To fund re­search, or not to fund re­search, that is the question

JackMApr 24, 2022, 6:46 PM
20 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing Canopy Retreats

Leilani BellamyApr 24, 2022, 4:43 PM
106 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

UK Univer­sity Ad­mis­sions Sup­port Programme

Hannah RowberryApr 24, 2022, 6:56 AM
81 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Skil­ling-up in ML Eng­ineer­ing for Align­ment: re­quest for comments

TheMcDouglasApr 24, 2022, 6:40 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Up­dat­ing on Nu­clear Power

rileyharrisApr 24, 2022, 5:35 AM
5 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

Fu­ture Mat­ters #1: AI take­off, longter­mism vs. ex­is­ten­tial risk, and prob­a­bil­ity discounting

PabloApr 23, 2022, 11:32 PM
57 points
2 comments15 min readEA link

EAGxAus­tralia 2022

Rowan Clements 🔸Apr 23, 2022, 10:22 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of donat­ing a kidney

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 23, 2022, 9:50 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cal­ling for Stu­dent Sub­mis­sions: AI Safety Distil­la­tion Contest

a_e_rApr 23, 2022, 8:24 PM
102 points
28 comments3 min readEA link

My GWWC dona­tions: Switch­ing from long- to near-ter­mist op­por­tu­ni­ties?

Tom GardinerApr 23, 2022, 5:22 PM
108 points
19 comments2 min readEA link

EAG is over, but don’t delete Swapcard

RockwellApr 23, 2022, 4:45 PM
55 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

I burnt out at EAG. Let’s talk about it.

Alastair Fraser-UrquhartApr 23, 2022, 12:25 PM
120 points
33 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Will EAIF and LTFF pub­lish its re­ports of re­cent grants?

throwaway129103Apr 23, 2022, 12:24 PM
46 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Tools/​meth­ods for find­ing most pivotal un­jour­nal-wor­thy re­search

david_reinsteinApr 23, 2022, 1:10 AM
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Repli­cat­ing and ex­tend­ing the grabby aliens model

Tristan CookApr 23, 2022, 12:36 AM
137 points
27 comments51 min readEA link

Im­prove/​pro­mote a post in situ.

david_reinsteinApr 22, 2022, 10:03 PM
32 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What is the cost-effec­tive­ness of GiveWell’s top life-sav­ing char­i­ties un­der to­tal util­i­tar­i­anism?

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 5:22 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare: in­vestor/​com­pany the­ory of change | FAIRR as or­gani­sa­tion work­ing in this area, jobs

Ben YeohApr 22, 2022, 2:27 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Sum­mary: The Value of Giv­ing Money to Differ­ent Groups | Toby Ord

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 10:33 AM
23 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Sum­mary: The Im­por­tance of End-of-Life Welfare | Brown­ing & Veit

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 10:19 AM
7 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Civ­i­liza­tional vulnerabilities

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 22, 2022, 9:37 AM
7 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Most effec­tive way to make a UN-based web­site?

Benjamin StartApr 22, 2022, 7:00 AM
0 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Pro­ject: A web plat­form for crowd­sourc­ing im­pact es­ti­mates of in­ter­ven­tions.

Max ClarkeApr 22, 2022, 6:54 AM
41 points
18 comments5 min readEA link

Edit­ing Ad­vice for EA Fo­rum Users

JustisApr 22, 2022, 2:45 AM
106 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Round 1 win­ners of the com­mu­nity-builder writ­ing contest

AkashApr 22, 2022, 12:36 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Is the rea­son­ing of the Repug­nant Con­clu­sion valid?

AdithyaApr 21, 2022, 11:33 PM
3 points
16 comments5 min readEA link

Fuck Your Mir­a­cle Year

rogersbacon1Apr 21, 2022, 9:00 PM
−3 points
2 comments8 min readEA link
(rogersbacon.substack.com)

My ex­pe­rience with im­poster syn­drome — and how to (partly) over­come it

Luisa_RodriguezApr 21, 2022, 7:55 PM
289 points
20 comments23 min readEA link

Valu­ing Leisure Time

Richard BrunsApr 21, 2022, 4:17 PM
26 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Is the EA Librar­ian still a thing? If so, what is the cur­rent turnaround?

JeremyApr 21, 2022, 4:03 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Isn’t on TV.

ColdButtonIssuesApr 21, 2022, 2:06 PM
17 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Self-Help is look­ing for feedback

Ben WilliamsonApr 21, 2022, 1:08 PM
22 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

How much cur­rent an­i­mal suffer­ing does longter­mism let us ig­nore?

Jacob EliosoffApr 21, 2022, 9:10 AM
40 points
50 comments6 min readEA link

Eth­i­cal Awesomeness

Antoine de Scorraille ⏸️Apr 20, 2022, 11:17 PM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Re­sources for bet­ter un­der­stand­ing ap­ti­tudes?

Miranda_ZhangApr 20, 2022, 3:39 PM
18 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Longter­mist EA needs more Phase 2 work

Owen Cotton-BarrattApr 20, 2022, 2:42 PM
241 points
34 comments5 min readEA link

What do we want the world to look like in 10 years?

Owen Cotton-BarrattApr 20, 2022, 2:34 PM
126 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Neil Buddy Shah has been ap­pointed CEO of the Clin­ton Health Ac­cess Initiative

GiveWellApr 20, 2022, 2:23 PM
57 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

Help with the Fo­rum; wiki edit­ing, giv­ing feed­back, mod­er­a­tion, and more

LizkaApr 20, 2022, 12:58 PM
88 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Mar­ket De­sign Meets Effec­tive Altruism

MarshallApr 19, 2022, 9:39 PM
26 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What are the num­bers in mind for the su­per-short AGI timelines so many long-ter­mists are alarmed about?

Evan_GaensbauerApr 19, 2022, 9:09 PM
41 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

“Pivotal Act” In­ten­tions: Nega­tive Con­se­quences and Fal­la­cious Arguments

Andrew CritchApr 19, 2022, 8:24 PM
80 points
10 comments7 min readEA link

Should you do an eco­nomics PhD (or mas­ter’s)?

david_reinsteinApr 19, 2022, 8:04 PM
62 points
15 comments17 min readEA link

Chain­ing Retroac­tive Fun­ders to Bor­row Against Un­likely Utopias

Dawn DrescherApr 19, 2022, 6:25 PM
24 points
4 comments9 min readEA link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)

Next Gen­er­a­tion Biose­cu­rity—Sum­mary of Course by Univer­sity of Bath

Madhav MalhotraApr 19, 2022, 4:14 PM
27 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

Can we agree on a bet­ter name than ‘near-ter­mist’? “Not-longer­mist”? “Not-full-longter­mist”?

david_reinsteinApr 19, 2022, 4:09 PM
75 points
44 comments2 min readEA link

How Many Peo­ple Are In The In­visi­ble Grave­yard?

Maxwell TabarrokApr 19, 2022, 2:03 PM
47 points
3 comments14 min readEA link

The ac­ci­den­tal ex­per­i­ment that saved 700 lives (IRS & health in­surance)

LizkaApr 19, 2022, 1:28 PM
42 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

The num­ber of seabirds and sea mam­mals kil­led by marine plas­tic pol­lu­tion is quite small rel­a­tive to the catch of fish

Vasco Grilo🔸Apr 19, 2022, 11:22 AM
89 points
22 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What makes a state­ment a nor­ma­tive state­ment?

VynnApr 19, 2022, 8:41 AM
2 points
17 comments1 min readEA link