Find­ing equil­ibrium in a difficult time

Julia_Wise18 Mar 2020 2:50 UTC
150 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Toby Ord’s ‘The Precipice’ is pub­lished!

matthew.vandermerwe4 Mar 2020 21:09 UTC
146 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

The case for build­ing more and bet­ter epistemic in­sti­tu­tions in the effec­tive al­tru­ism com­mu­nity

stefan.torges29 Mar 2020 17:01 UTC
131 points
22 comments6 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism and Free Riding

sbehmer27 Mar 2020 19:12 UTC
124 points
39 comments11 min readEA link

Coron­avirus Re­search Ideas for EAs

Peter Wildeford27 Mar 2020 21:01 UTC
118 points
20 comments23 min readEA link

[Question] How has biose­cu­rity/​pan­demic pre­pared­ness philan­thropy helped with coro­n­avirus, and how might it help with similar fu­ture situ­a­tions?

vipulnaik13 Mar 2020 18:50 UTC
103 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

The Effec­tive Altru­ism Handbook

Aaron Gertler5 Mar 2020 1:04 UTC
91 points
14 comments3 min readEA link

EAF/​FRI are now the Cen­ter on Long-Term Risk (CLR)

Jonas V6 Mar 2020 16:40 UTC
85 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

Vir­tual EA Global: News and up­dates from CEA

Amy Labenz17 Mar 2020 2:40 UTC
84 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

Guide for Con­duct­ing Ca­reer Consultation

omernevo11 Mar 2020 16:03 UTC
82 points
1 comment18 min readEA link

Sugges­tion: EAs should post more sum­maries and collections

MichaelA9 Mar 2020 10:04 UTC
75 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What are the key on­go­ing de­bates in EA?

richard_ngo8 Mar 2020 16:12 UTC
74 points
54 comments1 min readEA link

Launch­ing Utili­tar­i­anism.net: An In­tro­duc­tory On­line Text­book on Utilitarianism

DM9 Mar 2020 17:13 UTC
73 points
27 comments7 min readEA link

In­som­nia with an EA lens: Big­ger than malaria?

samstowers3 Mar 2020 23:05 UTC
72 points
17 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What posts do you want some­one to write?

Aaron Gertler24 Mar 2020 6:41 UTC
71 points
74 comments1 min readEA link

Tips for over­com­ing low back pain

Magnus Vinding24 Mar 2020 16:41 UTC
71 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

AMA: Toby Ord, au­thor of “The Precipice” and co-founder of the EA movement

Toby_Ord17 Mar 2020 2:39 UTC
68 points
82 comments1 min readEA link

April Fool’s Day Is Very Se­ri­ous Business

John_Maxwell13 Mar 2020 9:16 UTC
66 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of EA work be­ing re­viewed by non-EA re­searchers?

Aaron Gertler24 Mar 2020 6:04 UTC
63 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

AMA Pa­trick Stadler, Direc­tor of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship: Start­ing Char­i­ties from Scratch

Patrick Stadler27 Mar 2020 19:23 UTC
62 points
25 comments1 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­tion to Effec­tive Altruism

EA Handbook20 Mar 2020 16:27 UTC
61 points
15 comments18 min readEA link
(www.effectivealtruism.org)

EA Global Live Broadcast

Amy Labenz20 Mar 2020 21:47 UTC
60 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Why not give 90%?

HaydenW23 Mar 2020 2:53 UTC
57 points
26 comments7 min readEA link

Quotes about the long reflection

MichaelA5 Mar 2020 7:48 UTC
55 points
14 comments13 min readEA link

Causal di­a­grams of the paths to ex­is­ten­tial catastrophe

MichaelA1 Mar 2020 14:08 UTC
51 points
11 comments12 min readEA link

Ubiquitous Far-Ul­travi­o­let Light Could Con­trol the Spread of Covid-19 and Other Pandemics

avturchin18 Mar 2020 18:30 UTC
50 points
15 comments7 min readEA link

80,000 Hours: Anony­mous con­trib­u­tors on flaws of the EA community

Aaron Gertler4 Mar 2020 0:32 UTC
46 points
7 comments12 min readEA link
(80000hours.org)

Notes on how a re­ces­sion might im­pact giv­ing and EA

abrahamrowe13 Mar 2020 18:17 UTC
46 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Re­search on de­vel­op­ing man­age­ment and lead­er­ship expertise

Jamie_Harris5 Mar 2020 16:57 UTC
45 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Why We Think Tobacco Tax Ad­vo­cacy Could be More Cost-Effec­tive than AMF

calebp5 Mar 2020 15:03 UTC
45 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Po­ten­tial High-Lev­er­age and In­ex­pen­sive Miti­ga­tions (which are still fea­si­ble) for Pandemics

Davidmanheim4 Mar 2020 17:06 UTC
45 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

The Precipice is out to­day in US & Canada! Au­dio­book now available

matthew.vandermerwe28 Mar 2020 4:00 UTC
39 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Founders Pledge Char­ity Recom­men­da­tion: Ac­tion for Happiness

AidanGoth5 Mar 2020 11:27 UTC
36 points
6 comments5 min readEA link
(founderspledge.com)

AMA: Leah Edger­ton, Ex­ec­u­tive Direc­tor of An­i­mal Char­ity Evaluators

Leah_E17 Mar 2020 2:39 UTC
36 points
66 comments1 min readEA link

What COVID-19 ques­tions should Open Philan­thropy pay Good Judg­ment to work on?

Aaron Gertler18 Mar 2020 23:31 UTC
36 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Lant Pritch­ett’s “smell test”: is your im­pact eval­u­a­tion ask­ing ques­tions that mat­ter?

Aaron Gertler18 Mar 2020 23:38 UTC
36 points
7 comments3 min readEA link
(www.cgdev.org)

[Question] Are there ro­bustly good and dis­putable lead­er­ship prac­tices?

Ben_West19 Mar 2020 1:46 UTC
36 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounce­ment: ap­pli­ca­tions for the 2020 Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship In­cu­ba­tion Pro­gram are now open!

Joey18 Mar 2020 13:11 UTC
35 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Shap­ley Values II: Philantropic Co­or­di­na­tion The­ory & other mis­cel­lanea.

NunoSempere10 Mar 2020 17:36 UTC
35 points
1 comment29 min readEA link

[Question] What are some 1:1 meet­ings you’d like to ar­range, and how can peo­ple find you?

Aaron Gertler18 Mar 2020 5:02 UTC
35 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

Where to find EA-re­lated videos

MichaelA2 Mar 2020 13:40 UTC
33 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

On The Rel­a­tive Long-Term Fu­ture Im­por­tance of In­vest­ments in Eco­nomic Growth and Global Catas­trophic Risk Reduction

poliboni30 Mar 2020 20:11 UTC
33 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

A re­view of two books on sur­vey-making

NunoSempere1 Mar 2020 19:11 UTC
33 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

[Question] Are there good EA pro­jects for helping with COVID-19?

Linch3 Mar 2020 23:55 UTC
31 points
28 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive En­vi­ron­men­tal­ism Com­mu­nity Updates

Vaidehi Agarwalla29 Mar 2020 20:41 UTC
30 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

A naive anal­y­sis on if EA is Ta­lent constrained

agent1823 Mar 2020 23:09 UTC
30 points
17 comments15 min readEA link

Phil Tram­mell: The case for ig­nor­ing the world’s cur­rent prob­lems — or how be­com­ing a ‘pa­tient philan­thropist’ could al­low you to do far more good

Pablo17 Mar 2020 17:00 UTC
29 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(80000hours.org)

Why We Sleep — a tale of in­sti­tu­tional failure

yhoiseth27 Mar 2020 13:53 UTC
28 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: Elie Hassen­feld, co-founder and CEO of GiveWell

ElieHassenfeld17 Mar 2020 2:38 UTC
28 points
32 comments1 min readEA link

Quan­tify­ing lives saved by in­di­vi­d­ual ac­tions against COVID-19

scottleibrand6 Mar 2020 19:42 UTC
27 points
13 comments9 min readEA link