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Chana

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Chana

@ChanaMessinger

the stakes and the world and the stars Head of Video for 80,000 Hours - send me content ideas! Opinions are my own, though.

Berkeley, CA

Joined March 2009

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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Oct 22, 2020
Rationality is the art of not pretending you don't know things.
Steven Godofsky
@sgodofsk
Oct 22, 2020
Replying to @ChanaMessinger
my interpretation of that was when the stakes are high enough everyone stops pretending not to know things
Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jan 16, 2025
Incredible things happening on the pizza hut front end
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jan 17, 2025
Replying to @senb0n22a
Surely someone can think of a url extension for that that's not "upsell"
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jun 13, 2025
I want to hear stories of how weightlifting caused you to be able to do new things (based on strength, not looks or mental health) e.g. "stronger legs meant that fun impromptu acrobatics in the park were easier" or "bicep curls made it easier to lift my kids"
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Aug 27, 2025
Oh my god he’s a rationalist
The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
Aug 25, 2025
BREAKING: President Trump threatens to impose "200% tariffs or something" on China if they do not provide the US with magnets.
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Aug 9, 2020
Iff = "if and only if" Whenn = "when and only when" Truthth = "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"
Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Oct 4, 2022
This paragraph from Scott Alexander really hit me
Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jun 19, 2025
Wow the AI space is truly in large part a list of people who don't trust Sam Altman
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Sep 12, 2025
I'm hosting a High Agency conference and inviting no one. If you can get invited or get yourself there, you belong.
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Nov 23, 2021
Things you can say to people in ten seconds that sometimes produce insanely outsized effects: 1. Yeah, someone *should* do that. Why not you? 2. Is there something you could do about that problem in the next five minutes?
Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Sep 21, 2025
I think it is fair for the right to point out that their grief and sorrow has resulted in significantly less public disruption than summer 2020 did.
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jun 18, 2025
Fun facts for your next Every Bay Area Party conversation - 9 of 11 of OpenAI’s cofounders have left - > 50% of OpenAI’s safety staff have left - All 3 companies that Altman has led have tried to force him out for misbehavior
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Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Jul 4, 2022
This is an amazing diagram
Chana
@ChanaMessinger
Aug 9, 2024
Replying to @melnickjeffrey1
To me this is the ultimate:
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