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The mistakes made, the lessons learned, and the drive to solve a hilariously neglected super-problem.
Table of Contents Mistakes Social dynamics distracted me from my core mission Two helpful habits I picked up What I’m proud of Looking forward Citation Similar posts Footnotes Info This post has been recorded as part of the LessWrong Curated Podcast. It can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podca sts, and Libsyn. My dissertat ion. It’s long, so if you’re going to read anything from it, read Chapter 0 (Introduction). The funny thing about long periods of time is that they do, eventually, come to an end. I’m proud of what I accomplished during my PhD. That said, I’m going to first focus on mistak
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