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My mistakes on the path to impact

Denise_Melchin4 Dec 2020 22:13 UTC

370 points

67 comments11 min readEA link

Growth and the case against randomista development

HaukeHillebrandt16 Jan 2020 10:11 UTC

341 points

180 comments30 min readEA link

After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation

EA applicant26 Feb 2019 5:53 UTC

308 points

182 comments4 min readEA link

My current impressions on career choice for longtermists

Holden Karnofsky4 Jun 2021 17:07 UTC

301 points

34 comments27 min readEA link

EAF’s ballot initiative doubled Zurich’s development aid

Jonas Vollmer13 Jan 2020 11:32 UTC

291 points

24 comments12 min readEA link

Is effective altruism growing? An update on the stock of funding vs. people

Benjamin_Todd29 Jul 2021 11:47 UTC

275 points

100 comments21 min readEA link

Reducing long-term risks from malevolent actors

David_Althaus29 Apr 2020 8:55 UTC

270 points

65 comments37 min readEA link

Announcing “Naming What We Can”!

GidonKadosh1 Apr 2021 10:17 UTC

269 points

70 comments2 min readEA link

Don’t Be Bycatch

AllAmericanBreakfast10 Mar 2021 5:28 UTC

266 points

18 comments3 min readEA link

Problem areas beyond 80,000 Hours’ current priorities

Ardenlk22 Jun 2020 12:49 UTC

258 points

62 comments15 min readEA link

The case of the missing cause prioritisation research

weeatquince16 Aug 2020 0:21 UTC

255 points

87 comments16 min readEA link

Lessons from my time in Effective Altruism

richard_ngo15 Jan 2021 21:54 UTC

254 points

24 comments7 min readEA link

Introducing Probably Good: A New Career Guidance Organization

omernevo6 Nov 2020 14:50 UTC

239 points

76 comments5 min readEA link

EA needs consultancies

lukeprog28 Jun 2021 15:18 UTC

239 points

85 comments13 min readEA link

Major UN report discusses existential risk and future generations (summary)

finm17 Sep 2021 15:51 UTC

237 points

2 comments12 min readEA link

Concerns with ACE’s Recent Behavior

Hypatia17 Apr 2021 17:00 UTC

235 points

153 comments11 min readEA link

What Makes Outreach to Progressives Hard

Cullen_OKeefe14 Mar 2021 0:32 UTC

221 points

76 comments9 min readEA link

Lessons from Running Stanford EA and SERI

kuhanj20 Aug 2021 14:51 UTC

210 points

26 comments25 min readEA link

Seven things that surprised us in our first year working in policy—Lead Exposure Elimination Project

Jack14 May 2021 9:40 UTC

209 points

6 comments7 min readEA link

What is the likelihood that civilizational collapse would directly lead to human extinction (within decades)?

Luisa_Rodriguez24 Dec 2020 22:10 UTC

205 points

30 comments50 min readEA link

Small and Vulnerable

deluks9173 May 2021 6:08 UTC

205 points

8 comments4 min readEA link

Why I’m concerned about Giving Green

alexrjl20 Jan 2021 22:59 UTC

204 points

47 comments13 min readEA link

Are we living at the most influential time in history?

William_MacAskill3 Sep 2019 4:55 UTC

190 points

146 comments25 min readEA link

Some personal thoughts on EA and systemic change

CarlShulman26 Sep 2019 21:40 UTC

190 points

17 comments6 min readEA link

The motivated reasoning critique of effective altruism

Linch14 Sep 2021 20:43 UTC

190 points

51 comments23 min readEA link

All Possible Views About Humanity’s Future Are Wild

Holden Karnofsky13 Jul 2021 16:57 UTC

189 points

37 comments10 min readEA link

(www.cold-takes.com)

Reality is often underpowered

Gregory_Lewis10 Oct 2019 13:14 UTC

188 points

16 comments5 min readEA link

Some quick notes on “effective altruism”

Jonas Vollmer24 Mar 2021 15:30 UTC

186 points

89 comments3 min readEA link

Big List of Cause Candidates

NunoSempere25 Dec 2020 16:34 UTC

184 points

67 comments30 min readEA link

Is EA Growing? EA Growth Metrics for 2018

Peter Wildeford2 Jun 2019 4:08 UTC

181 points

40 comments8 min readEA link

Introducing the Legal Priorities Project

jonasschuett30 Aug 2020 14:10 UTC

179 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

Killing the ants

Joe_Carlsmith7 Feb 2021 23:16 UTC

179 points

12 comments8 min readEA link

Why I find longtermism hard, and what keeps me motivated

Michelle_Hutchinson22 Feb 2021 23:01 UTC

179 points

12 comments7 min readEA link

A new strategy for broadening the appeal of effective giving (GivingMultiplier.org)

Lucius_Caviola26 Oct 2020 23:18 UTC

178 points

13 comments7 min readEA link

Can I have impact if I’m average?

Fabienne3 Jan 2021 9:20 UTC

178 points

18 comments2 min readEA link

Snapshot of a career choice 10 years ago

Julia_Wise23 Sep 2021 19:05 UTC

177 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

SHIC Will Suspend Outreach Operations

cafelow7 Mar 2019 16:07 UTC

176 points

16 comments6 min readEA link

Avoiding Munich’s Mistakes: Advice for CEA and Local Groups

Larks14 Oct 2020 17:08 UTC

176 points

81 comments39 min readEA link

2018-2019 Long-Term Future Fund Grantees: How did they do?

NunoSempere16 Jun 2021 17:31 UTC

176 points

23 comments5 min readEA link

Thoughts on whether we’re living at the most influential time in history

Buck3 Nov 2020 4:07 UTC

174 points

63 comments9 min readEA link

Cultured meat predictions were overly optimistic

Neil_Dullaghan15 Sep 2021 12:32 UTC

172 points

14 comments4 min readEA link

Collection of good 2012-2017 EA forum posts

saulius10 Jul 2020 16:35 UTC

170 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

Introducing High Impact Athletes

Marcus Daniell30 Nov 2020 13:20 UTC

169 points

60 comments1 min readEA link

List of ways in which cost-effectiveness estimates can be misleading

saulius20 Aug 2019 18:05 UTC

168 points

27 comments13 min readEA link

What gives me hope

Michelle_Hutchinson19 May 2021 10:00 UTC

165 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Taboo “Outside View”

kokotajlod17 Jun 2021 9:39 UTC

165 points

24 comments8 min readEA link

COVID: How did we do? How can we know?

Ghost_of_Li_Wenliang30 Jun 2021 12:29 UTC

164 points

48 comments9 min readEA link

Parenting: Things I wish I could tell my past self

Michelle_Hutchinson12 Sep 2020 14:22 UTC

163 points

19 comments10 min readEA link

Information security careers for GCR reduction

ClaireZabel20 Jun 2019 23:56 UTC

162 points

34 comments8 min readEA link

AI Governance: Opportunity and Theory of Impact

Allan Dafoe17 Sep 2020 6:30 UTC

162 points

14 comments13 min readEA link