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The Effective Altruism Newsletter & Open Thread – August 2016

ChrisCundy10 Aug 2016 23:23 UTC

3 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Introducing Envision: A new EA-Aligned Organization

lucarade10 Aug 2016 18:49 UTC

21 points

20 comments12 min readEA link

Transgenic mosquitoes, update Effective Altruism Policy Analytics

Gentzel10 Aug 2016 17:37 UTC

11 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

Starting a conversation about Effective Environmentalism

Chriswaterguy8 Aug 2016 1:44 UTC

2 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

Rachel Glennerster: Engaging developing country governments

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Michael Page: Embracing the intellectual challenge of effective altruism

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

9 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Robert Wiblin: Making sense of long-term indirect effects

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

14 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Cass Sunstein: From behavioural economics to public policy

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Julia Wise: Coordinating for a stronger community

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Christine Peterson: Upstream altruism

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Will MacAskill: Closing session (2016)

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

John Chisholm: Earning influence with thought leaders

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Andrew Critch: Logical induction — progress in AI alignment

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

New version of effectivealtruism.org

James Snowden🔸5 Aug 2016 17:58 UTC

8 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Moral progress and “Cause X”

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

39 points

2 comments30 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Genya Dana, Tom Kalil, Rajesh Mirchandani, and Sebastian Farquhar: Creating effective policies

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Max Tegmark: Risks and benefits of advanced artificial intelligence

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Tara Mac Aulay, Julia Galef, Sarah Constantin, and Heidi McAnnally-Linz: Aggregating knowledge

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Peter Singer: The end of poverty

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jason Matheny: Government-driven science and technology

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Tara Mac Aulay: The effective altruism ecosystem

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Cari Tuna and Will MacAskill: Doing philanthropy better

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Kevin Esvelt and Genya Dana: Beyond malaria

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Jaan Tallinn, Erik Torenberg, Katrin Verclas, Howie Lempel, Luke Nosek, & Garreth Spillane: Philanthropy and technology

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Owen Cotton-Barratt, Robin Hanson, Jason Matheny, and Julia Galef: Forecasting

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Michael Kremer: How much evidence is enough?

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

8 points

0 comments15 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Ian Bassin: Basic income — the GiveDirectly experiment

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Claire Zabel, Lewis Bollard, Isha Datar, Bruce Friedrich, Tobias Leenaert, and Allison Smith: Rethinking meat and the end of factory farming

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Irene Pepperberg: Avian Cognition and Animal Welfare

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Sebastian Farquhar: Should EAs do policy?

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Q&A with Philip Tetlock (2016)

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Ed Boyden: Engineering revolutions

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Julia Galef, Stuart Buck, Brian Nosek, Ivan Oransky, and Stephanie Wykstra: The replication crisis

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Sam Deere, Tara Mac Aulay, Alexandre Sevigny, Ken Strasma, Brett Thalmann, and Chris Wylie: Data-driven movement building

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Tom Kalil and Roxanne Heston: Opportunities in science and technology policy

EA Global5 Aug 2016 9:19 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Political initiative: Fundamental rights for primates

Jonas V4 Aug 2016 19:35 UTC

12 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Charity Science: Health—A New Direct Poverty Charity Founded on EA Principles

Marcus_A_Davis4 Aug 2016 1:08 UTC

20 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk for Animal Advocacy Studies: Opportunities and Challenges

Peter Wildeford2 Aug 2016 19:24 UTC

26 points

3 comments15 min readEA link

Accomplishments Open Thread—August 2016

Gleb_T2 Aug 2016 14:37 UTC

8 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

[EA Database] Update and calls for help

angelinahli2 Aug 2016 0:54 UTC

1 point

6 comments3 min readEA link

The First Effective Altruism Group Organizers’ Survey: Results and Analysis

ChrisCundy1 Aug 2016 22:07 UTC

5 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

A Request for Funding from The Giving Game Project

Jon_Behar1 Aug 2016 18:17 UTC

14 points

4 comments12 min readEA link

Promoting Effective Giving at Conferences via Speed Giving Games

Gleb_T30 Jul 2016 15:13 UTC

9 points

13 comments9 min readEA link

Earning to Give v. Pursuing your Passion/Direct Work

cdc48230 Jul 2016 3:04 UTC

0 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

The 2015 Survey of Effective Altruists: Results and Analysis

ChrisCundy29 Jul 2016 19:50 UTC

13 points

26 comments3 min readEA link

Making EA groups more welcoming

Julia_Wise🔸29 Jul 2016 1:09 UTC

30 points

13 comments11 min readEA link

Five Ways to Handle Flow-Through Effects

Peter Wildeford28 Jul 2016 3:39 UTC

40 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

EA database/reading list: Why it might be useful

angelinahli26 Jul 2016 5:02 UTC

8 points

18 comments5 min readEA link

Sequence thinking vs. cluster thinking

GiveWell25 Jul 2016 10:43 UTC

17 points

0 comments28 min readEA link

(blog.givewell.org)

“Everyday Heroes of Effective Giving”: Catherine Low, Jo Duyvestyn, Peter Livingstone

Gleb_T24 Jul 2016 20:44 UTC

12 points

2 comments2 min readEA link