In­com­pat­i­bil­ity of moral re­al­ism and time discounting

wuschel12 Dec 2020 18:47 UTC
16 points
6 comments8 min readEA link

Benefi­ciary prefer­ences and cause prioritization

v12 Dec 2020 18:03 UTC
10 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

The Fermi Para­dox has not been dissolved

Fods1212 Dec 2020 12:02 UTC
107 points
14 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] What are some po­ten­tial co­or­di­na­tion failures in our com­mu­nity?

EdoArad12 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
28 points
28 comments1 min readEA link

[Ex­pired] 20,000 Free $50 Char­ity Gift Cards

WilliamKiely11 Dec 2020 20:00 UTC
76 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Good v. Op­ti­mal Futures

RobertHarling11 Dec 2020 16:38 UTC
38 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

80k hrs #88 - Re­sponse to criticism

mark_ledwich11 Dec 2020 8:53 UTC
71 points
21 comments4 min readEA link

EA Fo­rum Prize: Win­ners for Oc­to­ber 2020

Aaron Gertler11 Dec 2020 0:40 UTC
33 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

CEA’s Plans for 2021

MaxDalton11 Dec 2020 0:27 UTC
67 points
10 comments14 min readEA link

Idea: the “woke­tionary”

capybaralet11 Dec 2020 0:04 UTC
−3 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

CEA’s 2020 An­nual Review

MaxDalton10 Dec 2020 23:45 UTC
69 points
9 comments31 min readEA link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

EA-re­lated talks this month + look­ing for more speak­ers!

Ryan Wilcox10 Dec 2020 19:34 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

EAs work­ing at non-EA or­ga­ni­za­tions: What do you do?

Akash10 Dec 2020 16:12 UTC
44 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

On Com­mon Goods in Pri­ori­ti­za­tion Research

EdoArad10 Dec 2020 10:25 UTC
23 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Me­tac­u­lus is hiring

aaguirre9 Dec 2020 20:58 UTC
30 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

A com­par­i­son of Amer­i­can poli­ti­cal parties

kbog9 Dec 2020 20:45 UTC
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

“Pa­tient vs ur­gent longter­mism” has lit­tle di­rect bear­ing on giv­ing now vs later

Owen Cotton-Barratt9 Dec 2020 14:58 UTC
177 points
32 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] How should I al­lo­cate my dona­tions among EA funds?

Jung Enthusiast9 Dec 2020 2:08 UTC
3 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Spiritu­al­ity & Science Policy and Infrastructure

Jung Enthusiast9 Dec 2020 2:08 UTC
−4 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Holism, Lack of Knowl­edge, and Transhumanism

Jung Enthusiast9 Dec 2020 2:08 UTC
−9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Health and hap­piness re­search top­ics—Part 1: Back­ground on QALYs and DALYs

Derek9 Dec 2020 0:38 UTC
125 points
8 comments61 min readEA link

Mati’s 2020 dona­tion recommendations

Mati_Roy8 Dec 2020 19:02 UTC
12 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

When should you use lot­ter­ies?

Mati_Roy8 Dec 2020 18:07 UTC
11 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are the most com­mon ob­jec­tions to “mul­ti­plier” or­ga­ni­za­tions that raise funds for other effec­tive char­i­ties?

Jon_Behar8 Dec 2020 14:10 UTC
33 points
44 comments1 min readEA link

Cen­ter on Long-Term Risk: 2021 Plans & 2020 Review

stefan.torges8 Dec 2020 13:39 UTC
87 points
3 comments13 min readEA link

First S-Risk In­tro Seminar

stefan.torges8 Dec 2020 9:23 UTC
70 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What or­ga­ni­za­tion could do the most good with a con­ver­sa­tional AI as­sis­tant?

jem-mosig8 Dec 2020 8:43 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

An ar­gu­ment that EA should fo­cus more on cli­mate change

Ann Garth8 Dec 2020 2:48 UTC
30 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Idea: an AI gov­er­nance group colo­cated with ev­ery AI re­search group!

capybaralet7 Dec 2020 23:41 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Look­ing for col­lab­o­ra­tors af­ter last 80k pod­cast with Tris­tan Harris

Jan-Willem7 Dec 2020 22:23 UTC
19 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy Africa

AnimalAdvocacyAfrica7 Dec 2020 16:11 UTC
118 points
11 comments6 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­tion to the Philos­o­phy of Well-Being

finm7 Dec 2020 12:32 UTC
45 points
22 comments6 min readEA link

Idea: “Change the World Univer­sity”

capybaralet7 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
12 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Clean tech­nol­ogy in­no­va­tion as the most cost-effec­tive cli­mate action

Stijn6 Dec 2020 20:06 UTC
22 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Effec­tive char­i­ties for im­prov­ing in­sti­tu­tional de­ci­sion mak­ing and im­prov­ing global coordination

nlacombe6 Dec 2020 17:30 UTC
19 points
23 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Monthly or yearly payments

Ayman6 Dec 2020 14:02 UTC
5 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Com­pu­ta­tional biol­ogy the­sis topic suggestions

persephone746 Dec 2020 4:41 UTC
10 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Does Qual­i­ta­tive Re­search im­prove dras­ti­cally with in­creas­ing ex­per­tise?

EdoArad5 Dec 2020 18:28 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are the “PlayPumps” of Cli­mate Change?

BrianTan5 Dec 2020 15:03 UTC
26 points
21 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] Nor­ma­tive Im­pli­ca­tions of Re­duc­tion­ism about Per­sonal Identity

poliboni5 Dec 2020 13:54 UTC
9 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Coach­ing: An un­der-ap­pre­ci­ated strat­egy among effec­tive altruists

acristia5 Dec 2020 11:04 UTC
41 points
12 comments10 min readEA link

A Case Study in New­to­nian Ethics—Kindly Advise

Lumpyproletariat5 Dec 2020 7:40 UTC
53 points
14 comments5 min readEA link

My mis­takes on the path to impact

Denise_Melchin4 Dec 2020 22:13 UTC
426 points
74 comments11 min readEA link

LessWrong is now a book, available for pre-or­der!

jacobjacob4 Dec 2020 20:42 UTC
48 points
1 comment10 min readEA link

Ca­reers Ques­tions Open Thread

Benjamin_Todd4 Dec 2020 12:05 UTC
151 points
231 comments2 min readEA link

Fo­rum up­date: New fea­tures (De­cem­ber 2020)

Aaron Gertler4 Dec 2020 6:45 UTC
52 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Idea: Re­sumes for Politicians

capybaralet3 Dec 2020 23:54 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

What are good rubrics or rubric el­e­ments to eval­u­ate and pre­dict im­pact?

NunoSempere3 Dec 2020 21:52 UTC
24 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Brief book re­view 2020

Denise_Melchin3 Dec 2020 21:30 UTC
56 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Amer­i­can policy plat­form for to­tal welfare

kbog3 Dec 2020 18:07 UTC
38 points
4 comments1 min readEA link