Application: Rationality, Awesomeness, and Existential Risk Mini-Camp
Quick answers are fine. Also, don't feel that you need every single quality to qualify for mini-camp; we're looking for many types.
Name
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Email address
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Phone number (optional)
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Location (city and country)
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Why are you interested in coming to the mini-camp?
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Please list all degrees earned, with the corresponding universities. Include any programs you are currently attending.
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Please list current and past employment.
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LW login:
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Homepage, or url of any online writing on rationality or existential risk:
(If any)
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Which of the following LW sequences have you read at least 75% of?
Map and Territory
Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions
Reductionism
How to actually change your mind
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Check any of the following that you've done:
Started a LW or other rationality club / meet-up / discussion group
Started a (club / meet-up / discussion group) on existential risks, or optimized philanthropy
Started some other club / meet-up / discussion group
Donated to SIAI
Donated to another organization aimed at existential risk reduction or high-impact philanthropy (e.g. FHI, Givewell)
Read at least five articles on existential risk, not counting writing on LW
Read at least twenty articles on existential risk, not counting writing on LW
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Are you a better rationalist than you were three years ago? How can you tell?
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Diversity: We’d like to see many kinds of people at Rationality Camp. If there’s anything about you that differs from the usual LW mold, please let us know here.
Feel free to leave this one blank; typical LW-ers are also welcome.
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Would you need a "flights scholarship" in order to attend?
Let us know here if you'd need help covering your transportation expenses, in order to make it to Berkeley for Mini-camp. (Once you get here, room, board, and the courses themselves are free.)
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Yes
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Would you be able to attend the whole time?
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No
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If there's anything else you want us to know, write it here.
Most people should leave this blank. But if you want to clarify your answer to a question above, or if there's something you want us to know that didn't fit above, here's your space.
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