NickLaing

karma rank #13 · 13,648 karma · 9 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

global health 6.3 +3.7σ
prioritization 3.4 +0.3σ
ea meta 2.8 -1.4σ
effective giving 2.4 -0.1σ
Show all 15 cause areas
animal welfare 1.1 +0.2σ
moral circle values 1.0 -0.3σ
ai governance 0.9 +0.0σ
climate 0.8 +2.8σ
forecasting epistemics 0.7 -0.7σ
mental health 0.3 -0.2σ
biosecurity 0.2 -0.4σ
rationalist meta 0.1 -1.3σ
ai safety 0.0 -0.9σ
nuclear great power 0.0 -0.6σ
longtermism xrisk 0.0 -1.1σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ cause_global_health +3.7σ
▲ cause_climate +2.8σ
▲ tone_combativeness +1.5σ
▼ stance_longtermist_framing -2.0σ
▼ stance_rationalist_coded -1.5σ

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

quantitative 5.7 +1.1σ
empirical 5.1 +0.9σ
philosophical 2.9 -0.6σ
speculative 4.1 -0.0σ
operational howto 3.7 -0.7σ
critical contrarian 5.0 +0.9σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 3.4 +1.3σ
synthesizing 5.1 -0.2σ
question asking 3.7 +0.8σ

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

inside ea 7.1 -0.9σ
longtermist framing 3.0 -2.0σ
rationalist coded 3.6 -1.5σ
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ea org coded 6.3 -0.5σ
welfarist vs rights 5.4 +0.1σ
animal moral status 5.3 -0.2σ
suffering focused 4.9 -0.6σ
ai doom axis 5.0 -0.6σ
optimism ea institutions 5.0 -1.2σ

Tone

combativeness 2.7 +1.5σ
calibration 7.2 +0.9σ
jargon 4.1 -1.2σ
humility 6.2 +0.6σ

Quality

rigor 6.3 +0.1σ
originality 6.2 +0.7σ
clarity 7.9 -0.7σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Jeff Kaufman 🔸

Foil: Habryka [Deactivated]

Most characteristic post

Is Nigerian nurse emigration really a "win-win"? Critique of a CGD article

baseScore: 136

I write to raise what I think is a fundamental flaw in a Center for Global Development (CGD) article about immigration.[1] I posted here only after receiving what I considered inadequate feedback from the authors over the last 3 months.[2] The major argument of the article “UK recruitment of nurses can be a win-win” is that the current situation where Nigeria exports an ever-increasing number of nurses to the UK could be good for both countries. For Nigeria, the benefits come…

Highest-karma post in sample

Soaking Beans - a cost-effectiveness analysis

baseScore: 156