About

Hi there! I write – rarely – about a variety of topics, including effective altruism, philosophy, psychology, the far future and artificial intelligence, as well as epistemic and instrumental rationality.

Favorite Lists

They say lists can be worth more than a thousand words.

People

Most favorite humans: Scott Alexander, Bertrand Russell, Brian Tomasik, Sam Harris, George Orwell, Nick Bostrom, Carl Shulman. (I didn’t add several of my personal friends because they are (much) less well-known.

Books

  • Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky
  • Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
  • Why everyone (else) Is A Hypocrite by Robert Kurzban
  • The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
  • The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
  • The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
  • The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper
  • Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene
  • The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
  • The Autobiography Of Bertrand Russell by Bertrand Russell
  • Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Blog posts and essays

Contact

You can reach me at: wallowinmaya|at|gmx|dot|de

3 comments on “About

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    I have been on the mOI nardil and it pooped out on me after 20 years. Then on parnate for 5 yrs. Like you, I reduced the dose because I was getting a bit ‘high’ and over confident on it, and now it no longer works, and I can barely function any more. and so anxious. Have you had any experience of this poop out?

    Is it still working for you ? Im in the UK and dread seeing an nhs psychiatrist next week.

    If there is anything helpful you can say PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

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      Hi Eva,

      Sorry to hear. I recently started Parnate again and it works, yes.

      Not sure I can help you, as a last resort, you might want to try ECT if you haven’t already.

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    i dont want to try ect…… just wondering whether parnate may work again some time after having pooped out. But in your case it never did poop out, right?

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