Challenges in eval­u­at­ing fore­caster performance

Gregory Lewis8 Sep 2020 20:37 UTC
22 points
22 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] How have you be­come more (or less) en­gaged with EA in the last year?

Aaron Gertler8 Sep 2020 18:28 UTC
57 points
60 comments1 min readEA link

80,000 Hours user sur­vey closes this Sunday

Arden Koehler8 Sep 2020 17:37 UTC
26 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

APPLY NOW: EA Stu­dent Sum­mit (Oc­to­ber 24-25)

Barry Grimes8 Sep 2020 16:25 UTC
20 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Thoughts on pa­tient philanthropy

Tobias_Baumann8 Sep 2020 12:00 UTC
14 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(s-risks.org)

[Question] Are there any other pro ath­lete as­piring EAs?

Marcus Daniell8 Sep 2020 10:25 UTC
119 points
51 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should sur­veys about the qual­ity/​im­pact of re­search out­puts be more com­mon?

MichaelA8 Sep 2020 9:10 UTC
22 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

What we’ve learned by com­par­ing cash to job training

GiveDirectly8 Sep 2020 8:37 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.givedirectly.org)

The Cost Of Wasted Motion

lynettebye8 Sep 2020 2:55 UTC
9 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

Bob Jacobs7 Sep 2020 17:34 UTC
11 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

Rachel Wad­dell: GiveDirectly’s emer­gency cash re­sponse to COVID-19

EA Global7 Sep 2020 16:28 UTC
4 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Giv­ing and re­ceiv­ing feedback

Max_Daniel7 Sep 2020 7:24 UTC
89 points
7 comments8 min readEA link

A coun­ter­fac­tual QALY for USD 2.60–28.94?

brb2436 Sep 2020 21:45 UTC
37 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

Data Anal­y­sis In­volve­ment Op­por­tu­nity (~10 hours)

brb2436 Sep 2020 21:39 UTC
10 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Areas in the US Elec­tion that *might* be higher lev­er­age to work on

Randomized, Controlled6 Sep 2020 17:23 UTC
11 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Lo­cal pri­ori­ties re­search: what is it, who should con­sider do­ing it, and why

Yi-Yang6 Sep 2020 14:57 UTC
82 points
9 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] Net Salary af­ter Tax de­duc­tions US

agent186 Sep 2020 13:26 UTC
5 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: To­bias Bau­mann, Cen­ter for Re­duc­ing Suffering

Tobias_Baumann6 Sep 2020 10:45 UTC
48 points
45 comments1 min readEA link

Sum­mary of Ev­i­dence, De­ci­sion, and Causality

Dawn Drescher5 Sep 2020 20:23 UTC
27 points
0 comments43 min readEA link
(impartial-priorities.org)

[Question] Suggest a ques­tion for Bruce Friedrich of GFI

finm5 Sep 2020 17:55 UTC
8 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Suggest a ques­tion for Peter Singer

finm5 Sep 2020 17:37 UTC
16 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Self-Similar­ity Experiment

Dawn Drescher5 Sep 2020 17:04 UTC
10 points
0 comments10 min readEA link
(impartial-priorities.org)

How to think about an un­cer­tain fu­ture: les­sons from other sec­tors & mis­takes of longter­mist EAs

weeatquince5 Sep 2020 12:51 UTC
63 points
31 comments14 min readEA link

Ask­ing for advice

Michelle_Hutchinson5 Sep 2020 10:29 UTC
120 points
40 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Is share­holder ac­tivism worth it?

sbowman4 Sep 2020 23:49 UTC
21 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

The com­mu­nity’s con­cep­tion of value drift­ing is some­times too narrow

Mati_Roy4 Sep 2020 2:00 UTC
38 points
22 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What is the best way to earn money out­side your ca­reer?

anonymoususer3 Sep 2020 20:35 UTC
10 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Kevin Esvelt: Miti­gat­ing catas­trophic biorisks

EA Global3 Sep 2020 18:11 UTC
32 points
0 comments22 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Call for Early Ca­reer Speakers

ZacharyRudolph3 Sep 2020 16:13 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

How does a ba­sic in­come af­fect re­cip­i­ents dur­ing COVID-19?

GiveDirectly3 Sep 2020 11:01 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

A few re­ally quick ideas about per­sonal finance

Ben3 Sep 2020 10:29 UTC
24 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Study Group for Progress – 50% off for EAs

jasoncrawford3 Sep 2020 5:04 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(rootsofprogress.org)

“Dis­ap­point­ing Fu­tures” Might Be As Im­por­tant As Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

MichaelDickens3 Sep 2020 1:15 UTC
96 points
18 comments25 min readEA link

The scale of di­rect hu­man im­pact on invertebrates

abrahamrowe2 Sep 2020 13:22 UTC
87 points
6 comments13 min readEA link

Does Eco­nomic His­tory Point Toward a Sin­gu­lar­ity?

bgarfinkel2 Sep 2020 12:48 UTC
140 points
55 comments3 min readEA link

Open and Wel­come Thread: Septem­ber 2020

Aaron Gertler1 Sep 2020 16:38 UTC
16 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Au­gust 2020.

NunoSempere1 Sep 2020 11:35 UTC
22 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

Why we’re ex­cited to fund char­i­ties’ work a few years in the future

GiveWell1 Sep 2020 10:51 UTC
15 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Please take a sur­vey on the qual­ity/​im­pact of things I’ve written

MichaelA1 Sep 2020 10:34 UTC
18 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

What is ex­is­ten­tial se­cu­rity?

MichaelA1 Sep 2020 9:40 UTC
34 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

Work­ing to save a life gives it value to you

James_Banks1 Sep 2020 4:16 UTC
6 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Cal­ling on EA mem­bers to help fight in­fec­tious disease

Roman72031 Aug 2020 23:48 UTC
−3 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

[Linkpost] The En­vi­ron­ment as an Obstacle

Ramiro31 Aug 2020 17:15 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Linkpost] The Groundswell

Ramiro31 Aug 2020 17:11 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Seed fund­ing non­prof­its: a high-risk, high-re­ward ap­proach (Founders Pledge)

KarolinaSarek31 Aug 2020 15:25 UTC
49 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Q&A with Will MacAskill

EA Global31 Aug 2020 15:21 UTC
30 points
0 comments23 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

An ar­gu­ment for keep­ing open the op­tion of earn­ing to save

Benjamin_Todd31 Aug 2020 15:09 UTC
34 points
13 comments3 min readEA link

Non-ad­di­tive ax­iolo­gies in large worlds

Global Priorities Institute31 Aug 2020 13:30 UTC
16 points
0 comments7 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

A course for the gen­eral pub­lic on AI

LeandroD31 Aug 2020 1:29 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How does change in the cost of se­cu­rity change the world?

Mati_Roy30 Aug 2020 21:53 UTC
5 points
2 comments1 min readEA link