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My Status Circles
Most of us have circles of concern, where we care more about folks from our inner circles than our outer circles.
The smaller circles for most people include their species and related bio groupings, continents, nations, acquaintances, friends, and family. Relative to such folks, my smaller circles care more about original insight: did someone actually contribute to our world learning more about neglected important topics? One key proxy on which my circles put more weight is: directly trying to make progress on important neglected topics, based on explicit analysis of this question.
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