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Kaj Sotala

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September 05, 1986

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August 2012

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For the last approx. 3.5 years, I’ve been splitting my time between my emotional coaching practice and working for a local startup. I’m still doing the coaching, but I felt like it was time to move on from the startup, which left me with the question of what to do with the freed-up time and reduced money.

Over the years, people have told me things like “you should have a Patreon” or have otherwise

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	A Map That Reflects the Territory: Essays by the Lesswrong Community by LessWrong, Eliezer Yudkowsky (Goodreads Author), Scott Alexander 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Engines of Cognition: Essays by the LessWrong Community by LessWrong, Abram Demski, Alexander Turner 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jokapiraatinoikeus by Ahto Apajalahti, Kaj Sotala (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hyvä mieli: päivitä aivosi parempaan elämään by Maija Haavisto (Goodreads Author), Kaj Sotala (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kehittyvä ihmiskunta 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roolipelikirja by Jukka Särkijärvi (Goodreads Author), Kaj Sotala (Goodreads Author) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kaj Sotala wrote a new blog post Moving to Substack + You can now get me to write more with a paid subscription For the last approx. 3.5 years, I’ve been splitting my time between my emotional coaching practice and working for a local startup. I’m still doing th Read more of this blog post »
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