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

EA applicantFeb 26, 2019, 5:53 AM
403 points
184 comments4 min readEA link

You have more than one goal, and that’s fine

Julia_Wise🔸Feb 20, 2019, 1:08 AM
307 points
28 comments2 min readEA link

On “fringe” ideas

Kelsey PiperAug 19, 2019, 7:00 AM
261 points
6 comments5 min readEA link
(theunitofcaring.tumblr.com)

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

sauliusAug 20, 2019, 6:05 PM
236 points
37 comments13 min readEA link

Real­ity is of­ten underpowered

Gregory Lewis🔸Oct 10, 2019, 1:14 PM
236 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

SHOW: A frame­work for shap­ing your tal­ent for di­rect work

RyanCareyMar 12, 2019, 5:16 PM
216 points
29 comments8 min readEA link

Are we liv­ing at the most in­fluen­tial time in his­tory?

William_MacAskillSep 3, 2019, 4:55 AM
204 points
147 comments24 min readEA link

Some per­sonal thoughts on EA and sys­temic change

CarlShulmanSep 26, 2019, 9:40 PM
201 points
17 comments6 min readEA link

In­for­ma­tion se­cu­rity ca­reers for GCR reduction

ClaireZabelJun 20, 2019, 11:56 PM
187 points
35 comments8 min readEA link

Is EA Grow­ing? EA Growth Met­rics for 2018

Peter WildefordJun 2, 2019, 4:08 AM
181 points
40 comments8 min readEA link

SHIC Will Sus­pend Outreach Oper­a­tions

Catherine Low🔸Mar 7, 2019, 4:07 PM
179 points
17 comments6 min readEA link

Cor­po­rate cam­paigns af­fect 9 to 120 years of chicken life per dol­lar spent

sauliusJul 8, 2019, 8:01 AM
176 points
27 comments59 min readEA link

Candy for Nets

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Sep 29, 2019, 11:11 AM
175 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism is an Ide­ol­ogy, not (just) a Question

James FodorJun 28, 2019, 7:18 AM
175 points
46 comments16 min readEA link
(thegodlesstheist.com)

Thoughts on do­ing good through non-stan­dard EA ca­reer pathways

BuckDec 30, 2019, 2:06 AM
171 points
13 comments12 min readEA link

How to gen­er­ate re­search proposals

Jaime SevillaAug 1, 2019, 4:38 PM
164 points
7 comments8 min readEA link

Log­a­r­ith­mic Scales of Plea­sure and Pain: Rat­ing, Rank­ing, and Com­par­ing Peak Ex­pe­riences Suggest the Ex­is­tence of Long Tails for Bliss and Suffering

algekalipsoAug 11, 2019, 3:49 AM
164 points
25 comments41 min readEA link

“Why Na­tions Fail” and the long-ter­mist view of global poverty

Ben KuhnJul 16, 2019, 7:59 AM
161 points
20 comments13 min readEA link
(www.benkuhn.net)

In­gre­di­ents for cre­at­ing dis­rup­tive re­search teams

stefan.torgesMay 16, 2019, 4:23 PM
159 points
17 comments54 min readEA link

Shap­ley val­ues: Bet­ter than counterfactuals

NunoSempereOct 10, 2019, 10:26 AM
159 points
62 comments15 min readEA link

Ask Me Any­thing!

William_MacAskillAug 14, 2019, 3:52 PM
153 points
138 comments3 min readEA link

Does cli­mate change de­serve more at­ten­tion within EA?

BenApr 17, 2019, 6:50 AM
152 points
65 comments15 min readEA link

Align­ing Recom­mender Sys­tems as Cause Area

IvanVendrovMay 8, 2019, 8:56 AM
150 points
48 comments13 min readEA link

The Pos­si­bil­ity of an On­go­ing Mo­ral Catas­tro­phe (Sum­mary)

LinchAug 2, 2019, 9:55 PM
149 points
17 comments4 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

Why and how to start a for-profit com­pany serv­ing emerg­ing markets

Ben KuhnNov 6, 2019, 1:00 AM
148 points
15 comments6 min readEA link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Move­ment Col­lapse Scenarios

rebecca_baronAug 27, 2019, 10:07 AM
147 points
33 comments9 min readEA link

2019 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 19, 2019, 2:58 AM
147 points
28 comments62 min readEA link

How bad would nu­clear win­ter caused by a US-Rus­sia nu­clear ex­change be?

Luisa_RodriguezJun 20, 2019, 1:48 AM
145 points
18 comments43 min readEA link

The ITN frame­work, cost-effec­tive­ness, and cause prioritisation

John G. HalsteadOct 6, 2019, 5:26 AM
145 points
20 comments14 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2019 grant recommendations

Habryka [Deactivated]Apr 23, 2019, 7:00 AM
142 points
242 comments47 min readEA link

What to know be­fore talk­ing with jour­nal­ists about EA

skySep 4, 2019, 7:59 PM
142 points
15 comments8 min readEA link

There’s Lots More To Do

Jeff Kaufman 🔸May 29, 2019, 7:58 PM
134 points
30 comments2 min readEA link

Opinion: Es­ti­mat­ing In­ver­te­brate Sentience

Jason SchukraftNov 7, 2019, 2:38 AM
134 points
36 comments23 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the launch of the Hap­pier Lives Institute

MichaelPlantJun 19, 2019, 3:40 PM
133 points
44 comments4 min readEA link

Com­mu­nity vs Network

DavidNashDec 12, 2019, 2:04 PM
131 points
15 comments3 min readEA link

EA is vet­ting-constrained

toonalfrinkMar 9, 2019, 1:25 AM
129 points
29 comments4 min readEA link

Ben Garfinkel: How sure are we about this AI stuff?

bgarfinkelFeb 9, 2019, 7:17 PM
128 points
20 comments18 min readEA link

‘Longter­mism’

William_MacAskillJul 25, 2019, 9:27 PM
128 points
56 comments9 min readEA link

English as a dom­i­nant lan­guage in the move­ment: challenges and solutions

Dobroslawa_GoglozaSep 3, 2019, 7:45 PM
127 points
18 comments9 min readEA link

Pur­chase fuzzies and utilons separately

EliezerYudkowskyDec 27, 2019, 2:21 AM
126 points
4 comments5 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

EA Lead­ers Fo­rum: Sur­vey on EA pri­ori­ties (data and anal­y­sis)

Aaron Gertler 🔸Nov 12, 2019, 1:14 AM
126 points
50 comments16 min readEA link

Can the EA com­mu­nity copy Teach for Amer­ica? (Look­ing for Task Y)

alex lawsenFeb 21, 2019, 1:38 PM
126 points
32 comments8 min readEA link

Up­date on CEA’s EA Grants Program

Nicole_RossNov 8, 2019, 11:00 PM
125 points
31 comments6 min readEA link

Effec­tive An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy Resources

sauliusOct 24, 2019, 10:41 AM
123 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

I’m Buck Sh­legeris, I do re­search and out­reach at MIRI, AMA

BuckNov 15, 2019, 10:44 PM
123 points
228 comments2 min readEA link

My Q1 2019 EA Ho­tel donation

vipulnaikApr 1, 2019, 2:23 AM
120 points
6 comments12 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Welfare Cause Profile

Jason SchukraftJul 9, 2019, 5:28 PM
119 points
14 comments42 min readEA link

[up­dated] Global de­vel­op­ment in­ter­ven­tions are gen­er­ally more effec­tive than cli­mate change interventions

Hauke HillebrandtOct 2, 2019, 8:36 AM
119 points
44 comments16 min readEA link

Feed­back available for EA Fo­rum drafts (sus­pended)

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 24, 2019, 5:56 AM
118 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

In­sti­tu­tions for Fu­ture Generations

tylermjohnNov 11, 2019, 8:33 PM
118 points
55 comments5 min readEA link