I recently gave a talk to Effective Altruism Toronto on psychedelics and doing good. The slides are available on Slideshare, and I've also posted them here along with the event description. The links from each slide are also included below. I hope you find this interesting or useful. Enjoy! Link: A list of ongoing psychedelic clinical trials Link: … [Read more...] about Psychedelics and Doing Good (Presentation Slides)
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How to Make Friends in a New City
For about three years I was a “digital nomad”, travelling around and working online. I moved cities every 4-6 months on average, and so during this period I ended up doing certain things most people only have to do a few times in their lives many, many times. Among these were logistical tasks like finding an apartment, a coworking space, a gym, and the best way to travel … [Read more...] about How to Make Friends in a New City
Psychedelic Research as a Potential Cause Area for Effective Altruism (Presentation Slides)
Back in July I gave a talk on psychedelic research as a potential cause area for Effective Altruism. If you read this blog, you probably know something about psychedelic research already. If not, see the following posts for a refresher: Psychedelics, Personality Traits, and Values: A Closer Look at the Research Mystical Experience & Psychedelics: Meaningful, … [Read more...] about Psychedelic Research as a Potential Cause Area for Effective Altruism (Presentation Slides)
The Practical Benefits of Meditation
The benefits of meditation can be hard to parse, because the practice is often presented as one of two extremes. Meditation and mindfulness are either a panacea, a kind of one-size-fits-all solution to all life’s problems, or an overhyped fad with little or no tangible benefits. So which is it? As is often the case, the truth is somewhere in between. This article covers some … [Read more...] about The Practical Benefits of Meditation
The Truth Will Set You Free
I wanted to break a bad habit so I sent a friend some money. If I do this thing again any time within the next month, I told him, don’t send the money back. It was a nontrivial sum - enough to deter me, I thought. After all, I’d done this before and it had worked. I failed inside five days. I didn’t tell my friend right away - I didn’t have to tell him until the month was … [Read more...] about The Truth Will Set You Free