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[Question] What would a cheap, nutritious and enjoyable diet for the world’s extreme poor people like?

Xing Shi CaiJul 13, 2021, 12:15 AM

6 points

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3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are the long term consequences of poverty alleviation?

Mati_RoyJul 12, 2021, 6:14 PM

18 points

11 votes

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6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How to explain AI risk/EA concepts to family and friends?

CBiddulphJul 12, 2021, 7:36 AM

9 points

9 votes

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6 comments1 min readEA link

Diminishing marginal impact

EA HandbookJul 11, 2021, 11:00 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readEA link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Inbreeding and global health & development

pafnutyJul 11, 2021, 6:32 AM

40 points

24 votes

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3 comments1 min readEA link

Research Topics in Nonprofit Operations

skJul 11, 2021, 6:32 AM

10 points

7 votes

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5 comments1 min readEA link

[Transcript] Emergence, shared success, and you

CiennaJul 10, 2021, 11:31 PM

4 points

4 votes

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0 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] Jumping in Front of Bullets vs. Organ Donation

The_Lord's_Servant_280Jul 10, 2021, 10:50 PM

2 points

1 vote

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5 comments1 min readEA link

Narration: “Against neutrality about creating happy lives”

D0TheMathJul 10, 2021, 7:13 PM

12 points

6 votes

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1 comment1 min readEA link

(anchor.fm)

Effective Altruism Polls: A resource that exists

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 10, 2021, 6:15 AM

25 points

9 votes

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2 comments1 min readEA link

Improving the lives of millions of Latin Americans through better welfare targeting algorithms

NORIEGAJul 10, 2021, 5:39 AM

12 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readEA link

Wild Animal Initiative is launching a research fund

Wild_Animal_InitiativeJul 9, 2021, 9:45 PM

26 points

17 votes

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0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.wildanimalinitiative.org)

Lessons from Strangers Drowning by Larissa MacFarquhar

Xing Shi CaiJul 9, 2021, 7:35 PM

14 points

10 votes

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2 comments3 min readEA link

Reverse-Engineering the Philanthropic Discount Rate

MichaelDickensJul 9, 2021, 6:32 PM

30 points

9 votes

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0 comments19 min readEA link

Narration: “[New org] Canning What We Give”

D0TheMathJul 9, 2021, 5:57 PM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readEA link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Some 2021 CEA Retention Statistics

Ben_West🔸Jul 9, 2021, 5:11 PM

45 points

16 votes

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1 comment6 min readEA link

[Question] Pascal’s Mugging and abandoning credences

AndreaSRJul 9, 2021, 10:18 AM

6 points

5 votes

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9 comments1 min readEA link

A Simple Model of AGI Deployment Risk

djbinderJul 9, 2021, 9:44 AM

30 points

11 votes

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0 comments5 min readEA link

[linkpost] EA Forum Podcast: Narration of “Why EA groups should not use ‘Effective Altruism’ in their name.”

D0TheMathJul 8, 2021, 10:43 PM

6 points

3 votes

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2 comments2 min readEA link

Emperors, Witches & Vegetarians: Guilt & Virtue Aggression

Ben EvansJul 8, 2021, 4:05 PM

27 points

17 votes

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0 comments19 min readEA link

Economics PhD application support—become a mentee!

LuziaJul 8, 2021, 3:40 PM

60 points

34 votes

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7 comments1 min readEA link

[linkpost] EA Forum Podcast: Narration of “How to run a high-energy reading group”

D0TheMathJul 7, 2021, 8:21 PM

9 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readEA link

Inspiring others to do good

LaurinJul 7, 2021, 12:41 PM

14 points

11 votes

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8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What would you ask a policymaker about existential risks?

James Nicholas BryantJul 6, 2021, 11:53 PM

24 points

11 votes

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2 comments1 min readEA link

Consumer acceptance of alternative proteins: A summary of Red to Green Season 3

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Jul 6, 2021, 10:44 PM

20 points

10 votes

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0 comments9 min readEA link

[Podcast] EA Forum Podcast: Narration of “How much does performance differ between people?”

D0TheMathJul 6, 2021, 8:48 PM

3 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readEA link

[Podcast] Suggest a question for Ben Todd

Luca Righetti 🔸Jul 6, 2021, 5:16 PM

17 points

12 votes

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4 comments1 min readEA link

Getting started independently in AI Safety

JJ HepburnJul 6, 2021, 3:20 PM

41 points

28 votes

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10 comments2 min readEA link

The problem of possible populations: animal farming, sustainability, extinction and the repugnant conclusion

Stijn Bruers 🔸Jul 6, 2021, 1:17 PM

7 points

3 votes

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9 comments16 min readEA link

Help Rethink Priorities Use Data for Animals, Longtermism, and EA

Peter WildefordJul 5, 2021, 5:20 PM

59 points

28 votes

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3 comments4 min readEA link

You are allowed to edit Wikipedia

ChristianKleineidamJul 5, 2021, 9:57 AM

35 points

19 votes

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13 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] People working on x-risks: what emotionally motivates you?

Vael GatesJul 5, 2021, 3:16 AM

16 points

8 votes

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8 comments1 min readEA link

The EA Forum Podcast is up and running

D0TheMathJul 5, 2021, 1:42 AM

60 points

34 votes

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11 comments1 min readEA link

How to Stop The Deadliest Animal on Earth (A Happier World video)

Jeroen Willems🔸Jul 4, 2021, 3:55 PM

16 points

8 votes

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7 comments8 min readEA link

The Multi-Class Optimizer’s Curse

FeelingSentientJul 4, 2021, 12:04 PM

23 points

13 votes

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0 comments2 min readEA link

Do incoherent entities have stronger reason to become more coherent than less?

Katja_GraceJul 4, 2021, 10:56 AM

24 points

7 votes

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0 comments4 min readEA link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The most successful EA podcast of all time: Sam Harris and Will MacAskill (2020)

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 3, 2021, 9:47 PM

173 points

90 votes

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19 comments4 min readEA link

Tanner Greer on Social Movements

Edgar LinJul 3, 2021, 8:46 PM

44 points

20 votes

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0 comments3 min readEA link

(scholars-stage.org)

[Question] What should we call the other problem of cluelessness?

Owen Cotton-BarrattJul 3, 2021, 5:10 PM

52 points

16 votes

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22 comments1 min readEA link

Interview with Lucia Coulter: Lead Exposure, Effective Altruism, Progress in Malawi

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Jul 3, 2021, 2:32 PM

25 points

12 votes

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0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

A do-gooder’s safari

Owen Cotton-BarrattJul 3, 2021, 11:03 AM

168 points

95 votes

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5 comments3 min readEA link

Example syllabus “Existential Risks”

simonfriederichJul 3, 2021, 9:23 AM

15 points

9 votes

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2 comments10 min readEA link

Book recommendation—The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success by Mark Jaccard

Xing Shi CaiJul 2, 2021, 10:58 PM

15 points

7 votes

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4 comments2 min readEA link

Does Moral Philosophy Drive Moral Progress?

AppliedDivinityStudiesJul 2, 2021, 9:22 PM

39 points

29 votes

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4 comments4 min readEA link

EA Updates for July 2021

DavidNashJul 2, 2021, 2:39 PM

37 points

16 votes

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0 comments5 min readEA link

[Future Perfect] How to be a good ancestor

PabloJul 2, 2021, 1:17 PM

41 points

13 votes

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3 comments2 min readEA link

(www.vox.com)

Mauhn Releases AI Safety Documentation

Berg SeverensJul 2, 2021, 12:19 PM

4 points

4 votes

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2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Which EA forum posts would you most like narrated?

D0TheMathJul 1, 2021, 10:05 PM

14 points

7 votes

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12 comments1 min readEA link

A longtermist critique of “The expected value of extinction risk reduction is positive”

Anthony DiGiovanniJul 1, 2021, 9:01 PM

146 points

69 votes

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10 comments32 min readEA link

Forecasting Newsletter: June 2021

NunoSempereJul 1, 2021, 8:59 PM

29 points

10 votes

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0 comments14 min readEA link

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