Co­her­ence ar­gu­ments im­ply a force for goal-di­rected behavior

Katja_GraceApr 6, 2021, 9:44 PM
19 points
1 comment11 min readEA link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Open Thread: April 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Apr 6, 2021, 7:42 PM
13 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Ac­tions to take for a ca­reer change to­wards EA (ad­vice needed)

JoePeirsonApr 6, 2021, 4:30 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How to em­bed tools for im­proved in­sti­tu­tional dec­sion mak­ing in an or­ga­ni­za­tions soft­ware plat­form?

mxschonsApr 6, 2021, 4:19 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Would an EA have di­rected their ca­reer on fix­ing the sub­prime mort­gage crisis of ’07-’08 be­fore it hap­pened?

VenkateshApr 6, 2021, 4:07 PM
26 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

Every­day longter­mism in practice

JohnsonRamsaurApr 6, 2021, 2:42 PM
20 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

RCTs in Devel­op­ment Eco­nomics, Their Crit­ics and Their Evolu­tion (Og­den, 2020) [linkpost]

KarolinaSarek🔸Apr 6, 2021, 12:29 PM
78 points
5 comments12 min readEA link

Case stud­ies of self-gov­er­nance to re­duce tech­nol­ogy risk

jiaApr 6, 2021, 8:49 AM
55 points
6 comments7 min readEA link

Cause area : Fun­da­men­tal Research

amit.chilgundeApr 6, 2021, 5:04 AM
−3 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

SoGive’s moral weights—please take part!

SanjayApr 5, 2021, 10:47 PM
26 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Meta-EA Needs Models

Mark XuApr 5, 2021, 9:59 PM
39 points
7 comments4 min readEA link
(markxu.com)

[Question] Re­sources on the ex­pected value of found­ing a for-profit start-up?

Matt PutzApr 5, 2021, 8:38 PM
6 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Quadratic Pay­ments: A Primer (Vi­talik Bu­terin, 2019)

Eevee🔹Apr 5, 2021, 6:05 PM
30 points
6 comments2 min readEA link
(vitalik.ca)

Base Rates on United States Regime Collapse

AppliedDivinityStudiesApr 5, 2021, 5:14 PM
15 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

How to pro­mote effec­tive giv­ing in a mid-sized com­pany?

OlgaKuzApr 5, 2021, 4:31 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Tips for En­gag­ing Prospec­tive First-Year Students

kuhanjApr 5, 2021, 3:43 PM
20 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

How we averted 130,000 an­i­mal deaths (in ex­pec­ta­tion) with a vol­un­teer cam­paign.

JamesÖzApr 5, 2021, 7:50 AM
41 points
19 comments11 min readEA link

The in­no­cent gene

Joe_CarlsmithApr 5, 2021, 3:26 AM
16 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Spears & Bu­dolf­son, ‘Repug­nant con­clu­sions’

PabloApr 4, 2021, 4:09 PM
60 points
14 comments1 min readEA link
(doi.org)

The Epistemic Challenge to Longter­mism (Tarsney, 2020)

MichaelA🔸Apr 4, 2021, 3:09 AM
79 points
27 comments2 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

[Question] Mun­dane trou­ble with EV /​ utility

Ben EscheApr 3, 2021, 7:51 AM
38 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

So­cial Move­ment Les­sons from the Fair Trade Movement

Jamie_HarrisApr 2, 2021, 10:51 AM
44 points
0 comments41 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

Why start a fam­ily plan­ning char­ity? (Founders needed)

Ula ZarosaApr 2, 2021, 10:29 AM
28 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

EA Fo­rum Prize: Win­ners for Jan­uary 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Apr 2, 2021, 2:58 AM
43 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: March 2021

NunoSempereApr 1, 2021, 5:01 PM
22 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

New Cause Area: Pro­gram­matic Mettā

Milan GriffesApr 1, 2021, 12:54 PM
4 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing “Nam­ing What We Can”!

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

“Hinge of His­tory” Refuted

Thomas KwaApr 1, 2021, 7:00 AM
174 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

April files

AI ImpactsApr 1, 2021, 7:00 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(aiimpacts.org)

[Question] New Top EA Causes for 2021?

MichaelA🔸Apr 1, 2021, 6:50 AM
47 points
29 comments1 min readEA link

[New org] Can­ning What We Give

BenApr 1, 2021, 6:32 AM
126 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates: March 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Apr 1, 2021, 2:42 AM
30 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

For­get re­place­abil­ity? (for ~com­mu­nity pro­jects)

Owen Cotton-BarrattMar 31, 2021, 2:41 PM
75 points
25 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Any EAs fa­mil­iar with Partha Das­gupta’s work?

capybaraletMar 31, 2021, 12:45 AM
9 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are your main reser­va­tions about iden­ti­fy­ing as an effec­tive al­tru­ist?

richard_ngoMar 30, 2021, 9:55 AM
91 points
24 comments1 min readEA link

My pre­limi­nary re­search on the Adtech marketplace

VenkateshMar 30, 2021, 4:42 AM
2 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

GWWC March 2021 Newsletter

Luke FreemanMar 30, 2021, 3:49 AM
10 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Ju­lia Galef and Matt Ygle­sias on bioethics and “ethics ex­per­tise”

RobBensingerMar 30, 2021, 3:06 AM
23 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Up and Down with the Pan­demic; Why Pan­demic Poli­cies Do Not Last and How to Change That

Timothy_LiptrotMar 29, 2021, 11:04 PM
9 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing the Si­mon In­sti­tute for Longterm Gover­nance (SI)

maximeMar 29, 2021, 6:10 PM
116 points
23 comments11 min readEA link

Statis­tics for Lazy Peo­ple, Part 1

HmashMar 29, 2021, 10:59 AM
44 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

The im­por­tance of how you weigh it

Joe_CarlsmithMar 29, 2021, 4:58 AM
44 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

The Long-Term Fu­ture Fund has room for more fund­ing, right now

abergalMar 29, 2021, 1:46 AM
127 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

How to PhD

ecaMar 28, 2021, 7:56 PM
118 points
28 comments11 min readEA link

EA for Jews—Pro­posal and Re­quest for Comment

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Mar 28, 2021, 12:42 PM
62 points
29 comments5 min readEA link

An­i­mal-free pro­teins: A bright out­look and a to-do list (BCG re­port)

FGHMar 28, 2021, 7:27 AM
47 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is laz­i­ness im­moral?

JacobPhilosophyMar 28, 2021, 7:26 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

FAQ: UK Civil Ser­vice Job Applications

KirstenMar 27, 2021, 6:34 PM
56 points
28 comments3 min readEA link

Learn­ings from scal­ing the Effec­tive Altru­ism and Con­sult­ing Net­work/​ an EA group for one pro­fes­sion as um­brella for differ­ent work­place groups

JonaMar 27, 2021, 11:36 AM
35 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Notes on EA-re­lated re­search, writ­ing, test­ing fit, learn­ing, and the Forum

MichaelA🔸Mar 27, 2021, 9:52 AM
98 points
10 comments5 min readEA link