I run some online book clubs, some of which are explicitly EA and some of which are EA-adjacent: one on China as it relates to EA, one on professional development for EAs, and one on animal rights/welfare/advocacy. I don’t like self-promoting, but I figure I should post this at least once on the EA Forum so that people can find it if the search for “book club” or “reading group.” Details, including links for joining each of the book clubs, are in this Google Doc.
I want to emphasize that this isn’t funded through an organization, I’m not trying to get emails to put on a newsletter, and I’m not selling an online course or push people to buy a product. This is literally just online book clubs: we vote on books and have video chats to talk about books.
Here are some upcoming discussions, with links for the events:
September 28, The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy—and Why They Matter. https://lu.ma/ng492gwf
If there is interest, I’d be open to organizing/coordinating some kind of a “core EA books” reading group, with looks like What We Owe the Future, Scout Mindset, Doing Good Better, Animal Liberation, Poor Economics, etc.
I run some online book clubs, some of which are explicitly EA and some of which are EA-adjacent: one on China as it relates to EA, one on professional development for EAs, and one on animal rights/welfare/advocacy. I don’t like self-promoting, but I figure I should post this at least once on the EA Forum so that people can find it if the search for “book club” or “reading group.” Details, including links for joining each of the book clubs, are in this Google Doc.
I want to emphasize that this isn’t funded through an organization, I’m not trying to get emails to put on a newsletter, and I’m not selling an online course or push people to buy a product. This is literally just online book clubs: we vote on books and have video chats to talk about books.
Here are some upcoming discussions, with links for the events:
August 14, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. https://calendar.app.google/WY6LocYTX4WfCjAw5
August 18, China: The Bubble That Never Pops. https://calendar.app.google/oUkTYWLg29mAK1xH9
August 24, Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism. https://lu.ma/xuascqt5
September 21, How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World’s Most Dynamic Region. https://calendar.app.google/TWWa2yLeKNEupoiaA
September 22, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t. https://calendar.app.google/SEtCiaoQw5ZmArhS6
September 28, The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy—and Why They Matter. https://lu.ma/ng492gwf
If there is interest, I’d be open to organizing/coordinating some kind of a “core EA books” reading group, with looks like What We Owe the Future, Scout Mindset, Doing Good Better, Animal Liberation, Poor Economics, etc.