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Stories of Local Effective Altruism Groups
georgie_mallett
Apr 28, 2016, 10:53 PM
13
points
1
comment
4
min read
EA
link
The Attribution Moloch
Dawn Drescher
Apr 28, 2016, 6:43 AM
12
points
1
comment
11
min read
EA
link
On Priors
MichaelDickens
Apr 26, 2016, 10:35 PM
12
points
26
comments
12
min read
EA
link
A framework for comparing global problems in terms of expected impact
Robert_Wiblin
Apr 26, 2016, 6:43 PM
36
points
7
comments
19
min read
EA
link
(80000hours.org)
How Should a Large Donor Prioritize Cause Areas?
MichaelDickens
Apr 25, 2016, 8:46 PM
15
points
9
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Why Poverty?
Michelle_Hutchinson
Apr 24, 2016, 9:25 PM
11
points
11
comments
3
min read
EA
link
11 changes to the Effective Altruism Forum: EA Profiles integration and more
rebecca_raible
Apr 24, 2016, 8:31 PM
15
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
“Horrifying Things Caused By Shockingly Naive Charities”
Chriswaterguy
Apr 24, 2016, 7:46 AM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Advice Wanted on Expanding an EA Project
Denkenberger🔸
Apr 23, 2016, 11:20 PM
4
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism Is Exploring Climate Change Action, and You Can Be Part of It
Evan_Gaensbauer
Apr 22, 2016, 4:39 PM
10
points
4
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can is Cause Neutral
Michelle_Hutchinson
Apr 22, 2016, 12:54 PM
16
points
20
comments
3
min read
EA
link
The Poor Meat Investor Problem
zdgroff
Apr 21, 2016, 9:17 PM
11
points
14
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can’s outreach and ‘active membership’
MarinellaCapriati
Apr 21, 2016, 3:02 PM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Environmental risk postdoctoral research position at CSER.
Sean_o_h
Apr 20, 2016, 12:12 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
New climate change report from Giving What We Can
HaydenW
Apr 19, 2016, 3:29 PM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Looking for Wikipedia article writers (topics include many of interest to effective altruists)
vipulnaik
Apr 17, 2016, 4:37 AM
10
points
17
comments
5
min read
EA
link
The Science of Effective Fundraising: Four Common Mistakes to Avoid
Gleb_T
Apr 11, 2016, 3:14 PM
14
points
11
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Four free CFAR programs on applied rationality and AI safety
AnnaSalamon
Apr 10, 2016, 2:02 AM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
The Effective Altruism Newsletter & Open Thread – April 2016
Michal_Trzesimiech
Apr 8, 2016, 3:49 PM
3
points
21
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Accomplishments Open Thread—April 2016
Gleb_T
Apr 7, 2016, 8:39 PM
6
points
15
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can Chapter Efforts: 1 Year Review and 6 Month Plan
jonathancourtney
Apr 7, 2016, 8:39 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Why You Should Visit Vancouver
Evan_Gaensbauer
Apr 7, 2016, 1:57 AM
10
points
2
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Expected Value Estimates You Can (Maybe) Take Literally
MichaelDickens
Apr 6, 2016, 3:11 PM
21
points
6
comments
11
min read
EA
link
What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer
Paul_Christiano
Apr 6, 2016, 1:18 AM
11
points
22
comments
2
min read
EA
link
EA Forum FAQ
Introduction
Apr 5, 2016, 1:17 PM
8
points
5
comments
2
min read
EA
link
End of year celebration thread!
Bernadette_Young
Apr 5, 2016, 9:02 AM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Hits-based Giving
Holden Karnofsky
Apr 4, 2016, 7:45 AM
99
points
2
comments
19
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Why “scout mindset” is crucial to good judgment (Julia Galef)
EA Handbook
Apr 4, 2016, 7:00 AM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(www.youtube.com)
Lesswrong Diaspora survey
elo
Apr 3, 2016, 11:25 AM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Health in poor countries problem profile
Robert_Wiblin
Apr 1, 2016, 5:59 PM
14
points
4
comments
7
min read
EA
link
(80000hours.org)
Guidelines on depicting poverty
Julia_Wise🔸
Mar 28, 2016, 2:24 PM
41
points
8
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Can Food Security Contribute to Economic Growth?
johnadam111
Mar 28, 2016, 11:58 AM
−4
points
2
comments
2
min read
EA
link
The great calculator
MichaelDello
Mar 26, 2016, 3:48 AM
9
points
24
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Charity Entrepreneurship Research Summary
Joey🔸
Mar 21, 2016, 5:47 PM
22
points
9
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Review of Giving What We Can staff retreat
Michelle_Hutchinson
Mar 21, 2016, 4:31 PM
8
points
2
comments
5
min read
EA
link
EA project updates for Dec 2015/Jan 2016
Tom_Ash
Mar 20, 2016, 4:12 AM
4
points
4
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Essay Competition on Preparation for Global Food Catastrophes
Denkenberger🔸
Mar 17, 2016, 1:49 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
The Multiple Stage Fallacy
tyleralterman
Mar 16, 2016, 11:55 PM
6
points
16
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Using Breaking News Stories for Effective Altruism
Gleb_T
Mar 15, 2016, 9:47 PM
9
points
36
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Plan of Action to Prevent Human Extinction Risks
turchin
Mar 14, 2016, 2:51 PM
11
points
3
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Call for papers for a special journal issue on EA
William_MacAskill
Mar 14, 2016, 12:46 PM
9
points
9
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Why I Think You Should Start Saving Lives
georgie_mallett
Mar 13, 2016, 5:54 AM
4
points
1
comment
5
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism, Environmentalism, and Climate Change: An Introduction
Evan_Gaensbauer
Mar 10, 2016, 11:49 AM
17
points
12
comments
6
min read
EA
link
PAF: Off to a Good Start
egastfriend
Mar 9, 2016, 6:40 PM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
The Donor’s Dilemma: The Time Value of Money and Maximizing Effectiveness
zackrobinson
Mar 7, 2016, 6:45 AM
6
points
10
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Accomplishments Open Thread—March 2016
Gleb_T
Mar 6, 2016, 9:51 PM
11
points
26
comments
1
min read
EA
link
The Effective Altruism Newsletter & Open Thread – March 2016 Edition
Michal_Trzesimiech
Mar 6, 2016, 5:48 PM
1
point
16
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Finance Careers for Earning to Give
kbog
Mar 6, 2016, 5:15 AM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Philanthropy Advisory Fellowship: Gene Drive Report
egastfriend
Mar 6, 2016, 3:40 AM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Causality in altruism
MichaelDello
Mar 4, 2016, 1:33 PM
9
points
14
comments
3
min read
EA
link
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