My cur­rent im­pres­sions on ca­reer choice for longtermists

Holden KarnofskyJun 4, 2021, 5:07 PM
447 points
37 comments26 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing my retirement

Aaron Gertler 🔸Nov 25, 2021, 1:55 PM
379 points
29 comments1 min readEA link

The Un­weav­ing of a Beau­tiful Thing

atbDec 26, 2021, 10:24 AM
371 points
47 comments23 min readEA link

Don’t Be Bycatch

DirectedEvolutionMar 10, 2021, 5:28 AM
369 points
19 comments3 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing “Nam­ing What We Can”!

Gidi KadoshApr 1, 2021, 10:17 AM
367 points
73 comments2 min readEA link

Ma­jor UN re­port dis­cusses ex­is­ten­tial risk and fu­ture gen­er­a­tions (sum­mary)

finmSep 17, 2021, 3:51 PM
320 points
5 comments12 min readEA link

The Cost of Rejection

Daystar EldOct 8, 2021, 12:35 PM
307 points
48 comments8 min readEA link

Is effec­tive al­tru­ism grow­ing? An up­date on the stock of fund­ing vs. people

Benjamin_ToddJul 29, 2021, 11:47 AM
307 points
105 comments21 min readEA link

What Makes Outreach to Pro­gres­sives Hard

Cullen 🔸Mar 14, 2021, 12:32 AM
302 points
76 comments9 min readEA link

Les­sons from my time in Effec­tive Altruism

richard_ngoJan 15, 2021, 9:54 PM
291 points
24 comments8 min readEA link

The mo­ti­vated rea­son­ing cri­tique of effec­tive altruism

LinchSep 14, 2021, 8:43 PM
286 points
59 comments23 min readEA link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphireMay 3, 2021, 6:08 AM
278 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

Con­cerns with ACE’s Re­cent Behavior

HypatiaApr 17, 2021, 5:00 PM
274 points
149 comments11 min readEA link

Democratis­ing Risk—or how EA deals with critics

CarlaZoeCDec 28, 2021, 3:05 PM
268 points
311 comments4 min readEA link

Les­sons from Run­ning Stan­ford EA and SERI

kuhanjAug 20, 2021, 2:51 PM
267 points
26 comments23 min readEA link

Why I am prob­a­bly not a longtermist

Denise_MelchinSep 23, 2021, 5:24 PM
259 points
49 comments8 min readEA link

Re­sponse to Re­cent Crit­i­cisms of Longtermism

abDec 13, 2021, 1:36 PM
249 points
31 comments28 min readEA link

Seven things that sur­prised us in our first year work­ing in policy—Lead Ex­po­sure Elimi­na­tion Pro­ject

JackMay 14, 2021, 9:40 AM
244 points
8 comments7 min readEA link

EA needs consultancies

lukeprogJun 28, 2021, 3:18 PM
240 points
88 comments8 min readEA link

Snap­shot of a ca­reer choice 10 years ago

Julia_Wise🔸Sep 23, 2021, 7:05 PM
237 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Aiming for the min­i­mum of self-care is dangerous

Tessa A 🔸Dec 9, 2021, 9:27 PM
237 points
32 comments6 min readEA link

Good news on cli­mate change

John G. HalsteadOct 28, 2021, 2:04 PM
236 points
34 comments12 min readEA link

Why I’m con­cerned about Giv­ing Green

alex lawsenJan 20, 2021, 10:59 PM
231 points
49 comments13 min readEA link

Killing the ants

Joe_CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:16 PM
231 points
18 comments8 min readEA link

Why I find longter­mism hard, and what keeps me motivated

Michelle_HutchinsonFeb 22, 2021, 11:01 PM
221 points
15 comments7 min readEA link

All Pos­si­ble Views About Hu­man­ity’s Fu­ture Are Wild

Holden KarnofskyJul 13, 2021, 4:57 PM
219 points
48 comments8 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Can I have im­pact if I’m av­er­age?

FabienneJan 3, 2021, 9:20 AM
214 points
18 comments2 min readEA link

Flimsy Pet The­o­ries, Enor­mous Initiatives

Ozzie GooenDec 9, 2021, 3:10 PM
213 points
57 comments4 min readEA link

What gives me hope

Michelle_HutchinsonMay 19, 2021, 10:00 AM
209 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Some quick notes on “effec­tive al­tru­ism”

Jonas VMar 24, 2021, 3:30 PM
209 points
89 comments3 min readEA link

Wikipe­dia edit­ing is im­por­tant, tractable, and neglected

imp4rtial 🔸Nov 28, 2021, 3:47 PM
200 points
43 comments17 min readEA link

What we learned from a year in­cu­bat­ing longter­mist entrepreneurship

rebeccaAug 30, 2021, 8:39 AM
199 points
28 comments17 min readEA link

Notes on “Manag­ing to Change the World”

Peter WildefordOct 9, 2021, 2:17 AM
197 points
27 comments26 min readEA link

Effec­tiveAltru­is­mData.com: A Web­site for Ag­gre­gat­ing and Vi­su­al­is­ing EA Data

HmashSep 11, 2021, 10:05 PM
195 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

Cul­tured meat pre­dic­tions were overly optimistic

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Sep 15, 2021, 12:32 PM
195 points
14 comments4 min readEA link

Opinion: Digi­tal mar­ket­ing is un­der-uti­lized in EA

JSWinchellJun 21, 2021, 4:53 PM
195 points
29 comments3 min readEA link

2018-2019 Long-Term Fu­ture Fund Gran­tees: How did they do?

NunoSempereJun 16, 2021, 5:31 PM
194 points
23 comments5 min readEA link

Shal­low eval­u­a­tions of longter­mist organizations

NunoSempereJun 24, 2021, 3:31 PM
192 points
34 comments34 min readEA link

The Ex­plana­tory Ob­sta­cle of EA

Gidi KadoshNov 27, 2021, 2:20 PM
191 points
27 comments14 min readEA link

How to suc­ceed as an early-stage re­searcher: the “lean startup” approach

tsSep 7, 2021, 11:19 AM
191 points
31 comments8 min readEA link

Listen to more EA con­tent with The Non­lin­ear Library

Kat WoodsOct 19, 2021, 12:24 PM
187 points
94 comments8 min readEA link

Make a $100 dona­tion into $200 (or more)

WilliamKielyNov 1, 2021, 5:07 AM
186 points
94 comments2 min readEA link

Many Un­der­grads Should Take Light Courseloads

MauOct 25, 2021, 12:12 AM
185 points
23 comments3 min readEA link

EA megapro­jects continued

mariushobbhahnDec 3, 2021, 10:33 AM
183 points
48 comments7 min readEA link

A Red-Team Against the Im­pact of Small Donations

AppliedDivinityStudiesNov 24, 2021, 4:03 PM
182 points
53 comments8 min readEA link

A huge op­por­tu­nity for im­pact: move­ment build­ing at top universities

Alex HTDec 14, 2021, 2:37 PM
178 points
50 comments12 min readEA link

High School Se­niors Re­act to 80k Advice

johnburidanDec 16, 2021, 5:46 PM
178 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

Ta­boo “Out­side View”

kokotajlodJun 17, 2021, 9:39 AM
177 points
26 comments8 min readEA link

2021 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

LarksDec 23, 2021, 2:06 PM
176 points
18 comments73 min readEA link

FTX EA Fellowships

FTX FoundationOct 25, 2021, 4:32 AM
174 points
75 comments1 min readEA link