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Some low effort thoughts:
If this is meant as a living resource, maybe move the first 2-3 paragraphs to the bottom of the post, and leave just a one line explainer at the top, to make it easier to skim (“There are now more free or discounted services available to EAs and EA orgs. Here is an updated list, which is mostly a repost of [this].”)
Maybe worth linking to your anti karma farming comment in the post so ppl can find it easier?
Other things that might belong here:
EA mental health navigator (and other resources listed here, like the peer support group, off road—unsure if still ongoing?). There are a bunch of coaches and therapists specialized in working with EAs who are there.
cFactual (more for orgs, is my impression?)
The Events andCommunity resources on the Forum
My impression is AISS does a bunch of things outside from the health consulting thing fwiw, like maintaining this and this.
I think it would be confusing to do that at this stage, but if I do periodically make new versions of this post I’ll try harder not to bury the lede :)
Good idea! Done.
I’ll have a look through the other resources you mention when I have a bit more time.
I have an organization, WorkStream, focused on helping orgs be more effective. See my post about it here. We are currently running both management and operations fellowship programs (see more details here), designed to build community and provide access to relevant education to our org leaders. We start the programs on a quarterly basis, so it’s an open application for anyone who wants to apply. It’s not a free resource, but we do try to give scholarships when possible.
Could be worth adding these to the Community Infrastructure wiki description as well.
I like the idea! Upvoted!
What is the reasoning for having “The resource should be free to use, or at available at a substantial discount to relatively poor EAs” as a guideline (and limiting factor)?
It might be a bad guideline! But the thought was that there are thousands of useful services that aren’t preferentially available to EAs, most of which can advertise themselves in the normal way. So this a) keeps the list much smaller and b) helps out organisations who are too targeted and/or not profit-seeking enough to advertise themselves.
Gotcha. I agree (like 60%) with this in the sense that I do want to see the “subsidized” services more heavily promoted. However, if I were the person seeing the list I’d also like to see (for-profit or “not subsidized”) services that already work with EA projects or can in some way accommodate needs of EA projects really well and then I’d use my own judgement to decide what service is better suited for me given my own constraints (budget, time, etc.). Hope that makes sense.
(karma upvoted, agreement downvoted)
Can you think of any specific examples of such services? I really want this list not to get too long, both for the sake of my own time and because I think it becomes less useful the less focused it is, but could be persuaded that some company is just so amazingly useful that it should be on here against the guidelines (hence me wanting them to be guidelines rather than strict criteria).
I definitely wouldn’t mind being reminded of this list once a quarter!
I don’t necessarily disagree but from an organizational perspective: Is this not the sort of thing we have a wiki for?
For me the difference is simply visibility. The forum has a lot of corners, especially for a newcomer (and come to that, for me, and I’ve been posting since it launched!), so having a bit of information tucked away is very different from having it appear in people’s frontpage feed.
Let’s promote the wiki and make it more visible!
Yeah I say keep doing this, once a month tops/once a quarter minimum :)
I found this incredibly helpful. Along these lines, I’ve been searching for existing Earn to Give coaches. I know you can join the GWWC and One For the World communities and attend their events. The Life You Can Save also has a feature where you can reach out to an advisor. But i’m more so curious to know if this is a formal coaching program for making a pledge, similar to what 80,000 hours has with their career coaching program.
This isn’t necessarily an infrastruture project, but seems relevant to the audience of this post: a compilation of resources for dealing with mental health issues around the alignment problem.
Thanks for collating and sharing this.
I’m not sure if this is the right place to brainstorm possible things missing from this list but one thing that comes to mind is tax or investment advice[1] , particularly for those who are earning to give. At least in the US[2], earning to give presents some unusual risks and opportunities, and it’s safe to say most accounting and investment professionals have not worked with clients donating 30% or more of their income. Even if there weren’t a discount, just maintaining a list of professionals with experience with specific jurisdictions could be helpful.
Note that tax advice is different from tax preparation; the former is about arranging affairs so as to minimize taxes.
The situation is sadly even more complex in certain parts of the US, particularly New York.
It sounds like a reasonable idea, though I’m worried that the post will stop functioning as advertising if the criteria are too broad—it feels like it’s already a lot to go through. Maybe we could split it into multiple subjects? That does feel like it would be a step in the spammy direction though (not to mention an increasing headache to curate)
There’s a newer version of this post here. I suggest that this one be linked to at the top of this post so that people don’t spend a bunch of time reading through this only to realize there is a more up-to-date list of resources.
Please downvote this comment if you want to signal boost the OP but cancel out the karma-farming effect.
This is the most EA thing ever and it makes me so happy.
I’m wondering what to understand from the signal of it getting −12 agreement karma :P