animal welfare has an evidence problem

matthes5 Jun 2026 22:04 UTC

353 points

74 comments13 min readEA link

Why are longtermists so much less focused on human extinction these days?

Michelle_Hutchinson19 May 2026 12:31 UTC

116 points

35 comments6 min readEA link

Global Health Charity Founders on GiveWell, Evidence Action, and M+E

anonfounder17 May 2026 19:13 UTC

121 points

13 comments11 min readEA link

How I think about catastrophic biological risk (part I)

ASB16 May 2026 0:45 UTC

88 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

(defensesindepth.bio)

10 big projects for reducing bio x-risk

cwbakerlee9 May 2026 17:42 UTC

85 points

16 comments8 min readEA link

(defensesindepth.bio)

The tables have turned on AI sceptics

Stefan_Schubert7 May 2026 17:53 UTC

82 points

34 comments3 min readEA link

(www.update.news)

Open strategic questions for digital minds

Lucius Caviola29 Apr 2026 18:33 UTC

78 points

8 comments13 min readEA link

(outpaced.substack.com)

Why clinical trials are broken & how to fix them: a reading list

Siebe20 Apr 2026 13:43 UTC

62 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

(open.substack.com)

Impact Requires Implementation: What Dispensers for Safe Water Scale-Back Can Teach Us About Monitoring

Tony Senanayake8 Apr 2026 11:55 UTC

98 points

5 comments14 min readEA link

Broad Timelines

Toby_Ord19 Mar 2026 19:05 UTC

227 points

26 comments16 min readEA link

Reasons to be pessimistic (and optimistic) on the future of biosecurity

Abhishaike16 Mar 2026 22:18 UTC

72 points

5 comments41 min readEA link

(www.owlposting.com)

The joys of cash benchmarking

ozymandias10 Mar 2026 3:22 UTC

148 points

11 comments9 min readEA link

Which questions can’t we punt?

Lizka23 Feb 2026 19:17 UTC

82 points

7 comments15 min readEA link

The best cause will disappoint you: An intro to the optimisers curse

titotal11 Feb 2026 15:49 UTC

166 points

19 comments14 min readEA link

(open.substack.com)

Don’t overupdate on evolutionary cost-balancing arguments

Lukas_Gloor3 Feb 2026 16:01 UTC

100 points

11 comments11 min readEA link

Will we get automated alignment research before an AI Takeoff?

Jan Wehner🔸22 Jan 2026 17:57 UTC

51 points

13 comments11 min readEA link

Your donations matter, but your colleague’s even more

Nick Stocker14 Jan 2026 22:09 UTC

108 points

10 comments7 min readEA link

EA is underfunding animal advocacy according to our own preferences

ElliotTep13 Jan 2026 23:29 UTC

316 points

35 comments3 min readEA link

I give because it’s the most rational way to spend my money

Lorenzo Buonanno🔸15 Dec 2025 1:35 UTC

137 points

8 comments5 min readEA link

Your Goal Isn’t Really to Get a Job

Matt Beard13 Dec 2025 21:59 UTC

110 points

13 comments11 min readEA link

(thatvastvariety.substack.com)