Big List of Cause Can­di­dates: Jan­uary 2021–March 2022 update

Leo30 Apr 2022 17:21 UTC
123 points
18 comments19 min readEA link

There are cur­rently more than 100 open EA-al­igned tech jobs

Sebastian Becker30 Apr 2022 16:25 UTC
101 points
21 comments3 min readEA link

Notes From a Pledger

Justis30 Apr 2022 15:35 UTC
178 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

The availa­bil­ity bias in job hunting

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸30 Apr 2022 14:53 UTC
105 points
4 comments7 min readEA link

Quick Thoughts on A.I. Governance

Nicholas / Heather Kross30 Apr 2022 14:49 UTC
43 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

My GWWC dona­tions Part 2: Re­view­ing and re­spond­ing to comments

Tom Gardiner30 Apr 2022 13:53 UTC
22 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Dis­cus­sion on Thomas Philip­pon’s pa­per on TFP growth be­ing linear

Arjun Yadav30 Apr 2022 13:17 UTC
40 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

How to op­ti­mize your taxes as a donor in the US: donate ap­pre­ci­ated se­cu­ri­ties, make a donor-ad­vised fund, and bunch your donations

sam_brenner30 Apr 2022 10:19 UTC
15 points
8 comments11 min readEA link
(www.sambrenner.xyz)

[Question] How do we cre­ate a cul­ture of am­bi­tion with­out de­te­ri­o­rat­ing the com­mu­nity’s men­tal health?

Max Görlitz30 Apr 2022 7:50 UTC
72 points
10 comments2 min readEA link

Is there such a thing as a ‘Meta Think Tank’?

Venkatesh30 Apr 2022 4:03 UTC
3 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What would you de­sire in an EA dat­ing site?

Affective❤️Altruist30 Apr 2022 0:02 UTC
34 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

The ro­dent birth con­trol landscape

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸29 Apr 2022 20:00 UTC
113 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(doi.org)

An­nounc­ing the Nu­cleic Acid Ob­ser­va­tory pro­ject for early de­tec­tion of catas­trophic biothreats

Will Bradshaw29 Apr 2022 19:30 UTC
213 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

The Risk of Con­cen­trat­ing Wealth in a Sin­gle Asset

MichaelDickens29 Apr 2022 17:58 UTC
97 points
20 comments11 min readEA link

Big EA and Its In­finite Money Printer

Arjun Panickssery29 Apr 2022 17:57 UTC
71 points
13 comments7 min readEA link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Is it still hard to get a job in EA? In­sights from CEA’s re­cruit­ment data

Akara29 Apr 2022 17:39 UTC
65 points
27 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] What should I ask Lewis Dart­nell (au­thor of ‘The Knowl­edge’ and ‘Ori­gins’)?

Robert_Wiblin29 Apr 2022 17:14 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

It could be use­ful if some­one ran a copy­edit­ing service

Julia_Wise🔸29 Apr 2022 16:07 UTC
87 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Paper sum­mary: Mo­ral de­mands and the far fu­ture (An­dreas Mo­gensen)

Global Priorities Institute29 Apr 2022 15:54 UTC
21 points
1 comment5 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Paper sum­mary: The case for strong longter­mism (Hilary Greaves and William MacAskill)

Global Priorities Institute29 Apr 2022 15:52 UTC
43 points
27 comments4 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Com­par­a­tive ad­van­tage does not mean do­ing the thing you’re best at

Ben_West🔸29 Apr 2022 15:49 UTC
134 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What would you like to see in an EA merch store?

Ines29 Apr 2022 15:36 UTC
15 points
12 comments1 min readEA link

You should write on the EA Forum

Lizka29 Apr 2022 14:55 UTC
73 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism’s odd at­ti­tude to men­tal health

MichaelPlant29 Apr 2022 8:57 UTC
103 points
25 comments2 min readEA link

Nu­clear Fu­sion En­ergy com­ing within 5 years

B29 Apr 2022 8:02 UTC
7 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is any­one work­ing on 10K?

Peter Morris29 Apr 2022 8:01 UTC
21 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

In­ves­ti­gat­ing the scope of con­sumer-ini­ti­ated ge­netic test­ing in the US

37aaron29 Apr 2022 8:00 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

In­creas­ing De­mand­ing­ness in EA

Jeff Kaufman 🔸29 Apr 2022 1:20 UTC
142 points
22 comments3 min readEA link
(www.jefftk.com)

‘Drop­ping out’ isn’t a Plan

Mark Xu28 Apr 2022 20:28 UTC
56 points
9 comments1 min readEA link
(markxu.com)

[Question] What or­ga­ni­za­tions are con­serv­ing wilder­ness ar­eas most effec­tively?

Owen M28 Apr 2022 16:51 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The Case for Non-Tech­ni­cal AI Safety/​Align­ment Growth & Funding

Algo_Law28 Apr 2022 16:31 UTC
17 points
9 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] What “pivotal” and use­ful re­search … would you like to see as­sessed? (Bounty for sug­ges­tions)

david_reinstein28 Apr 2022 15:49 UTC
37 points
21 comments7 min readEA link

Virtues for Real-World Utilitarians

Richard Y Chappell🔸28 Apr 2022 14:18 UTC
27 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(www.utilitarianism.net)

Pro­ject: bio­eng­ineer­ing an all-fe­male breed of chicken to end chick culling

Cienna28 Apr 2022 14:08 UTC
45 points
15 comments8 min readEA link

Fo­rum user manual

Lizka28 Apr 2022 14:05 UTC
42 points
9 comments22 min readEA link

Guide to norms on the Forum

Lizka28 Apr 2022 13:28 UTC
59 points
5 comments15 min readEA link

Are you will­ing to talk about your ex­pe­rience at­tend­ing EAG or EAGx with some­one who’s con­sid­er­ing ap­ply­ing?

Jeremy28 Apr 2022 12:42 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

On the fence about ap­ply­ing to EAG or EAGx? Talk to some­one (me?) who went!

Jeremy28 Apr 2022 12:38 UTC
15 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

A Bayesian frame­work for in­ter­pret­ing im­pact evaluations

Lizka28 Apr 2022 12:27 UTC
23 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

Against im­mor­tal­ity?

Owen Cotton-Barratt28 Apr 2022 11:51 UTC
110 points
40 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What would you like to see Giv­ing What We Can write about?

JulianHazell28 Apr 2022 11:22 UTC
11 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Fo­rum Digest: re­minder that it ex­ists & re­quest for feedback

Lizka28 Apr 2022 10:01 UTC
57 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

On Pos­i­tivity given X-risks

YusefMosiahNathanson28 Apr 2022 9:02 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readEA link

Virtue sig­nal­ing is some­times the best or the only met­ric we have

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸28 Apr 2022 4:51 UTC
61 points
11 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] Who are the lead­ing ad­vo­cates, and what are the top pub­li­ca­tions on broad longter­mism?

Jordan Arel28 Apr 2022 2:57 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Slides: Po­ten­tial Risks From Ad­vanced AI

Aryeh Englander28 Apr 2022 2:18 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Con­sider Not Chang­ing Your Fo­rum User­name to Your Real Name

electroswing28 Apr 2022 1:42 UTC
76 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

Con­cave and con­vex altruism

finm27 Apr 2022 22:36 UTC
32 points
3 comments21 min readEA link

Effec­tive Evil

lsusr27 Apr 2022 21:57 UTC
12 points
2 comments3 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Needs Fund­ing] I in­vented a cheap, scal­able tool for fight­ing obesity

lsusr27 Apr 2022 21:43 UTC
10 points
5 comments1 min readEA link