Indeed, I think those points in the right direction, and this post by 80k stands out as one of the most clear examples of things I would like to see more of. For example, you can gather from this 80k post that ~20% of effort goes to all areas outside of Xrisk/EA meta and I think this would be quite surprising for many people in the EA community to know. However, I still think this information is not well-known or internalised by the broader community.
That really surprises me at least, actually makes me a little nervous about directing public health bent people there like I do at the moment - I should look into it more...
I think their main research page on this is a good place to start—it gives an explicit ranking of their latest thinking on which problems are most pressing: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/ (last updated May 24, 2023).
Indeed, I think those points in the right direction, and this post by 80k stands out as one of the most clear examples of things I would like to see more of. For example, you can gather from this 80k post that ~20% of effort goes to all areas outside of Xrisk/EA meta and I think this would be quite surprising for many people in the EA community to know. However, I still think this information is not well-known or internalised by the broader community.
Wow only 20%!
That really surprises me at least, actually makes me a little nervous about directing public health bent people there like I do at the moment - I should look into it more...
https://probablygood.org/ might be a potential alternative, together with Successif (You could send all 3 and see what they find most useful)
Thanks wil check them out
I think their main research page on this is a good place to start—it gives an explicit ranking of their latest thinking on which problems are most pressing: https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/ (last updated May 24, 2023).