My mis­takes on the path to impact

Denise_Melchin4 Dec 2020 22:13 UTC
430 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 Gertler 🔸4 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

[Question] EA to­wards hu­mans = effec­tive vi­o­lence to­wards farm an­i­mals?

Nicolas_Feil3 Dec 2020 17:22 UTC
7 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: Ja­son Crawford, The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawford3 Dec 2020 16:49 UTC
44 points
74 comments1 min readEA link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Ask Us Any­thing!

AdamGleave3 Dec 2020 13:44 UTC
89 points
153 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: Novem­ber 2020 grant recommendations

SamDeere3 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC
28 points
2 comments7 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Novem­ber 2020 grant recommendations

Habryka3 Dec 2020 12:57 UTC
76 points
5 comments14 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

A new, cause-gen­eral ca­reer plan­ning process

Benjamin_Todd3 Dec 2020 11:35 UTC
113 points
16 comments3 min readEA link

Fi­nal Ver­sion Perfected: An Un­derused Ex­e­cu­tion Algorithm

Will Bradshaw3 Dec 2020 11:03 UTC
36 points
3 comments7 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

GWWC Pledge Drive: Give a gift to the world and make a new years re­s­olu­tion to help others

Luke Freeman3 Dec 2020 5:47 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Free Talks by EA-Aligned Non­profit Lead­ers Every Thurs­day This Month!

Ryan Wilcox3 Dec 2020 0:34 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Cen­tre for the Study of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk Four Month Re­port June—Septem­ber 2020

HaydnBelfield2 Dec 2020 18:33 UTC
24 points
0 comments17 min readEA link

Open and Wel­come Thread: De­cem­ber 2020

Aaron Gertler 🔸2 Dec 2020 12:23 UTC
15 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Progress Open Thread: De­cem­ber 2020

Aaron Gertler 🔸2 Dec 2020 12:21 UTC
14 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy Staff: Sugges­tions for In­di­vi­d­ual Donors (2020)

Aaron Gertler 🔸2 Dec 2020 12:08 UTC
11 points
1 comment7 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Don’t wait: The case for giv­ing sooner rather than later

Luke Freeman2 Dec 2020 2:35 UTC
11 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

Or­ga­ni­za­tional Im­prove­ments at ACE

Animal Charity Evaluators2 Dec 2020 0:23 UTC
30 points
1 comment6 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

ACE’s Com­pen­sa­tion Strategy

Animal Charity Evaluators2 Dec 2020 0:21 UTC
38 points
2 comments9 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

How to buy hap­piness (for you and oth­ers)

Luke Freeman1 Dec 2020 23:33 UTC
8 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Par­ti­ci­pat­ing in the Roote Fel­low­ship: Thoughts and Re­view from an EA perspective

Alexander Herwix 🔸1 Dec 2020 19:58 UTC
11 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Make a $10 dona­tion into $35

WilliamKiely1 Dec 2020 19:52 UTC
116 points
18 comments1 min readEA link

EA poli­tics mini-sur­vey results

kbog1 Dec 2020 18:41 UTC
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Novem­ber 2020.

NunoSempere1 Dec 2020 17:00 UTC
33 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund Grants (Novem­ber 2020)

agdfoster1 Dec 2020 12:11 UTC
58 points
0 comments12 min readEA link
(app.effectivealtruism.org)

An ex­per­i­ment to eval­u­ate the value of one re­searcher’s work

NunoSempere1 Dec 2020 9:01 UTC
57 points
23 comments10 min readEA link

[Feed­back Re­quest] EA Philip­pines’ Lo­cal Char­ity Effec­tive­ness Re­search and Ten­ta­tive List of Recom­mended Charities

onenastassja1 Dec 2020 8:46 UTC
26 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Shar­ing the World with Digi­tal Minds

Aaron Gertler 🔸1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC
12 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.nickbostrom.com)

Giv­ing Tues­day 2020

Jeff Kaufman 🔸30 Nov 2020 22:30 UTC
34 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Com­pa­ra­bil­ity of Sub­jec­tive Scales

MichaelPlant30 Nov 2020 16:47 UTC
79 points
9 comments4 min readEA link

Tech­ni­cal re­search for an­i­mal product al­ter­na­tives skills profile

Jamie_Harris30 Nov 2020 15:56 UTC
23 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.animaladvocacycareers.org)

£4bn for the global poor: the UK’s 0.7%

Sanjay30 Nov 2020 15:50 UTC
148 points
20 comments2 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing High Im­pact Athletes

Marcus Daniell30 Nov 2020 13:20 UTC
176 points
60 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is Giv­ing Tues­day only for the US and Canada? Are they tax-de­ductible?

agent1830 Nov 2020 12:10 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Should marginal longter­mist dona­tions sup­port fun­da­men­tal or in­ter­ven­tion re­search?

MichaelA🔸30 Nov 2020 1:10 UTC
43 points
4 comments15 min readEA link

Op­por­tu­nity to in­crease EA org fund­ing by ~$200K/​year if a cou­ple hun­dred EAs take 1 minute on Giv­ing Tuesday

JSWinchell29 Nov 2020 0:55 UTC
49 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the im­pact of the Nu­clear Ban Treaty?

DC29 Nov 2020 0:26 UTC
22 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Prize: In­ter­est­ing Ex­am­ples of Evaluations

Elizabeth28 Nov 2020 21:11 UTC
26 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

U.S. Ex­ec­u­tive branch ap­point­ments: why you may want to pur­sue one and tips for how to do so

Demosthenes_USA28 Nov 2020 19:20 UTC
65 points
6 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Is this a good way to bet on short timelines?

kokotajlod28 Nov 2020 14:31 UTC
17 points
16 comments1 min readEA link

A toy model for tech­nolog­i­cal ex­is­ten­tial risk

RobertHarling28 Nov 2020 11:55 UTC
10 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Sum­mary of “The Most Good We Can Do or the Best Per­son We Can Be?”—a Cri­tique of EA

EdoArad28 Nov 2020 7:41 UTC
14 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

The­ory Of Change As A Hy­poth­e­sis: Choos­ing A High-Im­pact Path When You’re Uncertain

lynettebye28 Nov 2020 4:36 UTC
33 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are some ways to prac­tice self-care in a job hunt?

TrenchFloat27 Nov 2020 19:57 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for De­cem­ber 2020

DavidNash27 Nov 2020 17:31 UTC
37 points
0 comments4 min readEA link