Who at Mexifold introduced me to the most interesting idea/consideration?

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Jack: Givewell is "VC/Angel" of the EA space, kinda; one model of how impact cert could work

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There has never been a better time for new nations to form sans bloody foundings

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Me (James): Decentralize everything. Centralization without competition leads to tyranny.

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Stephen is the most miserly of the founders

Austin: EA needs more managers

Me: [redacted]

Me: Startup cities will have a very high failure rate similar to startups, so let's not give up on them any time soon

Rachael: The Bombshell Trope in media

Sinclair: Nuclear energy innovation trickles down into nuclear weapons capabilities

Sinclair: you should waste food more

This is trying to be a reward (retroactive bounty?) market. I had so many fantastic conversations at Mexifold and am leaving with so many interesting new things to consider! So obviously the best way to say thank you is through a market. Add your own name if you want to be considered for the grand prize of mana and, even more valuable, my undying gratitude (which you can cash in for some dramatic literary trope at a later date, such as I slay a dragon/start a revolution/find a magic lamp for you). Also would be fun to comment the idea you shared with others or that someone else shared with you that you thought most interesting/valuable.

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Jack: Givewell is "VC/Angel" of the EA space, kinda; one model of how impact cert could work

@jack Yeah, I fully agree! I had forgotten to say so earlier, so thanks for pointing it out, but I feel like you and Austin contributed more or less equally to my understanding of and thinking about impact certs. Very much a virtuous cycle of ideas, clarification, & feedback in that convo.

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Jack: Givewell is "VC/Angel" of the EA space, kinda; one model of how impact cert could work

I feel like @Austin deserves a lot of the credit too for the ideas in this conversation, so it's appropriate that he got a large chunk of the bounty here :)

Took me way too long to get back to this one; thanks for your patience! Basically chose the three things I spent the longest thinking about after the fact, even though everyone's suggestions were great. The "new nations" one gets a special shoutout for spinning off into a creative writing exercise.