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These are the questions for the 2024 ACX Survey

I understand I shouldn't fill in this survey and my response will not be counted

Yes, I understand

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May I Email?

If I have a question about your response (for example, I'm investigating some unusual phenomenon and you are one of a very few people who says they have it) may I email you?

Yes

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Public

When the raw data from this survey gets released publicly, is it okay to include your response? (email will be removed beforehand to anonymize you)

Yes, you can release my anonymized answers publicly

No, please remove my answers before release

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PART ONE: BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS

Age

How many years old are you?

Country

If multiple possible answers, please choose the one you most identify with. Ten popular answers are given below; otherwise please write your country into "Other" in the same format as the answers given

Australia

Canada

Finland

France

Germany

Israel

New Zealand

Poland

Russia

United Kingdom

United States

Other:

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State

(If American) What state do you live in? (Please give full name, not abbreviation)

Race

With what race do you most identify? "Hispanic" is a term mostly used in the US referring to people whose ethnic background is from Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Asian (East Asian)

Asian (Indian subcontinent)

Middle Eastern

Black

White (non-Hispanic)

Hispanic

Other

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PART TWO: SEX, GENDER, RELATIONSHIPS

Sex

What is your chromosomal sex?

Male

Female

Other

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Gender

With what gender do you primarily identify?

M (cisgender)

F (cisgender)

M (transgender f -> m)

F (transgender m -> f)

Other

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Sexual Orientation

What is your sexual orientation?

Heterosexual

Homosexual

Bisexual

Other

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Relationship Status

Single

Relationship

Married

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Relationship style

What is your preferred relationship style?

Prefer monogamous

Prefer polyamorous

Uncertain / no preference

Other

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Children

How many children do you have?

PART THREE: WORK AND EDUCATION

Work Status

What do you currently do?

For-profit work

Non-profit work

Government work

Student

Academics (on the teaching side)

Self-employed

Independently wealthy

Homemaker

Retired

Unemployed

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Profession

In what area do you currently work or study? If more than one, please choose most important.

Philosophy

Economics

Finance

Statistics

Computers (AI)

Computers (other academic, computer science)

Computers (practical: IT, programming, etc.)

Physics

Biology

Health Care (mental health)

Health Care (other)

Mathematics

Neuroscience

Other "hard science"

Psychology

Other "social science"

Engineering

Business

Law

Art

Media

Other "white collar"

Other "blue collar"

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Degree

What is your highest degree earned?

None

High school

2 year degree

Bachelor's

Master's

Ph D.

Other professional degree

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Education Complete

Have you completed your formal education?

Yes

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PART FOUR: RELIGIOUS VIEWS

Religious Views

How would you describe your religious views?

Committed theist

Lukewarm theist

Deist/Pantheist/etc.

Agnostic

Atheist but spiritual

Atheist and not spiritual

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Religious Denomination

Which best describes the religion you believe? (If you do not believe any religion, skip this question.)

Christian (Catholic)

Christian (Other non-Protestant, eg Eastern Orthodox)

Christian (Protestant)

Christian (Mormon)

Buddhist

Traditional Chinese

Hindu

Muslim

Jewish

Unitarian Universalism or similar

Mixed / Other / I really want to put "no religion" instead of skipping the question like you asked

Other:

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Religious Background

What is your family's religious background, as of the last time your family practiced a religion? If your family has multiple religious backgrounds, choose whichever you most identify with, or answer "mixed".

Christian (Catholic)

Christian (Other non-Protestant, eg Eastern Orthodox)

Christian (Protestant)

Christian (Mormon)

Hindu

Buddhist

Traditional Chinese

Muslim

Unitarian Universalism or similar

Jewish

Mixed / Other / Don't know

Other:

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PART FIVE: NUMBERS THAT PURPORT TO MEASURE YOUR INTELLIGENCE

Please give the score you got on your most recent PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC IQ test - no Internet tests, please! All tests should have the standard average of 100 and stdev of 15.

SAT score verbal/reading

The SAT is a test Americans take before going to college. In the old days, it included a section called Verbal; now that section is called Reading. If you took the SAT, what was your score on this section?

SAT score math

The SAT is a test Americans take before going to college. If you took the SAT, what was your score on the math section?

PART SIX: ACX

Length of Time

How long have you been reading ACX?

Less than a month

One to six months

Six months to one year

One to two years

Since it was Slate Star Codex

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Comment

How often do you comment on ACX?

Never; I only lurk

Less than once a month

At least once a month

At least once a week

Very often; many times a week

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Referrals

How did you find ACX?

Been here since it was Slate Star Codex

Referred by a link on Twitter

Referred by a link on Facebook

Referred by a link on Reddit

Referred by a link on Hacker News

Referred by a link on other social media

Referred by that New York Times article

Referred by another Substack or through Substack front page

Referred by a search engine

Referred by a friend

Referred by another blog (not on Substack)

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Subreddit

Do you read the r/slatestarcodex subreddit?

Yes, I post or comment there

Yes, I read it

No, I don't want to read it

No, I didn't know it existed

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Discord

Do you read the SlateStarCodex Discord?

Yes, I often chat there

Yes, I read it

No, I don't want to read it

No, I didn't know it existed

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Subscriber

Are you a paid subscriber?

Yes

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If you're not a paid subscriber, why not?

Ignore - I am a paid subscriber

I didn't know paid subscriptions existed

I have no interest in being a paid subscriber

Costs too much, I would subscribe if it cost less

Not enough additional content

Additional content is low-quality

Some other reason

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How happy are you with your paid subscription?

Ignore - I'm not a paid subscriber

Happy because I just subscribed to support the blog, and I am

Happy because I subscribed to get additional content, and I like it

Unhappy because I subscribed to get additional content, and there's not enough / I don't like it

Unhappy for some other reason

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If you're a paid subscriber, how likely are you to renew your subscription?

Ignore - I'm not a paid subscriber

Likely

Unlikely

Realistically I will forget and do whatever happens by default

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Has the blog gotten better or worse since you started reading it?

Where "this blog" is the combination of Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.

Much worse

Much better

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Meetup

Have you ever been to an Astral Codex Ten meetup?

Yes, I attend meetups regularly

Yes, I've attended a few meetups

Yes, I attended one meetup

No, I don't want to

No, I want to but I just haven't made it there yet

No, I don't know of any, or can't make it to any

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Meetup Approval

For people who went to ACX meetups: how much did you enjoy it?

Not enjoyable

Very enjoyable

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LW ID

Do you identify as a Less Wronger or "rationalist"?

Yes

Sorta

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EA ID

Do you identify as an effective altruist

Yes

Sorta

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E/Acc ID

Do you identify as an effective accelerationist?

Yes

Sorta

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Life Effects

Please indicate whether reading ACX has been a major contributor to any of the following life changes:

I changed my vote in an election

I donated more (or more effectively) to charity

I improved the way I deal with a mental illness

I met someone important to me

I joined the IRL rationalist or EA community

I reduced the amount of meat I eat, or otherwise changed meat consumption patterns

I signed the Giving What We Can pledge

I changed (or am seriously considering changing) careers to work in AI safety

I changed (or am seriously considering changing) careers in some other way

PART SEVEN: POLITICS

Political Spectrum

Where do you think you fall on a classic political spectrum?

Far left

Far right

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Political Interest

How would you describe your level of interest in politics?

Not interested at all

Extremely interested

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Political Affiliation

With which of these political descriptions do you most identify?

Libertarian, for example like the US Libertarian Party: socially permissive, minimal/no taxes, minimal/no distribution of wealth

Conservative, for example the US Republican Party and UK Tories: low taxes, low redistribution of wealth, traditional values

Liberal, for example the US Democratic Party : market economy plus social welfare, socially permissive multiculturalism

Social democratic, for example Scandinavian countries: heavily-regulated market economy, cradle-to-grave social safety net, socially permissive multiculturalism

Marxist, for example various Communist Parties

Neoreactionary, for example Curtis Yarvin: centralization of power, potentially in a CEO-like monarch, is necessary for good government

Alt-right, for example France's National Front: nationalist revival with an ethnic/racial component

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American Parties

If you are an American, what party are you registered with?

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Libertarian Party

Other third party

Not registered for a party

(option for non-Americans who want an option)

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Political Change

How have your politics changed in the past ten years?

Become significantly further right

Become significantly further left

Some other change not easily described in those terms

No significant change

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Global Warming

How would you describe your opinion on anthropogenic climate change?

Requires strong action

Does not require action

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Immigration

How would you describe your opinion on immigration into your country?

Should be stricter

Should be more open

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School choice

How would you describe your opinion on "school choice"? (ie making it easy for families to leave regular public education in favor of charter schools, private schools, etc)

Strongly against

Strongly in favor

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AI x-risk

How would you describe your opinion on existential risk from AI?

Not concerned

Very concerned

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Speech

Which do you think is more important: preserving free speech, or taking a stand against hate speech/misinformation/etc? This could include pressuring social media sites to moderate their content, enforcing hate speech laws, and passing laws making it easier to sue people for spreading dangerous misinformation.

Free speech

Fight hate/misinformation

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YIMBY/NIMBY

In debates around housing, are you more development-cautious (because you worry it might cause gentrification, damage the environment, or change neighborhood character) or pro-development (because you think it will lower rents and give more people a place to live)?

Cautious

Pro-development

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Social justice

How would you describe your opinion of social justice/anti-racism/"wokeness"?

Very unfavorable

Very favorable

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Abortion

How would you describe your opinion of abortion?

Strongly against ("pro-life")

Strongly in favor ("pro-choice")

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Human Biodiversity

How would you describe your opinion of the the idea of "human biodiversity", eg the belief that races differ genetically in socially relevant ways?

Very unfavorable

Very favorable

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Donald Trump

How would you describe your opinion of Donald Trump?

Very unfavorable

Very favorable

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PART NINE: INCOME AND CHARITY

Income

What is your approximate ANNUAL pretax personal income in US dollars (non-Americans: convert at www.xe.com)? Obviously you don't need to answer this question if you don't want to.

Income Status

...and that income represents what point in your career?

Student / intern / otherwise pre-significant-money-making

Entry-level / in-training / still short of full money-making ability

Well into my career

Currently in between periods of significant money-making, eg unemployed

Retired or otherwise post-significant money-making

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Class Childhood

When you were a child, how would you describe the socioeconomic class of the family you were raised in?

Poor

Working-to-lower-middle class

Middle class

Upper middle class

Rich

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Class Current

How would you describe your current socioeconomic class?

Poor

Working-to-lower-middle class

Middle class

Upper middle class

Rich

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PART TEN: MENTAL HEALTH

Depression

Regarding clinical depression...

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Anxiety

Regarding any clinical anxiety disorder, like generalized anxiety or panic disorder...

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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OCD

Regarding obsessive compulsive disorder

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Eating disorder

Regarding an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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PTSD

Regarding post-traumatic stress disorder

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Alcoholism

Regarding alcoholism

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Drug addiction

Regarding addiction to some drug other than alcohol or tobacco

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Borderline

Regarding borderline personality disorder

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Bipolar

Regarding bipolar disorder

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Autism

Regarding autism or Aspergers' syndrome

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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ADHD

Regarding ADD/ADHD:

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Schizophrenia

Regarding schizophrenia...

I have a formal diagnosis of this condition

I think I might have this condition, although I have never been formally diagnosed

I have family members (within two generations) with this condition

I don't have this condition and neither does anyone in my family

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Mood Scale

How would you rate your usual mood?

Very low

Very high

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Anxiety

How would you rate your usual anxiety level

Low anxiety

High anxiety

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Childhood

How would you describe your childhood?

Very bad

Very good

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PART ELEVEN: UNCOMFORTABLE SELF-EVALUATION

Skip any of these that get too awkward

Life Satisfaction

Overall, how satisfied are you with your life?

Very unsatisfied

Very satisfied

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Job Satisfaction

How happy are you with your job?

Not happy at all

Extremely happy

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Social Satisfaction

How happy are you with your social life?

Not happy at all

Very happy

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Romantic Satisfaction

How happy are you with your romantic situation?

Not happy at all

Very happy

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Physical Attractiveness

Rate your physical attractiveness. DON'T LIE!

Very unattractive

Very attractive

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