New Global Pri­ori­ties In­sti­tute work­ing pa­pers—and an up­dated ver­sion of “The case for strong longter­mism”

Global Priorities InstituteAug 9, 2021, 4:57 PM
46 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Shar­ing read­er­ship data with Fo­rum authors

Aaron Gertler 🔸Aug 9, 2021, 10:47 AM
95 points
14 comments4 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Ban­ner high­light­ing valuable EA resources

Jonathan MustinAug 9, 2021, 10:38 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Im­prov­ing tag notifications

Ben_West🔸Aug 9, 2021, 10:23 AM
20 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

[PR FAQ] Ad­ding pro­file pic­tures to the Forum

JP Addison🔸Aug 9, 2021, 10:11 AM
20 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: We or­ga­nize EA Any­where. Ask Us Any­thing!

MarisaAug 8, 2021, 11:30 PM
23 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

EA Any­where: A Year in Review

MarisaAug 8, 2021, 11:30 PM
43 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

There are trans­par­ent mon­sters in the world—part 1

WriterAug 8, 2021, 7:46 PM
17 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

How are re­sources in EA al­lo­cated across is­sues?

Benjamin_ToddAug 8, 2021, 12:52 PM
133 points
27 comments9 min readEA link

Towards a Weaker Longtermism

DavidmanheimAug 8, 2021, 8:31 AM
106 points
72 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are some effec­tive/​im­pact­ful char­i­ties in the do­main of hu­man rights and anti-au­thor­i­tar­i­anism?

mbb29828382Aug 8, 2021, 6:49 AM
22 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is the Im­pact page on effec­tivealtru­ism.org dou­ble count­ing?

finbackAug 8, 2021, 6:49 AM
34 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What things did you do to gain ex­pe­rience re­lated to EA?

Nathan YoungAug 7, 2021, 6:54 PM
8 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Eco­nomic policy in poor countries

John G. HalsteadAug 7, 2021, 3:16 PM
108 points
26 comments2 min readEA link

Most re­search/​ad­vo­cacy char­i­ties are not scalable

KirstenAug 7, 2021, 11:26 AM
116 points
48 comments2 min readEA link

What 2026 looks like (Daniel’s me­dian fu­ture)

kokotajlodAug 7, 2021, 5:14 AM
38 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] Who be­come an Effec­tive Altru­ist?

SeanDoubleYouSAug 7, 2021, 1:46 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is any­one in EA cur­rently look­ing at short-term famine alle­vi­a­tion as a pos­si­ble high-im­pact op­por­tu­nity this year?

Ben_HarackAug 6, 2021, 10:14 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Writ­ing about my job: Web Developer

mrkAug 6, 2021, 5:09 PM
22 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for Au­gust 2021

DavidNashAug 6, 2021, 1:21 PM
21 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What EA pro­jects could grow to be­come megapro­jects, even­tu­ally spend­ing $100m per year?

Nathan YoungAug 6, 2021, 11:24 AM
131 points
173 comments1 min readEA link

Phil Tor­res’ ar­ti­cle: “The Danger­ous Ideas of ‘Longter­mism’ and ‘Ex­is­ten­tial Risk’”

Ben_EisenpressAug 6, 2021, 7:19 AM
6 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Eng­ineer­ing the Apoca­lypse: Rob Reid and Sam Har­ris on en­g­ineered pan­demics (tran­script)

Aaron Gertler 🔸Aug 6, 2021, 3:31 AM
33 points
1 comment120 min readEA link

Sur­vey-Pro­posal: Cause-Area Switching

QubitSwarm99Aug 6, 2021, 2:23 AM
18 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Virtues for Real-World Utilitarians

Stefan_SchubertAug 5, 2021, 10:56 PM
152 points
7 comments1 min readEA link
(psyarxiv.com)

[Question] How to Train Bet­ter EAs?

Davis_KingsleyAug 5, 2021, 11:12 AM
30 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

An en­g­ineer’s ap­proach to per­sonal fi­nance for effec­tive altruists

SamNolanAug 5, 2021, 8:16 AM
16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

PhD Schol­ar­ships for EA pro­jects in psy­chol­ogy, health, IIDM, or education

Michael Noetel 🔸Aug 5, 2021, 6:49 AM
37 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How do you de­cide how much to donate in “user fees” for free ser­vices?

Cameron Meyer Shorb 🔸Aug 5, 2021, 5:29 AM
26 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the role of pub­lic dis­cus­sion for hits-based Open Philan­thropy causes?

AppliedDivinityStudiesAug 4, 2021, 8:15 PM
69 points
11 comments3 min readEA link

The Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund grant ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til Au­gust 23rd ($8m-$12m planned for dis­per­sal)

LarksAug 4, 2021, 7:00 PM
21 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Chris Olah on what the hell is go­ing on in­side neu­ral networks

80000_HoursAug 4, 2021, 3:13 PM
5 points
0 comments133 min readEA link

Mush­room Thoughts on Ex­is­ten­tial Risk. No Magic.

CarlaZoeCAug 4, 2021, 8:47 AM
33 points
15 comments9 min readEA link

Con­tri­bu­tion-Ad­justed Utility Max­i­miza­tion Funds: An Early Proposal

Ozzie GooenAug 3, 2021, 11:01 PM
14 points
4 comments12 min readEA link

This Can’t Go On

Holden KarnofskyAug 3, 2021, 3:53 PM
130 points
35 comments10 min readEA link

The Cry­on­ics re­duc­tio against pure time prefer­ence: a rhetor­i­cal low-hang­ing fruit—or “Do we dis­count the fu­ture only be­cause we won’t live in it?”

RamiroAug 3, 2021, 3:06 PM
9 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

Im­pact Cer­tifi­cates on a Blockchain

RowanBDonovanAug 3, 2021, 2:57 PM
44 points
31 comments21 min readEA link

Please Wel­come and Con­grat­u­late Our In­com­ing UC Berkeley EA Chap­ter President

Mahendra PrasadAug 3, 2021, 7:32 AM
−3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

How Do AI Timelines Affect Giv­ing Now vs. Later?

MichaelDickensAug 3, 2021, 3:36 AM
36 points
8 comments8 min readEA link

Recom­mended Char­ity Fund: Six-Month Update

Animal Charity EvaluatorsAug 2, 2021, 11:57 PM
10 points
0 comments13 min readEA link
(animalcharityevaluators.org)

(Video) How to be a less crappy person

cryptopsyfan69420Aug 2, 2021, 7:32 PM
5 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Per­spec­tives on an­i­mal ad­vo­cacy in China

Animal_EthicsAug 2, 2021, 6:05 PM
26 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

[Question] Ques­tions on “hu­mane” farms

JaimeRVAug 2, 2021, 2:29 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Give in Public Beta is live

LaurinAug 2, 2021, 2:07 PM
16 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Bet­ting on the best case: higher end warm­ing is un­der­rep­re­sented in research

FJehnAug 2, 2021, 12:18 PM
62 points
17 comments11 min readEA link

Open Thread: Au­gust 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Aug 2, 2021, 10:04 AM
12 points
27 comments1 min readEA link

Depart­ment Voting

Bob Jacobs 🔸Aug 2, 2021, 9:42 AM
12 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Col­lec­tive in­tel­li­gence as in­fras­truc­ture for re­duc­ing broad ex­is­ten­tial risks

vickyCYangAug 2, 2021, 6:00 AM
30 points
6 comments11 min readEA link

Hack4Im­pact Cor­nell is offer­ing cus­tom soft­ware de­vel­op­ment for non-profits

Anusha ChoudhuryAug 1, 2021, 7:05 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: July 2021

NunoSempereAug 1, 2021, 3:07 PM
19 points
2 comments8 min readEA link