I'm an independent writer and researcher funded by a grant from Coefficient Giving1 to explore topics in AI and other areas. All my writing is linked here. A lot of it is published on my Substack. Before this I was the director of the effective altruism city group in Washington DC, and before that I taught high school physics for 7 years. I made animated video lectures for each day of my 2 year IB physics course which I host on my YouTube channel. In college I double majored in philosophy and physics at Clark University in Worcester MA. I've lived in DC for 10 years and grew up in Webster MA.
I write from a generally effective altruist perspective (I discovered EA ideas through Peter Singer in 2009 and EA itself through Derek Parfit in 2013) but it's one philosophical view among many. I'm also very into political liberalism, philosophical naturalism (especially Peirce, Quine, and Dennett), and (from afar) continental philosophy of technology.
I'm excited to promote EA thinking on major issues, though not everything I write will be from an EA perspective or agreed with by most EAs. My favorite resource for someone who wants to learn more about EA is the 80,000 Hours series on how they approach problems. My writing style has been influenced a lot by 80,000 Hours problem profiles like this one. The EA Handbook is also great. The Precipice is excellent for EA thinking on x-risk specifically.
I tweet a lot. For fun I mostly spend time with friends, exercise, try to consume a lot of music, movies, and books, and explore DC's amazing vegan-friendly restaurants.
Email me at AndyMasley@gmail.com if you'd like to chat! You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. You can leave me anonymous feedback here.
(It's pronounced May-zlee)