April Fools’ Day

TagLast edit: Apr 13, 2022, 10:23 AM by Leo

A tag (or topic page) for collecting posts that participate in the April Fools’ Day tradition of playing practical jokes and setting up hoaxes.

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Announcing “Naming What We Can”!

Gidi KadoshApr 1, 2021, 10:17 AM

367 points

73 comments2 min readEA link

Saving drowning children in light of perilous maximisation

calebpApr 2, 2023, 12:46 AM

278 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

“Hinge of History” Refuted

Thomas KwaApr 1, 2021, 7:00 AM

174 points

6 comments6 min readEA link

Announcing Impact Island: A New EA Reality TV Show

LinchApr 1, 2022, 5:37 AM

246 points

16 comments4 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

New 80,000 Hours feature: Listen to audio versions of our podcast transcripts

BellaApr 1, 2023, 5:46 AM

195 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

The case for infant outreach

Thomas KwaApr 1, 2022, 4:25 AM

246 points

8 comments4 min readEA link

Ultra-Near-Termism: Literally An Idea Whose Time Has Come

FOUNT StaffApr 1, 2022, 7:07 PM

146 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

New Cause Area: Portrait Welfare (+introducing SPEWS)

Luke FreemanMar 31, 2023, 9:22 PM

73 points

17 comments15 min readEA link

[April Fools’ Day] Introducing Open Asteroid Impact

LinchApr 1, 2024, 8:14 AM

287 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

(openasteroidimpact.org)

Save the Date: EAGxMars

OllieBaseApr 1, 2022, 11:44 AM

148 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

My “infohazards small working group” Signal Chat may have encountered minor leaks

LinchApr 2, 2025, 1:03 AM

109 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

The EA Relationship Escalator

ProbablyGoodCoupleApr 1, 2023, 4:26 PM

243 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Announcing drama curfews on the Forum

Lorenzo Buonanno🔸Apr 1, 2023, 3:22 PM

134 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

New Cause Area: Programmatic Mettā

Milan GriffesApr 1, 2021, 12:54 PM

4 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Announcing the actual longtermist incubation program

Gidi KadoshApr 1, 2022, 7:07 AM

53 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

Announcing the Association for Feasting Ahead of Time, a novel GCR philosophy and solution

HughJazzApr 1, 2024, 3:12 PM

18 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Centre for Effective Altruism Is No Longer “Effective Altruism”-Related

Anna WeldonApr 1, 2025, 6:07 PM

496 points

24 comments2 min readEA link

Community in six hours

technicalitiesApr 1, 2022, 12:20 PM

48 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Meetup: EA Burner Accounts Anonymous

BurnerMeetupBurnerApr 1, 2023, 3:11 PM

135 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing What The Future Owes Us

peterbarnettApr 1, 2022, 3:08 PM

153 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Excerpts From The EA Talmud

Scott AlexanderApr 1, 2024, 8:08 AM

246 points

14 comments6 min readEA link

Announcing the April 1st Purchase of Bodhi Kosher Vegetarian Restaurant by EA NYC

RockwellApr 1, 2023, 4:01 AM

148 points

11 comments3 min readEA link

It’s “The EA-Adjacent Forum” now

LizkaApr 1, 2023, 8:15 PM

175 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

Introducing EA-nasir

Eric NeymanApr 1, 2022, 7:06 AM

62 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Safety Conscious Researchers should leave Anthropic

GideonFApr 1, 2025, 10:12 AM

62 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

Iterating on our redesign (Forum update April 2023)

Sarah ChengApr 1, 2023, 4:00 AM

79 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Every moment of an electron’s existence is suffering

D0TheMathApr 1, 2022, 2:35 PM

32 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

April’s Fools Posts Can Be Short

EdoAradApr 1, 2023, 1:22 PM

124 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

Seeking advice on impactful career paths given my unique capabilities and interests

Grateful4PathTipsMar 31, 2023, 11:30 PM

32 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Introducing The Spending What We Must Pledge

Thomas KwaApr 1, 2025, 7:11 AM

239 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

Everybody’s Free (To Do Good)

UbuntuApr 1, 2023, 4:29 PM

26 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

What if I’m not open to feedback?

frances_lorenzApr 1, 2025, 11:55 AM

155 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

Announcement on the Future of EA NYC’s Dim Sum Restaurant

RockwellApr 1, 2024, 9:28 PM

68 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Honestly I’m just here for the drama

electroswingApr 1, 2023, 3:22 PM

70 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

EA is now scandal-constrained

Guy RavehApr 1, 2024, 7:26 AM

232 points

22 comments1 min readEA link

Against Doing Things

Benny SmithApr 1, 2025, 5:00 PM

86 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

⭐K-Karma-Golf⛳

EdoAradApr 1, 2023, 6:48 PM

27 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Allocate Donation Election Funds by Proportional Representation

GilApr 1, 2024, 2:19 PM

13 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

It is Time to Remove the Imposters

I_machinegun_KellyApr 1, 2024, 12:38 AM

30 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

More grants for community destruction

RobinApr 1, 2023, 10:28 AM

21 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

Apply to be a Safety Engineer at Lockheed Martin!

yanni kyriacosMar 31, 2024, 9:01 PM

31 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Introducing the World-Wide Digital Wild Worm Welfare Initiative: A New Frontier for Effective Altruism

WWDWWWI Official Apr 1, 2024, 8:02 AM

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Urgent—What is the most good I can do with ~$400 million in Monero?

I_machinegun_KellyApr 1, 2023, 9:35 AM

38 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

Forecasting Newsletter: April 2222

NunoSempereApr 1, 2022, 7:06 AM

28 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Cause Exploration: Sending Billionaires to Space

RasoolApr 1, 2023, 11:30 AM

43 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

The Case for Earning to Live

Spending What We CanApr 1, 2023, 4:56 PM

86 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

Beyond micromarriages

richard_ngoApr 1, 2022, 4:38 PM

41 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

New addition to the 80,000 hours 1-on-1 team.

alex lawsenApr 1, 2022, 10:13 AM

73 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Where’s WALY?

Callum McDougallApr 2, 2022, 2:03 AM

29 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Don’t hire me. I’m incontinent.

SiobhanBallApr 1, 2025, 1:48 PM

36 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing the 2025 Effective Altruism Donor Lottery: A Monumental Opportunity

Milan GriffesApr 1, 2025, 5:49 PM

13 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Formation of Macrostrategy Refinement Division

Henry Stanley 🔸Apr 1, 2025, 2:16 PM

23 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

New Frontiers in AI Safety

Hans GundlachApr 2, 2025, 2:00 AM

6 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(drive.google.com)

Ethics of Antimatter

Derik KApr 1, 2025, 9:19 PM

14 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

A $10000000.00 prize—Announcing the April 1st Forum Post Contest

RamiroApr 1, 2022, 8:16 PM

6 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Creating Libertarian Free Will

niplavApr 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

20 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Minecraft As An Effective Advocacy Strategy And Cause Area

Kenneth_DiaoApr 1, 2025, 7:12 PM

15 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Why 80 000 hours should recommend more people become drug lords

RobinMar 31, 2022, 11:42 PM

47 points

11 comments3 min readEA link

Backfire risks: a comprehensive typology and analysis

Profile2024Apr 1, 2025, 9:50 AM

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Half Price Impact Certificates

hbesceliApr 1, 2022, 2:23 PM

58 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Don’t Overthink it: A Manifesto for Naive Utilitarianism

Brad West🔸Apr 1, 2025, 2:41 PM

10 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Link] Centre for Applied Eschatology

Milan GriffesApr 1, 2022, 8:39 PM

−2 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[April fool’s post] Proposal to assign careers by birthdate

Matt PutzApr 1, 2022, 4:49 AM

44 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Save the Date April 1st 2023 EAGatherTown: UnUnConference

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸Mar 20, 2023, 4:06 PM

48 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

New cause area: analyzing lyrics of Bahia Axé songs for hidden apocalyptical prophecies—or “Netinho predicted our doom in 1996”

RamiroApr 1, 2023, 11:07 AM

20 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

(riscoscatastroficosglobais.substack.com)

Consideration of older ethical systems.

Tom Gardiner 🔸Apr 1, 2023, 3:21 PM

24 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Meta Directory of April Fool’s Ideas

Yonatan CaleApr 1, 2023, 4:26 PM

32 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

Ending Open Philanthropy Project

Not Actually Dustin MoskovitzApr 2, 2023, 12:22 AM

47 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Some lesser-known megaproject ideas

LinchApr 2, 2023, 1:03 AM

132 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

[April Fools] Towards A Better Moral Circle

Devin KalishApr 1, 2024, 9:21 AM

18 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Announcement: We are rebranding to Shrimpactful Animal Advocacy

HiveApr 1, 2024, 3:26 AM

139 points

20 comments1 min readEA link

Cause Area Tier List

John SalterApr 1, 2024, 7:17 AM

138 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Surrendering with Dignity

MathiasKB🔸Apr 1, 2024, 6:54 AM

36 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Post-mortem on Wytham Abbey

WythamAbbeyApr 1, 2024, 10:38 AM

69 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Mitigating Risks from Rouge AI

Stephen ClareApr 1, 2025, 9:29 AM

214 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Announcing Mandatory Draft Amnesty Day (April 2nd)

Toby Tremlett🔹Apr 1, 2024, 11:18 AM

145 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

A Selection of Randomly Selected SAE Features

Callum McDougallApr 1, 2024, 9:09 AM

25 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

S-risk for Christians

MoneroMar 31, 2024, 8:34 PM

−1 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Open Asteroid Impact announces leadership transition

Patrick HoangApr 1, 2024, 12:51 PM

18 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing Suffering For Good

D0TheMathApr 1, 2024, 5:08 PM

19 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

OMMC Announces RIP

Adam_SchollApr 1, 2024, 11:38 PM

7 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

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

OllieBaseApr 1, 2024, 12:15 PM

376 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

New Epistemics Tool: ThEAsaurus

LizkaApr 1, 2024, 3:32 PM

80 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

New Cause Area Proposal

Callum McDougallApr 1, 2025, 7:12 AM

48 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Important Update: Pivotal(TM) Trademark Announcement

Tobias HäberliApr 1, 2025, 7:49 AM

49 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Red-teaming PowerSmoothie.org by Holden Karnofsky

JamesÖz 🔸Apr 1, 2025, 4:03 PM

101 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

[Question] New Top EA Causes for 2021?

MichaelA🔸Apr 1, 2021, 6:50 AM

47 points

29 comments1 min readEA link

(Apr1) Biosecurity norms for E.V.I.L

BiologyTranslatedApr 1, 2025, 8:51 AM

4 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Moral relativity

Derik KApr 1, 2024, 7:38 PM

7 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Practical Implications of Wheeler’s Single-Electron Postulate

ABlankApr 1, 2024, 10:51 PM

12 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Introducing WAIT to Save Humanity

carter allen🔸Apr 1, 2025, 9:36 PM

20 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

So You Created a Sociopath—New Book Announcement!

D0TheMathApr 1, 2024, 6:02 PM

47 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Thousands of malicious actors on the future of AI misuse

Zershaaneh QureshiApr 1, 2024, 10:03 AM

75 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Random Acts of Kindness—FAQ

Nicky PochinkovApr 1, 2023, 4:38 PM

4 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Tiny humans: the most promising new cause candidate?

akash 🔸Apr 2, 2024, 8:46 AM

25 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

New Cause Area: Low-Hanging Fruit

Tandena WagnerApr 1, 2025, 2:20 PM

169 points

5 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] New Top EA Causes for 2020?

John_MaxwellApr 1, 2020, 7:39 AM

25 points

21 comments1 min readEA link

An Average Dialogue

Nicholas KrossApr 1, 2023, 4:01 AM

5 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Graphic Design is Our Passion

Peter BerggrenApr 1, 2023, 4:14 AM

25 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

The EA University Groups’ Prisoner’s Dilemma! [RESULTS]

Alicia PollardApr 2, 2025, 6:57 PM

24 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing “sEAd The Future”: Effective Sperm and Egg Bank

Jordan ArelApr 1, 2025, 4:35 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Hedonic Treadmill Maxxing

PhibApr 1, 2025, 4:39 PM

4 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Illuminatea—A Proposal for EA Reform

Leftism virtue cafeApr 1, 2024, 10:51 AM

96 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

The EA University Groups’ Prisoner’s Dilemma!

Alicia PollardApr 1, 2025, 12:33 AM

53 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

[April fool’s] EA Global: we’re improving 1-on-1s

frances_lorenzApr 1, 2024, 9:29 AM

85 points

10 comments3 min readEA link

Always think, never apply!

ProbablyGoodCoupleApr 1, 2024, 11:15 AM

49 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Introducing “Bribe Well”

Dušan D. Nešić (Dushan)Apr 1, 2024, 10:21 AM

104 points

15 comments2 min readEA link

God Coin: A Modest Proposal

Mahdi ComplexApr 1, 2024, 12:02 PM

4 points

0 comments22 min readEA link

Introducing Project 2050: Mandate for Survival

Patrick HoangApr 1, 2025, 5:18 AM

6 points

1 comment14 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Introducing Deepgeek

LigeiaApr 1, 2025, 4:50 PM

10 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Announcing new org: 90,000 Hours (April Fools’ post)

JosephApr 1, 2024, 12:39 PM

13 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

We’re revamping the Intro Fellowship!

JemimaApr 1, 2025, 8:30 AM

77 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

A.I love you : AGI and Human Traitors

Pilot PillowApr 2, 2025, 2:18 PM

1 point

2 comments7 min readEA link

Top New E.A. Cause?

Tomer_GoloboyApr 1, 2022, 2:15 AM

5 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

80,000 Hours: Job Board → Job Birds

Conor Barnes 🔶Apr 1, 2025, 3:01 AM

188 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

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