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Paul Christiano
2014
February
An estimate of the expected influence of becoming a politician
Blog post
January
Reasoning about influence in politics
Blog post
Neglectedness and impact
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2013
October
Linearity – a useful assumption in evaluating careers and causes
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Influencing the Far Future
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