. I also understand that 80,000 hours has been hiring for someone to manage the jobs board, so I very much hope that that person can hit the ground running and will relish the challenge of meeting the substantial needs for this resource. Even assuming that the 80,000 hours jobs board is functioning perfectly in the coming months, I still think that duplication/competition is valuable. I would love it if someone decided to quickly create and boldly market a new EA jobs board. This will be useful for the forthcoming BEAHR, and possibly for beyond. . and don't forget the Effective Altruism Job Postings facebook group! If you're not on that facebook group, I would encourage you to join it! And if you're on it, please check in on it. I predict that the BEAHR may make that space a bit more frenzied in the coming months! Does this mean the end of “it's really really hard to get hired by an EA organisation” Three years ago, a plaintive, heartfelt post struck a deep chord within the community, and became a hit on the EA forum. Will the BEAHR bring about an end to it being so hard to get hired? Sadly, not necessarily. I predict that some people will feel the great joy of getting a new job, but others will still experience a series of rejections without getting hired. And that this will happen for some very talented people. Why? Firstly, there is an idiosyncratic need that organisations have. It is really normal for me to...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Add randomness to your EA conferences, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on March 4, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TL;DR: Build in time for random spontaneous interactions with people at EA conferences! There is a lot of great advice on how to strategically network during EA Globals - and I think it's great to encourage people to be very intentional and goal-oriented with what they get out of the conference. However, I also think that deliberate randomness is also quite valuable (although higher variance). The chances that I'll randomly meet cool and interesting people at an EA Global is really, really high. What's more, my deliberate attempts to connect with people will heavily bias me towards : People I already know Who generally share my interests or worldview Who fill out their conference profiles or are otherwise 'legible' Who already know (of) me "Shop talk" 1-1 interactions (aside from workshops, most interactive EA events like professional or affiliation meetups tend to do 1-1 speed networking sessions) I find unstructured interactions without any expectations fun and enjoyable and a less intense than back to back 1-1s. I try to budget about 20-30% of each EA conference (sometimes more) for random interactions. Randomness in practice I find joining a group of people talking to be an inherently awkward experience. Luckily there are lots of ways EA conferences provide assisted serendipity! Physical Events Attending general speed networking events Not scheduling 1-1s for a 1-2 hours during lunch or dinners. You could join a table at random that has empty spots. You could also sit at an empty table and wait for other braver souls to join you! I've also noticed that conversations tend to happen near water fountains, washrooms & coat rooms (I think this is some combination of common area + lower social expectations + small enough group of people) Cause / Career / Affinity group networking sessions are semi-random Some people find it easy to join conversations that start up in hallways etc. Don't schedule things immediately after talks and speak with the other attendees Virtual Events In general, it's harder to have random interactions at virtual events. However, it could still be worth trying! Other than attending networking events, one strategy could be to randomly choose people on the networking app, say hi and let them know that you're trying to meet counterfactually new people. I expect this approach will be much higher variance / more time intensive than the physical counterpart but could be interesting! Examples (These are mostly personal examples because I didn't spend too long asking others - if anyone else has some examples, please comment or DM me and I'll add them here! ) I became very good friends with someone I met at a dinner group at EA Global, who later became a co-collaborator on a project for Effective Environmentalism David ended up co-writing a paper with Anders Sandberg based on a discussion after a Q&A session at a conference at the Global Priorities Institute. I had a very interesting conversation with an operations person at AMF about their job at my first EAG I have felt more comfortable reaching out to people I've met at least once, so this has expanded the number of people I can ask for help or introduce to others I felt like I belonged to the EA community because the people I met had similar perspectives to me (see here) Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The EA Hub is suspending new feature development (with plans to retire), published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on February 27, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Key Takeaways In 2021, the EA Hub built volunteer capacity, made technical progres. During this period ~1500 people joined or were onboarded to the platform, roughly doubling from the 2020. (Read More) However, in Fall of 2021, after being rejected from the EA Infrastructure fund and learning of CEA's updated strategy in this space, we chose to suspend future work and plan to retire the Hub in the future. (Read More) The EA Hub will remain live with existing functionality until it is ready to be replaced with a new platform, at which point we are planning to retire it. We are working closely with CEA to ensure a smooth transition to the new system, and Hub users will receive notice at least 1 month before we shut down the Hub. (Read More) We are excited to see more work in the space of improving online connections. (Read More) Context The EA Hub is one of the oldest volunteer projects in the EA ecosystem. The first version of the EA Hub was started by the Local Effective Altruism Network (LEAN) in 2015, to provide an online platform for EAs to connect with each other as well as with EA groups, projects, and helpful resources. In 2015 the Hub had EA profiles and groups (and maps), a donation registry, links to actions for EAs to take, a nascent wiki, and hosted the results of the EA Survey. There has been limited interest from other meta organisations to do work in this space. The codebase was deprecated and the EA Hub was relaunched in 2019 with a new codebase and team. A new leadership team (Vaidehi, Victor & Seb) started work in Fall 2020. Starting in 2020 the Hub was fiscally sponsored by, but otherwise independent from, Rethink Charity. Our vision for the EA Hub was to be “an online platform that enables collaboration and facilitates connections between people in the Effective Altruism movement to make it easier to learn, network, collaborate on projects, and find career opportunities.” We believe that improving community infrastructure for projects, individuals, and groups will help initiatives build traction more effectively. Read more about our team's plans. 2021 in Review Our goals for 2021 included securing funding, developing new features, maintaining the existing platform, and improving our volunteer capacity. We also developed our strategy and coordinated with stakeholders. We made significant technical progress, with feedback from several EA community builders from around the world. The Hub profiles nearly doubled in 2021 to ~3200 profiles. Of the new profiles, we onboarded 700+ people from EA conferences in 2021, including EAG Reconnect and the EA Fellowship Weekend. We recruited and worked with a team of 5-6 volunteers (in addition to our core team) regularly contributing to the Hub in technical and non-technical roles. We applied to the EA Infrastructure Fund for the funds needed to reach the level of professionalism appropriate for this project. As we explain below, EAIF rejected us because they felt it would be less valuable because of similar work planned by CEA. After learning about CEA's plans, we deliberated and decided to suspend further work on the EA Hub. Our reasons for suspending development and plans to retire the Hub The main reason for our decision is that we found out that the CEA Online Team plans to introduce features on the EA Forum that would be similar to the EA Hub's. Background: The new Hub team (Vaidehi, Seb, and Victor) started work in Fall 2020 and were in contact with various staff at CEA from that point on to get feedback, coordinate, and share progress. In Fall 2020, CEA's strategy was not yet set and they were uncertain about their future plans. Based on the informati...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Ideas from network science about EA community building, published by vaidehi agarwalla on February 17, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I've chosen to publish this post even though I do feel that some of the arguments could be refined further because I'm trying to not make perfect the enemy of good. Many thanks to David Nash, Gidon Kadosh, Xuan and Arjun Khandelwal for comments and suggestions on this post. TL:DR; Community builders are well positioned to make more high-quality connections for relatively low costs to make local groups and the EA community as a whole have more strong and weak ties, be more distributed (and thus resilient) and stay open to new connections. Key Takeaways We want EA to be a network of strong and weak ties. Strong ties can help improve coordination and collaboration within the community. Weak ties can help with bilateral information flow, reduce insularity and create a more welcoming community. (Read More) We want EA as a whole to be closer to a distributed network where people have strong connections with several other people, rather than a extremely centralised network with strong connections to only a few people. Having multiple connections can make groups more resilient. Over-centralisation of connections and information can be suboptimal. (Read More) We want EA to be an open network - individuals have capacity and are open to new connections. We are doing a fairly good job of this right now within the community, but could probably make a more concerted effort to engage with actors from other communities. (Read More) These network diagrams are missing important decision-relevant aspects of connection-making including the kinds of connections and the timing of those connections . (Read More) It may be high impact and low-cost to invest more time making high-quality connections within local groups and communities. We can make connections between members of a specific EA group to create friendship, peer bonding and solidarity, within different EA groups to help members connect with people or subcommunities they have more in common with, and to non-EAs to help them explore opportunities that EA may not be able to provide currently. (Read More) Some practical tips for making connections include modelling good 1-1s to help establish these as a normal and exciting part of the group culture, creating directories, making introductions to subcommunity community builders, encouraging members to attend EA conferences or attending them yourself and networking with others in mind. (Read More) Some common problems that may come up, and some rough attempts to troubleshoot them. (Read More) Some important linguistic notes: I refer to networks in the sense of “structures of connected people”, and specifically what the structure of an EA group could look like. I'm not thinking about it in the sense of “professional networks” a la Community vs Network. The terms I use (strong / distributed / open) are technical terms taken directly from network science (I am typically a fan of not adding new jargon to the EA lexicon). I don't mean to invoke common connotations associated with these terms and encourage the reader to replace these words with other, more neutral words if they find themselves doing so. We want to create. A network of strong ties and weak ties A strong tie between two people is a relationship that is quite strong - friends, family, close colleagues. It could be someone from whom you would feel comfortable asking a favour (for advice or an introduction, for example - this is the metric used by the CEA events team for EA Globals). We want to build strong ties between the local and global EA community because they can lead to better and cooperation, trust and coordination. It's worth asking - what does it take to get someone to feel comfort...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What (standalone) LessWrong posts would you recommend to most EA community members?, published by vaidehi agarwalla on February 9, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Context / Motivation: I am interested in thinking a lot recently about how we could share ideas from the rationalist community to EA and related subcommunities (perhaps communicating the same ideas in different ways). I've been diving into LessWrong recently and remembered why I hadn't for a while - it's really overwhelming. Even with the sequences and curation, it's a lot of content, and it's not always obvious to me which posts I'd find most valuable. I think it's better to read fewer posts in more depth to properly understand them. I think it's likely that some posts or ideas will be much more relevant to EAs than others, but I'm not sure which ones My ask: I'd be interested in recommendations for standlone posts (e.g. All debates are bravery debates), specific concepts (e.g. schelling fence or doublecrux) , or specific sequences (e.g.) If you have time, I'd love to know why it's valuable to you Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Did you know that cervical cancer is highly preventable and that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month? On that note, the first episode of the Season 3 of Brown Women Health Podcast is here to cue you about the symptoms, screening schedule, and more! Around 13,000 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. However, it is a preventable, high treatable disease associated with long term survival. Regular cervical cancer screenings such as Pap smears and HPV testing are very important for early detection and timely and appropriate treatment. In addition, early HPV vaccination acts as a key measure in preventing cervical cancer. There's an additional stigma associated with Pap Smears, especially in the South Asian community leading to the underutilization of these life saving screenings by South Asian women. We're joined by Dr Vaidehi Mujumdar, MD, in this episode, as we discuss cervical cancer, risk factors, and preventive measures. We also unpack how communities of color are disproportionately affected by these cancers and debunk the misconceptions surrounding Pap Smears! Tune in to this episode as you get your screening scheduled today! Follow Brown Women Health on https://instagram.com/brownwomenhealth, https://twitter.com/brownwomenhlth, or https://facebook.com/brownwomenhealth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Did you know that cervical cancer is highly preventable and that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month? On that note, the first episode of the Season 3 of Brown Women Health Podcast is here to cue you about the symptoms, screening schedule, and more! Around 13,000 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. However, it is a preventable, high treatable disease associated with long term survival. Regular cervical cancer screenings such as Pap smears and HPV testing are very important for early detection and timely and appropriate treatment. In addition, early HPV vaccination acts as a key measure in preventing cervical cancer. There's an additional stigma associated with Pap Smears, especially in the South Asian community leading to the underutilization of these life saving screenings by South Asian women. We're joined by Dr Vaidehi Mujumdar, MD, in this episode, as we discuss cervical cancer, risk factors, and preventive measures. We also unpack how communities of color are disproportionately affected by these cancers and debunk the misconceptions surrounding Pap Smears! Tune in to this episode as you get your screening scheduled today! Follow Brown Women Health on https://instagram.com/brownwomenhealth, https://twitter.com/brownwomenhlth, or https://facebook.com/brownwomenhealth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Lyrics:Kausalyatmaja Ram CharanVaidehi Priya Ram CharanHanumat Sevitha Ram CharanBharatarchita Sri Ram CharanAhalyodharaka Ram CharanPrashanti Niketana Ram CharanRama Charan Sada BhajoMeaning:Adhere to the feet of Rama O mind, the son of Kausalya, enchanter of Vaidehi, one who was served by Maruti, worshipped by Bharata and to the one who confers supreme peace.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: When in doubt, apply, published by vaidehi agarwalla on January 23, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I'm not very happy with the title of this post, but figured it was better to post than hold off another few days I hope this post: Provides useful tips on how to handle the process of applying, especially to EA jobs and grants, so that it is more rewarding, less stressful and helps you find a that is a good personal fit for you. I hope this post can help you avoid becoming bycatch, Encourages you to apply to more jobs and grants (not just EA ones), and apply more widely. “EA jobs” refers to jobs posted by organisations that are explicitly EA-aligned, similarly for “EA grantmakers”. A few quick caveats Giving advice is hard. I write this post from my personal experience and observations and have shared it with multiple people working at EA organisations for review. I've added additional notes on sections I'm more uncertain about. I also hope the following caveats can help you determine if this advice applies to you. I encourage you to explore the relevant tags, ask questions and make sure this advice is relevant to your cause area or domain. I assume you've spent time reflecting on your options and determined that applying to new opportunities in the EA space is the right step for you at this time. If you haven't, this is far from the only option. You can explore EA ideas and opportunities more slowly while doing non-EA things - for example, by getting involved in your local community, testing out projects, skilling up or attending events. I think this is probably the right step for most people, especially people newer to the EA movement. Don't apply to (EA) jobs you don't have a genuine interest in, or that you don't think there's at least a small chance (>25%) you'd actually take it If you followed 2), don't worry about wasting an organisation's time or money evaluating your application. If they proceed with your application, trust that they have done the cost-benefit calculations already and decided it's worth it. If you make it to the final stages, and think it's still very unlikely you'd accept, it can be moderately costly for an organisation to make an offer as it can add delays to hiring runner-up applicants. That doesn't mean you should pull out. Instead, explain your current options and thinking to the organisation and ask questions to help you make sure you're making the right decision.[1] It's good to think critically.For example, you could ask about your counterfactual impact in this role (e.g.“What would you do if I declined the offer?”). I Sometimes, the organisation may not have a second candidate in mind and not end up hiring for the role at all. This would be important information to factor into your decision. Job applications... are a cheap test to evaluate personal fit Compared to normal jobs, EA job applications often have multiple rounds of work tests which can be excellent opportunities to test your personal fit for a role. For example, if you apply for a grantmaking organisation the work test might be to evaluate a sample grant. It's a great way to get a more realistic view of what the work is like. Some EA-aligned organisations will also give you feedback on your work tests (more so in later stages), which can also be useful for improving your skills. can teach you things You can learn about the kind of work an organisation does on the ground, the kinds of skills they value, and even develop those skills as you do more and more tests.[2] I have found test tasks that require me to practice specific skills such as reasoning transparency or summarising information clearly and concisely especially valuable. Practising these skills in a situation with meaningful stakes but which I didn't find too stressful also helped me internalise these skills...

Lyrics:Sri Rama Charanam Sri Rama Charanam Sri Rama Charanam Bhaje (2)Vaidehi Ramam Vaikuntha DhamamBhoopala ChoodamaniAtmabhi Ramam Prabhu Sai RamamSri (Sathya Sai) Rama Charanam Bhaje (3)Meaning:Worship the feet of Lord Rama, Lord of Vaidehi, whose abode is Vaikuntha. Like the Choodamani which is the best among the jewels worn on the head, Sri Rama is the Crown Jewel among the Kings who have ruled this World. He is the Atma Rama who is our beloved Sai Rama.

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Vaidehi tells Morgan about art as her life source while suffering an autoimmune disorder. Vaidehi explains the difference in patriarchy in India vs. the U.S. and how she transitioned into the New York lifestyle 13 years ago. She is currently working on an NFT project curated by Paris Hilton and explains how she believes visual art resonates with people. See Vaidehi's art @vaidehikinkhabwala. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morgan-mcgill/support

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What drew me to EA: Reflections on EA as relief, growth, and community , published by vaidehi_agarwalla on the Effective Altruism Forum. In this post, I want to share my outlook on discovering EA, and my early experiences in the community. For those who don't know me, hello! My name is Vaidehi. I work on a few independent community projects such as the EA Hub and the EA Fellowship Weekend. I have a background in sociology and have done some work on understanding the careers advice landscape and community building theory. I share this for a couple of reasons: I haven't seen some of these points discussed a lot, at least not publicly and/or recently I've found it useful to read about other people's different experiences, particularly when I was newer to the community The following is a series of related but somewhat unordered thoughts. EA as relief There seems to be a somewhat prevalent experience that people feel overwhelmed or guilty about not doing enough when they first discover EA.[1] I have never felt this way. As someone from a developing country, it's normal to be accustomed to many of the inequalities of the world. Seeing the contrast between Singapore (where I grew up) and India it was easy to understand, more viscerally, the suffering present, and the scale of that suffering. What always motivated me was that my life was really good in most ways, and many others' lives were not. It seems natural that we should spend most of our resources fixing that until the injustice is rectified. Seeing the inefficiencies and limitations of many charities first-hand growing up, it was obvious to me that this should be done as effectively as possible. Discovering GiveWell was a relief. Not only was there an entire organisation that actually cared about having an impact, but through GiveWell, I also found there was the whole field of developmental economics dedicated to it, with research organizations like JPAL and on-the-ground charities. And later, through 80,000 Hours, I learnt that there was already a framework for evaluating different causes and career paths and planning your carer strategically - a convenient starting point to build off of, rather than trying to figure it all out from scratch. On a related note, I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of discussion about the developing world in my American undergraduate college, and frustrated by the prevalent discourse norms. In EA, I found a group of people who cared about the whole world, not just their small part of it, and who didn't need to agree on everything be part of the same community. Most of all, what made EA compelling to me was that people actually cared about the pursuit of truth - about getting things right even when it wasn't convenient. GiveWell's mistakes page was a really important example of this in action. Why would an organization - and a charity at that - put their mistakes out in the open, unless they really cared about improving and doing better? I still had a lot of questions and concerns, but what kept me engaging was the fact that whenever I'd have a doubt, I'd dig deeper and find that there was more to the conversation. (I still have concerns, but now I'm working to improve them directly.) As an aside, I am also not very motivated by the opportunity framing of EA - the idea that one cause or intervention is 100 or 1000 times better than another, which creates an exciting opportunity to act. To me, a little better is still better. It doesn't really matter if I help 1 or 10 or 10,000 beings, as long as I help as many as I can. I don't care about whether a problem is difficult, or whether there are low hanging fruits. If the problem is important enough, then it's worth trying to solve. Of course, if there are good, or even great, opportunities, it's a no-brainer to pursue them. I've al...

Love the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure? We sure don't. Still, that doesn't mean lawyers can ignore them. Hosts Laura and Vaidehi give the play-by-play on recent developments in federal court over whether Trump can prevent the National Archivist from handing over documents to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riots. This includes some creative arguments that treat the FRCP more as suggestions than actual rules. 

There is a lack of knowledge around eating disorders and stigma within the South Asian community. The misinformation and stigma contributes to many barriers for South Asians seeking help when it comes to eating disorders. In addition to all of this, psychiatrists fear that the past year (lockdown) has caused a rapid rise in the number of people experiencing anorexia and bulimia. For many South Asian people suffering from an eating disorder and spending more time with family has had a negative effect. Listen to our podcast with Vaidehi Gajjar, a contributor and editor for Brown Girl Magazine, an advisor for Circuit Sehat PR Director for @wearesaath & @thecovidconversation, and an amazing author. We are so grateful to her for sharing her own journey with an eating disorder and her recovery. Follow Brown Women Health on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

There is a lack of knowledge around eating disorders and stigma within the South Asian community. The misinformation and stigma contributes to many barriers for South Asians seeking help when it comes to eating disorders. In addition to all of this, psychiatrists fear that the past year (lockdown) has caused a rapid rise in the number of people experiencing anorexia and bulimia. For many South Asian people suffering from an eating disorder and spending more time with family has had a negative effect. Listen to our podcast with Vaidehi Gajjar, a contributor and editor for Brown Girl Magazine, an advisor for Circuit Sehat PR Director for @wearesaath & @thecovidconversation, and an amazing author. We are so grateful to her for sharing her own journey with an eating disorder and her recovery. Follow Brown Women Health on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Season 4 - Episode 4: In this episode, I interview Vaidehi Agarwalla, who is an Effective Altruism community builder. We talk about Effective Environmentalism, and about how one is never too young to do good. Follow my Facebook page to get updates on the upcoming episodes. https://www.facebook.com/curiousvedanth/To listen to earlier episodes visit curiousvedanth.comTo listen at leisure on your phone and get notified about future episodes, subscribe by searching for 'Curious Vedanth' wherever you get podcasts such as Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast, Spotify, etc.  Follow my Facebook page to get updates on the upcoming episodes. https://www.facebook.com/curiousvedanth/To listen to earlier episodes visit curiousvedanth.comTo listen at leisure on your phone and get notified about future episodes, subscribe by searching for 'Curious Vedanth' wherever you get podcasts such as Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Google Podcast, Spotify, etc.

Can cancer survivors have children? How can survivors and current patients seeking treatment be more aware about family planning? What are some of the most important factors to look at? There are four subspecialties of Ob/Gyn, where one is the sub-field of Oncofertility. Listen to our chat with Dr. Vaidehi Mujumdar, MD, where we answer the above questions and more. Follow Brown Women Health on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Can cancer survivors have children? How can survivors and current patients seeking treatment be more aware about family planning? What are some of the most important factors to look at? There are four subspecialties of Ob/Gyn, where one is the sub-field of Oncofertility. Listen to our chat with Dr. Vaidehi Mujumdar, MD, where we answer the above questions and more. Follow Brown Women Health on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownwomenhealth/support

Experienced Washington landlord/tenant attorney Jesse Matsukawa sits down with Andy and Vaidehi to discuss the end of the rent moratorium. What does it mean for struggling renters? What are their legal options if behind on rent? A must-listen for anyone worried about eviction. 

Kabir ke dohe by vaidehi 7D

HHW- English podcast on motivational person's sucsess story by vaidehi

KABIR KI KE DOHE BY VAIDEHI 7D

A Telugu podcast by Ms vaidehi, Telugu Faculty - from PMS @ Alwal Campus

A very spirited #ShaKhi fandom took their twitter challenge to radio  on the DesisDOTLive Radio show and we ended up having  riot.They were such an articulate lot. The beautiful ladies spoke about issues that the show spoke to them about and how the story affected them.They discussed the aspects of the story telling of the @starplus series that resonated with their growth and evolution as women and issues that they themselves faced that they saw the protagonist #Anokhi face as well.What was it about #Shaurya the male protagonist that they found interesting and why despite his misogyny did they empathize with him ?Listen to these ladies Shreya, Madhura, Mahi, Sumi, Rimpi, Vaidehi, Soumi and Noor tell us what these characters evoked in them and why they love actors Karanvir Sharma and Debattama Saha who epitomise the perfect characterization of Shaurya and Anokhi for them with their flawless on and off screen chemistry. Hear all this in a totally sic Special podcast episode #ShauryaAurAnokhiKiKahani Fan Episode You can download this on Apple , Google and on Spotify. #saakk #shauryaauranokhikikahaani Streams on @Hotstarusa/ @hotstarcanada 5:30p pacific /8:30p eastern onwards Sunday- Friday every week for North America It airs 7PM Monday - Saturday on @Starplus in India on their live broadcast if you are in India. 

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In the fourth episode of a series on Young Emerging writers, meet Brisbane-based ten-year-old girl Vaidehi Shankar who published a book compiling 13 short stories she wrote for two years. Vaidehi and her mother Anjana Sathyan talk about her inspiration to write stories and the various platforms Australia provides for kids who are interested in writing. - പുസ്തകമെഴുതുന്ന ഓസ്‌ട്രേലിയൻ മലയാളി കുട്ടികൾ എന്ന പരമ്പരയുടെ നാലാം ഭാഗത്തിൽ സ്വന്തമായെഴുതിയ കഥകൾ പുസ്തകമാക്കിയ മറ്റൊരു മലയാളി കുട്ടിയെയാണ് പരിചയപ്പെടുന്നത്. 13 ചെറുകഥകൾ കോർത്തിണക്കി ഒരു പുസ്തകം പുറത്തിറക്കിയിരിക്കുകയാണ് ബ്രിസ്‌ബൈനിലുള്ള പത്ത് വയസുകാരി വൈദേഹി ശങ്കർ. കഥകൾ എഴുതുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് വൈദേഹിയും, ഓസ്‌ട്രേലിയയിൽ കഥകൾ എഴുതാൻ താത്പര്യമുള്ള കുട്ടികൾക്കുള്ള വേദികളെക്കുറിച്ച് വൈദേഹിയുടെ അമ്മ അഞ്ജന സത്യനും സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് കേൾക്കാം...

The fifth scholar in our young scholars series, Dr. Vaidehi Tandel. She is an economist specializing in urban political economy and policy in India. I spoke with Vaidehi about her work on urban economics in India, in particular, her paper on “What’s in a definition? A study on the suitability of the current urban definition in India through its employment guarantee programme. (with Komal Hiranandani and Mudit Kapoor) and her paper titled paper, “Too slow for the urban march: Litigations and real estate in Mumbai, (with Sahil Gandhi, Alexander Tabarrok and Shamika Ravi) and her joint work on using a system of Adaptive Controls in the battle against Covid. For Proma’s papers and for a full transcript of this conversation, visit https://www.discoursemagazine.com/tag/ideas-of-india-podcast/ Connect with Shruti on Twitter: https://twitter.com/srajagopalan

In this episode of Larger Than Us, Vaidehi joins us to talk about the importance of being open and honest about mental health and how the South Asian community tries to suppress the conversation about mental health, deeming it a topic of taboo. The goal of this episode is to discuss how we can start having open conversations about mental health with both family and friends by opening up ourselves, through this episode, about our experiences so that we can show people that we aren’t alone in this discussion. We hope this episode helps spark conversations within your own circles.

S1E9 - Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95)“While there is togetherness in loneliness, there is togetherness in healing” - Vaidehi Gajjar In today's episode, I had a conversation with Vaidehi Gajjar. Vaidehi is an Indian-American diaspora Asian in the hospital management field with side hustles in writing, advocacy, and journalism. Her passions include writing, mental health advocacy, and South Asian representation. Her works have been published, displayed, and shown in many different platforms. She has a book coming out called, “I'm not Crazy” Anthology so check that out!We talked a lot about things like:-Indian American identity especially during post-9/11 times-Writing as a way to get through difficult times-Family expectations for Asian American kids-Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety, anorexia, burnout)-South Asians and mental health-Asian representation being South Asian-Her book launch - I'm Not Crazy Anthology-Indian Caste systemFollow Vaidehi: @vgajjar95Follow Kyle: @kyle.lkhhkCredits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/message

S1E9 - Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95) “While there is togetherness in loneliness, there is togetherness in healing” - Vaidehi Gajjar In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Vaidehi Gajjar. Vaidehi is an Indian-American diaspora Asian in the hospital management field with side hustles in writing, advocacy, and journalism. Her passions include writing, mental health advocacy, and South Asian representation. Her works have been published, displayed, and shown in many different platforms. She has a book coming out called, “I’m not Crazy” Anthology so check that out! We talked a lot about things like: -Indian American identity especially during post-9/11 times -Writing as a way to get through difficult times -Family expectations for Asian American kids -Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety, anorexia, burnout) -South Asians and mental health -Asian representation being South Asian -Her book launch - I’m Not Crazy Anthology -Indian Caste system Follow Vaidehi: @vgajjar95 Follow Kyle: @kyle.lkhhk Credits: Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/ Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/message

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.11.15.383679v1?rss=1 Authors: Knight, K. M., Ghosh, S., Campbell, S. L., Lefevre, T. J., Olsen, R. H. J., Smrcka, A. V., Valentin, N. H., Yin, G., Vaidehi, N., Dohlman, H. G. Abstract: G proteins play a central role in signal transduction and pharmacology. Signaling is initiated by cell-surface receptors, which promote GTP binding and the dissociation of G from the G{beta}{gamma} subunits. Structural studies have revealed the molecular basis for subunit association with receptors, RGS proteins and downstream effectors. In contrast, the mechanism of subunit dissociation is poorly understood. We used cell signaling assays, MD simulations, biochemistry and structural analysis to identify a conserved network of amino acids that dictates subunit release. In the presence of the terminal phosphate of GTP, a glycine forms a polar network with an arginine and glutamate, putting torsional strain on the subunit binding interface. This "G-R-E motif" secures GTP and, through an allosteric link, discharges the G{beta}{gamma} dimer. Replacement of network residues prevents subunit dissociation, regardless of agonist or GTP binding. These findings reveal the molecular basis for the final committed step of G protein activation. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Season 02 Episode #3: Women's Football in India This is Season 02 of the FFS Podcast! Welcome to Episode #3! The First Time | The Bigger Picture | Transparency is Key | Lack of a Support System | Where Do We Go From Here? As always, click on the link below to subscribe to our Instagram & Twitter accounts and keep up to date with our podcast! https://www.instagram.com/ffspodcast https://twitter.com/football_sake

In this episode of The Artist Business Plan we speak to Vaidehi Kinkhabwala about her art's motifs, believing in your work, and a sure-fire way to attract repeat offenders to buy your work.. getting collectors invested in YOU! Vaidehi also partners with the Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts to host a 3-week artist residency, more information to apply below.  “Art for me is a reflection of this human condition that no one person or piece is ever truly complete”- Vaidehi Kinkhabwala Guest: Vaidehi Kinkhabwala, a multidisciplinary artist who grew up in India with a BFA in studio art from Montclair University. Currently living and working in New York City.  For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit http://www.superfine.world (www.superfine.world ) Northfork Residency: https://www.studios-efanyc.org/north-fork-residency (https://www.studios-efanyc.org/north-fork-residency) ; http://www.williamris.com/ (http://www.williamris.com/) IG: https://www.instagram.com/vaidehikinkhabwala/?hl=en (@vaidehikinkhabwala) IG:https://www.instagram.com/superfineartfair/?hl=en (@superfineartfair) Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander Mitow Executive Producer/ Producer: Kelsey Susino  Written by: James Miille and Alexander Mitow  Audio Edited by: Federico Soler Fernandez

'ಅಮ್ಮಚಿಯೆಂಬ ನೆನಪು' ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಕುರಿತು ಕೇಳಿ ಸಪ್ನ ವಂಶಿ ಅವರ ವಿಮರ್ಶನೆಯನ್ನು ಶಿಲ್ಪರವರ ಧ್ವನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ. Listen to the review written by Sapna vamshi on 'Ammachchiyemba Nenapu' book and read by Shilpa. #kannada #pusthaka #Parichaya #vaidehi #sapna_vamshi #Shilpa #ammachchiyemba_nenapu Write to us: psgitag@gmail.com Sponsored by : Prathama Srsti - Buy authentic, hand picked GI TAG products of India and support local art and artists. To know more visit https://www.PrathamaSrsti.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vasistha-jagannath/support

Vaidehi Joshi — Twitter, GitHub, Websitechantastic — Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteLinksbasecs.org — Exploring the basics of computer science, every Monday, for a yearbaseds.org — Exploring the basics of distributed systems, every alternate Wednesday, for a yearReact Component Patterns by chantastic (2017 — when I still used "dumb" inappropriately)Bits, Binary, and Bytes — basecs podcast where Vaidehi and Saron Yitbarek talk binaryCompressing Radix Trees Without (Too Many) Tears — The most difficult post in the seriesVaidehi on dev.toBaseCS Video series and dev.toBaseCS Season 2 series on dev.toByte Sized Season 1 series on dev.toSponsorsRetoolBuild internal tools, remarkably fast with Retool.Connect to anything with an API. Drag-and-drop React components.Write JS anywhere.Learn more at retool.com/reactpodcastInfinite RedIn over your head with a React or React Native app?Infinite Red can help.They are React Native core contributors who've been designing, building and shipping apps for over 10 years.Learn more at reactpodcast.infinite.red.Get involvedBlack Lives MatterPlease join us in donating to the Equal Justice Initiative

Today's episode is in honor of my late uncle Lakshmi Kumar who took his life 30 years ago. Your life has meaning and value. If you've ever questioned that, my guest Vaidehi Gajjar is here to share her story of attempted suicide, resilience, and learning to live one day at a time. Connect with Vaidehi: @vgajjar95Join the MYOB community: vasavikumar.com/membershipApply for private coaching: vasavikumar.com/bookacallInstagram: @mynameisvasavi

VAIDEHI, a Kashmiri-Hindu activist, talks to us about the past tragedy, present reality and future hope of Kashmiri Hindus. We learn many hidden truths about Kashmir's history that no one talks about.  We also talk about her huge Twitter following, how she deals with daily online harassment and the standard of discourse on online platforms.  Tune in for another interesting and information-packed episode. Listen Now!

In this non-saas episode, we hosted the Vaidehi Murthy, Social Media @ Dunzo, aka queen of puns. We discussed how brands should manage their social accounts. Vaidehi tells us stories about how they do it at Dunzo. We also talked about using social media for sales and accelerating your funnels too. All this and much more in this episode with Vaidehi. Follow her puns - http://twitter.com/butvai

Hey all! In today's episode, we continue the conversation on mental health, advocacy and how you can be an ally to someone who may be struggling with their mental health. I talk with Vaidehi Gajjar, a journalist, author, and mental health advocate with a day job in healthcare administration. Follow us here: Instagram: @caffeinatedbrowngirl Linktree: https://linktr.ee/caffeinatedbrowngirl Follow Vaidehi on Instagram: @vgajjar95 Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed this episode.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.22.216317v1?rss=1 Authors: Ma, N., Lee, S., Vaidehi, N. Abstract: Although multiple components of the cell membrane modulate the stability and activation of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), the activation mechanism comes from detergent studies, since it is challenging to study activation in multi-component lipid bilayer. Using the multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations(50s), our comparative study between cell membrane and detergents shows that: the changes in inter-residue distances, known as activation microswitches, show an ensemble of states in the extent of activation in cell membrane. We forward a rheostat model of GPCR activation rather than a binary switch model. Phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2) and calcium ions, through a tug of war, maintain a balance between the GPCR stability and activity in cell membrane. Due to the lack of receptor stiffening effects by PIP2, detergents promote more transitions among conformational states than cell membrane. These findings connect the chemistry of cell membrane lipids to receptor activity useful to design detergents mimicking cell membrane. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Episode #46: US Women's National Team This is the FFS Podcast! Welcome to Episode #46! Being WISIble | Promotion Polarity | #EqualPlayEqualPay | Just Not The Same | The Negotiating Table | India Impacted? As always, click on the link below to subscribe to our Instagram & Twitter accounts and keep up to date with our podcast! https://www.instagram.com/ffspodcast https://twitter.com/football_sake

Are you a fan of Dunzo's social media communication? How accurately they use puns and wordplay! I had an opportunity to interact with some of the best brains in the industry who have given a voice to Dunzo on social channels. The copywriting team that gets the social media content dun right for Dunzo. Akhil, Vaidehi, and Manas - the brains behind it. Do listen to the episode if you want to know the process behind the great work at Dunzo. Sit back and enjoy! ;) If you have any questions or suggestions in regards to the podcast, submit your queries: https://bit.ly/wittyviralqna

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01:47 - Vaidehi’s Superpower: Learning new things and teaching them to other people * Teaching Things Helps YOU Learn * Deciding on Things to Learn 05:01 - Approaching Learning * Reading * Relating Things to Things Already Known * Ask Yourself, “Why do I need to know this?” * Tricks for Reading Papers * Read the Abstract & Conclusion * Pick Fights with the Paper * Using Tutorials * Accountability & Motivation * Learning with Others * Unraveled (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaDrN74SfdT7Ueqtwn_bXo1MuSWT0ji2w) * Hermeneutic Circle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutic_circle) 20:15 - Having Aha! Moments & Epiphanies: Brain Percolation * Russell Ackoff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff) * Absolution * Resolution * Solution * Dissolution * Paradoxes 32:02 - Technologists Are Good Storytellers 39:03 - Improving Over Time and Doing Your Best * Hindsight Bias (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight_bias) * Blameless Retrospectives: Accountability 47:55 - Creating Spaces for People to Succeed * Manager Training * “Managing Up”: The Phrase – meh 52:58 - Effective Mentorship * Mentorship vs Sponsorship * Trust * Lara Hogan (https://larahogan.me/) Reflections: Jamey: Incremental learning and progress – biting off small chunks and not beating ourselves up while learning. It’s not a waste of time to just do a little at a time. Rein: Soft skills are technical skills. Vaidehi: It’s hard to measure and quantify these things. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Special Guest: Vaidehi Joshi.

Meet Vaidehi Gajjar, Editor of Health and Human Rights at Brown Girl Magazine. Jerry interviews Vaidehi about the first moment she knew she loved writing and how she found her way to writing for a publication dedicated to South Asian women, something that means so much to her.

For our final episode, we answer your burning questions including the Base.cs origin story, Saron and Vaidehi's favorite niche data structure, and what are some good resources to check out next. We also take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the show's history, and find a couple of fun themes. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Base.cs".

Eating disorders are the #1 cause of death among all mental health disorders. And yet, South Asians have very little awareness about them. Why? What are eating disorders? Are they a pattern of restricting, binging, or purging food? Or are they actually a symptom of some greater unaddressed mental health issue and/or past traumas? In this episode, I speak with writer Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95, Brown Girl Magazine, We Are Saath, Circuit Sehat, The PFA Institute) about our past shared experiences as South Asians with an eating disorder. We talk about the unique ways our culture can feed into and/or delay treatment of them, as well as intimate details about how it personally affected our illnesses. In addition, we break down how we think they developed, the recovery process, relapse, and the slippery slope of comparisons in mental health. We also discuss why it's difficult to predict the future of the Desi condition of E.D.s and suggest ways to reframe the question of eating disorders especially as it pertains to the Desi condition. For further reading on eating disorders, please visit tdcpodcast.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-desi-condition/support

Pati - Abhinav Tyagi. Patni - Vedika Tripathi, and Woh - Tapasya Singh ! That’s our world for 128 minutes . Abhinav Tyagi (Kartik Aaryan) and Vaidehi Tripathi ( Bhumi Pednekar) have an arranged alliance, where on their first meeting, Vaidehi tells Abhinav aka Chintu that she likes “sex” and because rebellion doesn’t seem to suit her she would rather give restriction a chance . He is instantly floored by her declaration, and the saat pheres commence quickly. After three years of marital bliss, Tapasya Singh aka Ananya Panday knocks at Tyagi ji’s door and all hell breaks loose. Tune in to this podcast for the full review!

Eating disorders. In South Asian communities, they are often seen as a "white" problem--and those who suffer from eating disorders are largely described as just "watching their weight." Only emphasizing the unhealthy beauty standards that South Asian communities push upon their members, eating disorders can be a traumatic, lifelong experience. TWD speaks with Vaidehi Gajjar, a survivor of an eating disorder, and Dr. Rachita Sharma, a licensed therapist at the University of North Texas, about eating disorders, the effects on survivors and the unique concerns of South Asian sufferers of these sometimes deadly disorders. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewokedesi/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewokedesi/support

We are back with another special guest this week, talking all about Mental Health and unpacking the stigma surrounding this topic in the South Asian Community. Vaidehi joined us to share her experiences and the amazing work she does with Mannmukti and Brown Girl Magazine. Be sure to check out her work and show some love! As always, we look forward to your thoughts and feedback - this topic is so important to us and we hope to continue this dialogue with all of you.

Vaidehi is a Staff Software Engineer at Tilde and creator of content series like BaseCS and BaseDS. She has built a career around educating others while building software. Vadehi and I discuss her experiences transitioning from a writing career, stepping into the dev community spotlight, and her strategies for self-improvement. Vaidehi's internet home: https://twitter.com/VaidehiJoshi

Vaidehi Joshi found that many resources on the web about core computer science concepts she wanted to know more about were either too obtuse or too academic. She started a blog, basecs, where she wrote down something she had learned that week--every week--for an entire year. While learning something new in and of itself was a delight, her curiosity led her to question how people learn best. She discusses the Feynman Technique, which, through a processes of iteratively explaining a concept to someone who doesn't know anything about it, strengthens the knowledge for both the student and the teacher. The best way to do this is by telling a narrative. It keeps the listener engaged, while also serving as a way of identifying gaps in ones' own understanding, as new questions arise. Links from this episode basecs and baseds are two of Vaidehi's websites which teach concepts about computer science and distributed systems The Feynman Technique: The Best Way to Learn Anything

Andy and Linda discuss their changing perception of the passage of time, allergic reactions, taking meetings from the toilet, and Andy's vacation to Mexico. Recorded on February 4th, 2019. This episode brought to you by Vadehi Joshi. Thanks, Vaidehi! If you'd like to sponsor an episode of Earth to Linda, send $4 to 'andymangold' through Venmo or Square Cash. It's that easy!

If you've ever wanted to learn more about tech and computer science but thought that it was too inaccessible a field for you, Vaidehi Joshi wants to help change that. Vaidehi is a software engineer with Tilde, and she also co-hosts the Base.cs podcast. Producer Kat Batuigas chats with Vaidehi about the tech industry, learning as well as teaching, and putting together Base.cs. Bonus: Vaidehi lets us know which side she's on with Salt & Straw versus Fifty Licks. Follow Vaidehi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vaidehijoshi Check out the original Base.cs series on https://medium.com/basecs, and listen to episodes of the Base.cs podcast on https://www.codenewbie.org/basecs Music and sound credits: Wire Ties by @Chops, Kitty in the Window by Podington Bear, and JarredGibb.

How are algorithms related to brownies? And how do we navigate through the nodes of a tree when implementing depth-first search? Vaidehi and Saron break it all down one chocolatey step at a time. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "Demystifying Depth-First Search".

This week's ep, which falls during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, features our very own Vaidehi Gajjar, who not only has experienced assault, but also found herself afterwards. We hope you listen, share, and speak up.

Vaidehi loves graphs, and you will too! We end the season with an exploration of what they are, how to define them, and how they're related to discrete mathematics. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "A Gentle Introduction to Graph Theory".

Vaidehi Joshi started BaseCS to document her self-guided journey into computer science. It turned into a much-loved blog, podcast, and video series. Vaidehi is an engineer at Tilde, in Portland, Oregon, where she works on Skylight (a smart profiler for Ruby and Rails applications). She enjoys building and breaking code, but loves creating empathetic engineering … Continue reading #012 – Learning Compilers with Cartoons with Vaidehi Joshi The post #012 – Learning Compilers with Cartoons with Vaidehi Joshi appeared first on Ardent Development Podcast.

How a job interview inspired Vaidehi to understand Conway’s Game of Life and other computer science problems by creating a weekly series, basecs.

  So I have a very important Deep Beauty Podcast episode for you guys today. We are talking sexual assault. I think most of us know how taboo talking about this topic is in the South Asian community, but it’s a crime that knows no face, no race, no sex, no boundaries and the only way… The post Putting the Pieces Together After Sexual Assault with Vaidehi Gajjar | Deep Beauty Podcast appeared first on Deepa Berar.

Vaidehi decided to take on a year-long challenge. She'd pick a computer science topic every week, do tons of research and write a technical blog post explaining it in simple terms and beautiful illustrations. And then she actually did it. She tells us about her project, basecs, how it's changed her as a developer, and how she handles the trolls and negativity from people who don't appreciate her work. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) Bits, Bytes, Building With Binary (Vaidehi's blog post) 100 Days of Code Rust Hexes and Other Magical Numbers (Vaidehi's blog post) Conway's Game of Life basecs Technical Writer position at CodeNewbie Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

VAIDEHI Normand is an image consultant, fashion designer, and speaker. She has been transforming her client’s personal brand, presentation confidence, and professional visibility for over eight years, giving them both the image and the confidence to attract the high-paying clients they want. Most of her career experience comes from working with women business owners with midsize business ready to grow. She has also worked with six-figure coaches and presenters with stage outfits that convert. Mrs. Normand is considered an expert in finding style solutions for shapely women. She has been interviewed on radio shows such as The Carmen Taylor Show, and Amazing Women In Power. She has spoken for The Limited, Successful Thinkers Networking Group, Ali Lassen's Leads Group, and many more. She is also the author of her recent eBook release: “How to look confident, credible, and courageously you! A head-to-toe style guides for women entrepreneurs who are ready to upgrade their professional image.” Serving the greater Bay Area and the U.S., Vaidehi lives with her newlywed husband in the Santa Cruz Mountains. To learn more and get, visit www.vaidehinormand.com/ebook Check the infographic show notes, plus her top tips and advice for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at www.TodaysLeadingWomen.com or by clicking here!