Can we help in­di­vi­d­ual peo­ple cost-effec­tively? Our trial with three sick kids

NickLaing20 Feb 2024 9:43 UTC
391 points
35 comments10 min readEA link

Ma­ter­nal Health Ini­ti­a­tive is Shut­ting Down

Ben Williamson15 Mar 2024 17:19 UTC
375 points
18 comments20 min readEA link

Quick Up­date on Leav­ing the Board of EV

Rebecca Kagan3 Apr 2024 0:13 UTC
356 points
110 comments1 min readEA link

The Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altru­ism is spin­ning out of the Cen­tre for Effec­tive Altruism

OllieBase1 Apr 2024 12:15 UTC
354 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

New video: You’re richer than you realise

GraceAdams13 Mar 2024 0:14 UTC
320 points
12 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Prac­ti­cally A Book Re­view: Ap­pendix to “Non­lin­ear’s Ev­i­dence: De­bunk­ing False and Mislead­ing Claims”

Rafael Harth3 Jan 2024 23:16 UTC
314 points
33 comments28 min readEA link
(thingofthings.substack.com)

[April Fools’ Day] In­tro­duc­ing Open As­teroid Impact

Linch1 Apr 2024 8:14 UTC
285 points
13 comments1 min readEA link
(openasteroidimpact.org)

EA “Wor­ld­views” Need Rethinking

Richard Y Chappell18 Mar 2024 15:10 UTC
284 points
80 comments3 min readEA link

Sam Alt­man’s Chip Am­bi­tions Un­der­cut OpenAI’s Safety Strategy

Garrison10 Feb 2024 19:52 UTC
275 points
19 comments3 min readEA link
(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

This is why we can’t have nice laws

LewisBollard28 Feb 2024 18:44 UTC
239 points
25 comments5 min readEA link

Ex­cerpts From The EA Talmud

Scott Alexander1 Apr 2024 8:08 UTC
235 points
14 comments6 min readEA link

Un­der­stand­ing FTX’s crimes

FTXwatcher11 Apr 2024 9:14 UTC
229 points
32 comments19 min readEA link

EA is now scan­dal-constrained

Guy Raveh1 Apr 2024 7:26 UTC
227 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

Killing the moths

Bella25 Mar 2024 16:20 UTC
225 points
15 comments5 min readEA link

Per­sonal re­flec­tions on FTX

William_MacAskill18 Apr 2024 9:37 UTC
225 points
83 comments1 min readEA link

Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute 2005-2024: Fi­nal Report

Pablo17 Apr 2024 14:25 UTC
220 points
74 comments5 min readEA link
(static1.squarespace.com)

The Scale of Fe­tal Suffer­ing in Late-Term Abortions

Ariel Simnegar17 Mar 2024 19:46 UTC
209 points
25 comments3 min readEA link

We Did It! - Vic­tory for Oc­to­pus in Wash­ing­ton State

Tessa @ ALI15 Mar 2024 14:28 UTC
208 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Rates of Crim­i­nal­ity Amongst Giv­ing Pledge Signatories

Ben_West22 Jan 2024 17:42 UTC
202 points
31 comments6 min readEA link

On be­ing an EA for decades

Michelle_Hutchinson12 Feb 2024 21:24 UTC
196 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Re­sults from an Ad­ver­sar­ial Col­lab­o­ra­tion on AI Risk (FRI)

Forecasting Research Institute11 Mar 2024 15:54 UTC
193 points
25 comments9 min readEA link
(forecastingresearch.org)

Things to check about a job or internship

Julia_Wise12 Feb 2024 20:20 UTC
191 points
12 comments8 min readEA link

Un­flat­ter­ing as­pects of Effec­tive Altruism

NunoSempere15 Mar 2024 10:47 UTC
187 points
53 comments1 min readEA link

Tragic Beliefs

tobytrem8 Feb 2024 17:41 UTC
184 points
9 comments5 min readEA link

Sur­vey of 2,778 AI au­thors: six parts in pictures

Katja_Grace6 Jan 2024 4:43 UTC
176 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

How we started our own EA char­ity (and why we de­cided to wrap up)

KvPelt26 Feb 2024 8:27 UTC
168 points
13 comments13 min readEA link

AIM (CE) new pro­gram: Found­ing to Give. Ap­ply now to launch a high-growth com­pany!

CE14 Mar 2024 12:13 UTC
168 points
12 comments5 min readEA link

Mo­ti­va­tion gaps: Why so much EA crit­i­cism is hos­tile and lazy

titotal22 Apr 2024 11:49 UTC
167 points
27 comments19 min readEA link
(titotal.substack.com)

So­cial sci­ence re­search we’d like to see on global health and wellbe­ing [Open Philan­thropy]

Aaron Gertler15 Feb 2024 0:28 UTC
166 points
8 comments17 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Why hasn’t EA done an SBF in­ves­ti­ga­tion and post­mortem?

RobBensinger1 Apr 2024 2:28 UTC
166 points
43 comments3 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing The New York Dec­la­ra­tion on An­i­mal Consciousness

Sofia_Fogel21 Apr 2024 23:51 UTC
163 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

GWWC Pledge fea­tured in new book from Head of TED, Chris Anderson

Giving What We Can25 Jan 2024 21:33 UTC
156 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The cur­rent limit­ing fac­tor for new charities

Joey19 Mar 2024 14:40 UTC
155 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

The Lack of EA in US Pri­vate Foundations

Kyle Smith15 Mar 2024 2:26 UTC
155 points
22 comments2 min readEA link

MIRI 2024 Mis­sion and Strat­egy Update

Malo5 Jan 2024 1:10 UTC
154 points
38 comments1 min readEA link

My cover story in Ja­cobin on AI cap­i­tal­ism and the x-risk debates

Garrison12 Feb 2024 23:34 UTC
153 points
10 comments6 min readEA link
(jacobin.com)

“No-one in my org puts money in their pen­sion”

tobyj16 Feb 2024 15:04 UTC
152 points
11 comments9 min readEA link
(seekingtobejolly.substack.com)

The Ra­tionale-Shaped Hole At The Heart Of Forecasting

dschwarz2 Apr 2024 15:51 UTC
149 points
13 comments11 min readEA link

Am­bi­tious Im­pact (AIM) - a new brand for Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship and our ex­tended ecosys­tem!

CE8 Feb 2024 17:08 UTC
147 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Cel­e­brat­ing Ben­jamin Lay (died on this day 265 years ago)

Lizka8 Feb 2024 14:33 UTC
147 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

Up­dates on Com­mu­nity Health Sur­vey Results

David_Moss20 Mar 2024 11:56 UTC
147 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

Mathilde Danès (1994-2024)

Elisa Autric8 Feb 2024 23:33 UTC
147 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

UK moves to­ward manda­tory an­i­mal welfare labelling

AdamC29 Mar 2024 16:50 UTC
145 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing Manda­tory Draft Amnesty Day (April 2nd)

tobytrem1 Apr 2024 11:18 UTC
143 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

How good it is to donate and how hard it is to get a job

Elijah Persson-Gordon16 Apr 2024 21:45 UTC
142 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Are Far-UVC In­ter­ven­tions Over­hyped? [Founders Pledge]

christian.r9 Jan 2024 17:38 UTC
137 points
8 comments61 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy: Our Progress in 2023 and Plans for 2024

Alexander_Berger27 Mar 2024 17:03 UTC
137 points
24 comments2 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Eco­nomic Growth—Dona­tion sug­ges­tions and ideas

DavidNash8 Jan 2024 12:14 UTC
136 points
28 comments8 min readEA link

An­nounce­ment: We are re­brand­ing to Shrim­pact­ful An­i­mal Advocacy

Impactful Animal Advocacy1 Apr 2024 3:26 UTC
135 points
20 comments1 min readEA link

AIM’s new guide to launch­ing a high-im­pact non-profit policy organization

CE2 Apr 2024 13:28 UTC
135 points
1 comment1 min readEA link