Aaron Gertler 🔸

karma rank #3 · 20,489 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

ea meta 7.2 +0.9σ
prioritization 2.1 -0.6σ
longtermism xrisk 1.8 -0.3σ
animal welfare 1.1 +0.2σ
Show all 15 cause areas
effective giving 1.1 -0.9σ
moral circle values 1.1 -0.2σ
ai safety 0.9 -0.3σ
forecasting epistemics 0.7 -0.7σ
mental health 0.6 -0.0σ
global health 0.5 -0.5σ
biosecurity 0.5 +0.1σ
climate 0.5 +1.5σ
rationalist meta 0.4 -1.0σ
ai governance 0.2 -0.6σ
nuclear great power 0.0 -0.6σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ quality_clarity +1.9σ
▲ cause_climate +1.5σ
▲ stance_optimism_ea_institutions +1.2σ
▼ tone_calibration -2.2σ
▼ tone_humility -2.0σ

Style quantitative / empirical / philosophical / speculative / operational / contrarian

quantitative 2.0 -1.3σ
empirical 2.2 -0.9σ
philosophical 2.7 -0.8σ
speculative 2.7 -1.3σ
operational howto 4.8 +0.2σ
critical contrarian 2.4 -1.1σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 1.9 -0.7σ
synthesizing 4.4 -0.8σ
question asking 1.6 -1.1σ

Stance signature top 3 stance dims furthest from neutral (5)

inside ea 8.6 +1.0σ
ea org coded 7.0 +0.3σ
optimism ea institutions 6.8 +1.2σ
Show all 9 stance dims
rationalist coded 4.1 -1.0σ
animal moral status 5.7 +0.5σ
longtermist framing 5.5 -0.2σ
welfarist vs rights 5.5 +0.2σ
suffering focused 5.3 +0.3σ
ai doom axis 5.0 -0.6σ

Tone

combativeness 1.1 -1.2σ
calibration 3.8 -2.2σ
jargon 3.9 -1.4σ
humility 4.7 -2.0σ

Quality

rigor 6.0 -0.2σ
originality 3.6 -1.5σ
clarity 8.7 +1.9σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Toby Tremlett🔹

Foil: titotal

Most characteristic post

EA Forum update: New editor! (And more)

baseScore: 80

EA Forum update: New editor! (And more) It’s time for another round of feature announcements! New editor now available in beta We’re rolling out our new content editor as an experimental feature, available for anyone who wants to use it.  The new editor features: Better image support You can now upload images into a post, or just copy-and-paste them directly. No more mandatory URLs! Table support You can now create and edit tables directly in the editor: You can even merge ce…

Highest-karma post in sample

Starfish

baseScore: 163