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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Book a chat with an EA professional, published by Clifford on July 19, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. People might underestimate how willing others are to give advice or soundboard ideas. I made a quick list of people who told me they’d be happy to chat - some have more availability than others. If you’d like to speak to one of the people below, please book a call at this link and I’ll try to connect you. Caveats I’m writing this post as an experiment. If there’s lots of interest and it's a good use of everyone’s time, I might make this into a more developed product. While it’s exciting that these people are willing to give their time, the supply is still quite limited - nothing here should be taken as an obligation on their part to talk to anyone in particular, nor a guarantee that they’ll still have free slots at any point in the future. But if you are interested, use the forms below to request a call. Note: I picked people I happened to have spoken to recently: this is not a hand-picked, exclusive club. If you’re also happy to speak to people, then feel free to post a comment below following the same format (similar to the “Who’s hiring” thread). People Eirin Evjen Operations associate at Forethought Foundation. Previously ran EA Norway. LinkedIn. Ask about: Careers in operations Running an EA national group Request a call Eli Rose EA community-building grantmaking and projects at Open Phil. LinkedIn Talk about: EA 101 questions In-depth questions about longtermist cause areas Request a call Elika Somani Deputy Head of Events at Atlas Fellowship, incoming Bioethics and Biosecurity Research Fellow at the National Institutes for Health, EA Programme Facilitator and Community Builder . LinkedIn Chat about: EA 101 questions and being a welcoming face to the community :) Careers (or interest) in public health, disease control, and biosecurity Careers (or interest) in operations and events Community Building!! There’s no dumb questions, I’m always happy to meet new people and talk about EA! Request a call Evan Hubinger Research Fellow at Machine Intelligence Research Institute. LinkedIn Chat about: AI alignment careers Request a call John Halstead Research Fellow at the Forethought Foundation. Formerly Head of Applied Research at Founders Pledge and researcher at Centre for Effective Altruism, DPhil in political philosophy from Oxford. Linkedin. Ask about: Careers in research Climate change Request a call Sarah Cheng Software engineer at Centre for Effective Altruism and Intro to EA facilitator. LinkedIn Ask about: Basic questions in EA Software engineering careers Request a call Seren Kell Science and Technology Manager at Good Food Institute. LinkedIn Ask about: Plant-based and cultivated meat science Biochemistry Europe’s sustainable protein research ecosystem Research funding Request a call Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.