The Gover­nance Prob­lem and the “Pretty Good” X-Risk

Zach Stein-PerlmanAug 28, 2021, 8:00 PM
23 points
4 comments11 min readEA link

Give Sustainably

harsimonyAug 28, 2021, 5:57 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the Open Philan­thropy Un­der­grad­u­ate Scholarship

Bastian_SternAug 28, 2021, 4:53 PM
102 points
31 comments4 min readEA link

Can you con­trol the past?

Joe_CarlsmithAug 27, 2021, 7:34 PM
46 points
21 comments47 min readEA link

Cal New­port on an in­dus­trial rev­olu­tion for office work

80000_HoursAug 27, 2021, 6:37 PM
5 points
0 comments99 min readEA link

[Question] Is vol­un­teer com­put­ing an eas­ily ac­cessible way of effec­tive al­tru­ism?

KarinAug 27, 2021, 1:06 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

(xPost LW) How to turn money into AI safety?

Charlie SteinerAug 27, 2021, 12:47 PM
16 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

EA Or­ga­ni­za­tion Up­dates: Au­gust 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Aug 27, 2021, 11:11 AM
16 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

EA Up­dates for Septem­ber 2021

DavidNashAug 27, 2021, 9:37 AM
27 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of tech­nolo­gies which would be a big deal if they scaled but never ended up scal­ing?

LinchAug 27, 2021, 8:47 AM
36 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

GWWC Au­gust 2021 Newsletter

Luke FreemanAug 27, 2021, 5:55 AM
9 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Gover­nor Of Cal­ifor­nia? (Scott Alexan­der: As­tral Codex Ten)

Nathan YoungAug 26, 2021, 11:08 AM
45 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare Fund: July 2021 grant recommendations

kierangreig🔸Aug 26, 2021, 9:29 AM
40 points
6 comments13 min readEA link
(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

Take­aways on US Policy Ca­reers (Part 1): Paths to Im­pact and Per­sonal Fit

MauAug 26, 2021, 2:45 AM
107 points
2 comments27 min readEA link

Founders Pledge Seeks Growth Direc­tor (San Fran­cisco)!

Sally Founders PledgeAug 25, 2021, 4:04 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Open call for EAs with pas­sion for meta-learn­ing <3

alexanderklargeAug 25, 2021, 3:40 PM
8 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Who do in­tel­lec­tual prizewin­ners fol­low on Twit­ter?

Ben_West🔸Aug 25, 2021, 3:26 PM
72 points
15 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Is it re­ally that a good idea to in­crease tax de­ductibil­ity ?

François BriesAug 25, 2021, 2:34 PM
8 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Madagascar

mbb29828382Aug 25, 2021, 9:46 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] What are the top pri­ori­ties in a slow-take­off, mul­ti­po­lar world?

JP Addison🔸Aug 25, 2021, 8:47 AM
26 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Giv­ing Open Fo­rum (Amer­i­cas/​Ocea­nia)

Luke FreemanAug 25, 2021, 4:27 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(us02web.zoom.us)

Craft­ing Your Effec­tive Giv­ing Story | GWWC Septem­ber Meetup (Europe/​Asia)

Luke FreemanAug 25, 2021, 4:24 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(us02web.zoom.us)

Craft­ing Your Effec­tive Giv­ing Story | GWWC Septem­ber Meetup (Amer­i­cas/​Ocea­nia)

Luke FreemanAug 25, 2021, 4:22 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(us02web.zoom.us)

Epistemic tres­pass­ing, or epistemic squat­ting? | Noahpinion

Eevee🔹Aug 25, 2021, 1:50 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(noahpinion.substack.com)

Sum­mary and Take­aways: Han­son’s “Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?”

LizkaAug 25, 2021, 12:43 AM
38 points
12 comments14 min readEA link

Open Phil EA/​LT Sur­vey 2020: Re­spon­dent Info

Eli RoseAug 24, 2021, 5:32 PM
29 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Trans­for­ma­tive AI: Are we “trend­ing to­ward” trans­for­ma­tive AI? (How would we know?)

Holden KarnofskyAug 24, 2021, 5:15 PM
56 points
12 comments10 min readEA link

A Case for Bet­ter Feeds

Nathan YoungAug 24, 2021, 4:28 PM
23 points
16 comments4 min readEA link

Philos­o­phy Web—Pro­ject Pro­posal

Ben EvansAug 24, 2021, 3:37 PM
9 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

To make Effec­tive Giv­ing mem­o­rable, cel­e­brate Pledg­ing!

Riti AgarwalAug 24, 2021, 3:00 PM
26 points
2 comments4 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

[Question] How much money donated and to where (in the space of an­i­mal wellbe­ing) would “can­cel out” the harm from leas­ing a com­mer­cial build­ing to a restau­rant that pre­sum­ably uses fac­tory farmed an­i­mals?

spreadlove5683Aug 23, 2021, 7:53 PM
19 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

“The Precipice” by Toby Ord flash­cards now live :)

alexanderklargeAug 23, 2021, 7:18 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

In­cen­tiviz­ing Dona­tions through Mu­tual Matching

FlorianHAug 23, 2021, 9:46 AM
25 points
4 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] What are the EA move­ment’s most no­table ac­com­plish­ments?

Aaron Gertler 🔸Aug 23, 2021, 3:51 AM
63 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing In­sti­tu­tional De­ci­sion-Mak­ing: Which In­sti­tu­tions? (A Frame­work)

IanDavidMossAug 23, 2021, 2:26 AM
86 points
7 comments34 min readEA link

Open Phil EA/​LT Sur­vey 2020: Methodology

Eli RoseAug 23, 2021, 1:01 AM
39 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

Catas­trophic rec­t­an­gles—vi­su­al­is­ing catas­trophic risks

Rémi TAug 22, 2021, 9:27 PM
33 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

How can economists best con­tribute to pan­demic pre­ven­tion and pre­pared­ness?

Rémi TAug 22, 2021, 8:49 PM
56 points
3 comments23 min readEA link

A Pro­to­type Ap­pli­ca­tion for al­lo­cat­ing peo­ple to Effec­tive Projects

SamNolanAug 22, 2021, 7:51 AM
19 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Im­pli­ca­tion of AI timelines on plan­ning and solutions

JJ HepburnAug 21, 2021, 5:11 AM
15 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

A for­mal­iza­tion of negelectness

Nathan_BarnardAug 20, 2021, 4:06 PM
14 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Some men­tal health re­sources tai­lored for EAs

Miranda_ZhangAug 20, 2021, 4:04 PM
70 points
5 comments7 min readEA link

Les­sons from Run­ning Stan­ford EA and SERI

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

New Ar­ti­cles on Utili­tar­i­anism.net: Pop­u­la­tion Ethics and The­o­ries of Well-Being

imp4rtial 🔸Aug 20, 2021, 2:38 PM
22 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

The pretty hard prob­lem of consciousness

rgbAug 20, 2021, 10:30 AM
30 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

Cain Killed Abel: A Heuris­tic Guide to the Three Ma­jor Schools of Ethics in the Western Tradition

Mahendra PrasadAug 20, 2021, 1:06 AM
15 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

More EAs should con­sider “non-EA” jobs

Sarah Eustis-GuthrieAug 19, 2021, 9:18 PM
143 points
21 comments7 min readEA link

Rea­sons why one might not give to a donor lottery

TetraspaceAug 19, 2021, 8:01 PM
19 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

Ex­am­ples of Suc­cess­ful Selec­tive Dis­clo­sure in the Life Sciences

Tessa A 🔸Aug 19, 2021, 6:38 PM
51 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Holden Karnofsky on the most im­por­tant century

80000_HoursAug 19, 2021, 3:17 PM
6 points
1 comment117 min readEA link