Kirsten

karma rank #17 · 11,748 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

ea meta 6.8 +0.7σ
effective giving 2.3 -0.1σ
longtermism xrisk 1.5 -0.4σ
prioritization 1.5 -1.0σ
Show all 15 cause areas
global health 0.7 -0.4σ
rationalist meta 0.7 -0.8σ
ai safety 0.6 -0.5σ
biosecurity 0.5 +0.1σ
mental health 0.5 -0.1σ
moral circle values 0.5 -0.7σ
animal welfare 0.3 -0.5σ
climate 0.3 +0.6σ
forecasting epistemics 0.3 -1.0σ
nuclear great power 0.2 -0.3σ
ai governance 0.0 -0.7σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ cause_ea_meta +0.7σ
▲ quality_clarity +0.6σ
▲ cause_climate +0.6σ
▼ style_speculative -1.4σ
▼ tone_jargon -1.3σ

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

quantitative 2.8 -0.8σ
empirical 2.6 -0.7σ
philosophical 2.6 -0.8σ
speculative 2.6 -1.4σ
operational howto 5.0 +0.4σ
critical contrarian 3.4 -0.3σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 2.9 +0.6σ
synthesizing 5.1 -0.2σ
question asking 2.2 -0.5σ

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

inside ea 7.5 -0.4σ
ea org coded 6.8 +0.0σ
optimism ea institutions 5.9 +0.0σ
Show all 9 stance dims
rationalist coded 4.2 -0.9σ
longtermist framing 5.6 -0.1σ
ai doom axis 5.2 -0.2σ
animal moral status 5.2 -0.4σ
welfarist vs rights 5.2 -0.3σ
suffering focused 5.0 -0.3σ

Tone

combativeness 1.6 -0.3σ
calibration 5.2 -0.9σ
jargon 4.0 -1.3σ
humility 5.4 -0.8σ

Quality

rigor 5.4 -0.8σ
originality 5.6 +0.2σ
clarity 8.3 +0.6σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Aaron Gertler 🔸

Foil: William_MacAskill

Most characteristic post

EA Origin Story Round-Up

baseScore: 30

For every person who calls themselves an EA (or aspiring EA, or EA-adjacent), there’s a story. Some of those stories are more unique than others. I put a call out on Twitter for people’s EA origin stories - here are some of my favourites Rob Wiblin wants to be your friend The infohazard to EA pipeline   You come at the king, you best not miss Flirt to convert ;) Wait, you’re calling to increase your donations?? The OG origin story Yes, EA is for you :) What’s your orig…

Highest-karma post in sample

Most research/advocacy charities are not scalable

baseScore: 116