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Effec­tive al­tru­ism culture

TagLast edit: May 25, 2022, 10:48 AM by Leo

Effective altruism culture is the set of norms and beliefs of the effective altruism community.

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building effective altruism | criticism of the effective altruism community | discussion norms | philosophy of effective altruism

Defer­ence Cul­ture in EA

Joey🔸Jun 7, 2022, 2:21 PM
153 points
23 comments5 min readEA link

Power dy­nam­ics be­tween peo­ple in EA

Julia_Wise🔸Jun 1, 2022, 8:50 PM
484 points
15 comments8 min readEA link

EA cul­ture is spe­cial; we should pro­ceed with intentionality

James LinMay 21, 2022, 9:55 PM
85 points
7 comments10 min readEA link

Free-spend­ing EA might be a big prob­lem for op­tics and epistemics

George RosenfeldApr 12, 2022, 8:30 PM
562 points
186 comments8 min readEA link

Bad Omens in Cur­rent Com­mu­nity Building

Theo HawkingMay 12, 2022, 3:41 PM
582 points
132 comments18 min readEA link

The Effec­tive Altru­ism culture

PabloAMC 🔸Apr 17, 2022, 1:23 AM
35 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

The Many Faces of Effec­tive Altruism

Devin KalishMay 18, 2022, 7:23 PM
89 points
17 comments5 min readEA link

Some rea­sons to up­hold norms that are com­mon in other communities

AnonymousGuestJan 17, 2023, 3:29 PM
29 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Say “nay!” to the Bay (as the de­fault)!

KaleemSep 6, 2022, 12:58 PM
89 points
26 comments9 min readEA link

Con­sider Not Chang­ing Your Fo­rum User­name to Your Real Name

electroswingApr 28, 2022, 1:42 AM
76 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

We all teach: here’s how to do it better

Michael Noetel 🔸Sep 30, 2022, 2:06 AM
172 points
12 comments24 min readEA link

[Question] What are your main reser­va­tions about iden­ti­fy­ing as an effec­tive al­tru­ist?

richard_ngoMar 30, 2021, 9:55 AM
91 points
24 comments1 min readEA link

Brain­storm­ing ways to make EA safer and more inclusive

richard_ngoNov 15, 2022, 11:14 AM
149 points
97 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is it okay to ask some­one to proofread a job ap­pli­ca­tion?

Dawn DrescherApr 1, 2023, 5:31 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Every­day Longtermism

Owen Cotton-BarrattJan 1, 2021, 5:39 PM
159 points
29 comments9 min readEA link

EA is good, actually

Amy LabenzNov 28, 2023, 3:59 PM
272 points
15 comments4 min readEA link

Ap­pre­ci­at­ing Stable Sup­port Roles at EA Orgs

Amy LabenzSep 30, 2024, 5:49 PM
184 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

The role of tribes in achiev­ing last­ing im­pact and how to cre­ate them

noraSep 29, 2021, 8:48 PM
72 points
2 comments24 min readEA link

Keep­ing the effec­tive al­tru­ist move­ment welcoming

Owen Cotton-BarrattFeb 7, 2014, 1:21 AM
17 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Mak­ing EA groups more welcoming

Julia_Wise🔸Jul 29, 2016, 1:09 AM
30 points
13 comments11 min readEA link

Mul­ti­ple Work­ing Hy­pothe­ses: A Re­minder from My Kids

Amy LabenzSep 23, 2024, 8:33 PM
92 points
18 comments2 min readEA link

What are we as the EA com­mu­nity?

Nathan YoungMay 25, 2022, 11:29 AM
29 points
5 comments7 min readEA link

The Com­mu­nity Manifesto

ATWAug 31, 2022, 11:44 PM
26 points
10 comments61 min readEA link

EA is more than longtermism

frances_lorenzMay 3, 2022, 3:18 PM
160 points
99 comments5 min readEA link

Don’t Over-Op­ti­mize Things

Owen Cotton-BarrattJun 16, 2022, 4:28 PM
53 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

On Own­ing Our EA Affiliation

Alix PhamAug 5, 2024, 2:46 PM
317 points
43 comments4 min readEA link

Sup­port­ive scep­ti­cism in practice

Michelle_HutchinsonJan 15, 2015, 4:35 PM
41 points
23 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] What com­mu­nity norm would you most like to see added, re­moved or ac­knolwedged within EA?

Nathan YoungNov 2, 2021, 11:59 AM
20 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

The ex­traor­di­nary value of or­di­nary norms

EmilyTenchNov 8, 2017, 5:34 PM
42 points
7 comments12 min readEA link

Web of virtue the­sis [re­search note]

Owen Cotton-BarrattJan 1, 2021, 4:21 PM
57 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Do you want to work in the new Bos­ton EA office at Har­vard Square?

KaleemMay 12, 2022, 7:27 PM
101 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Con­sid­er­ing Con­sid­er­ate­ness: Why com­mu­ni­ties of do-good­ers should be ex­cep­tion­ally considerate

Stefan_SchubertMay 31, 2017, 10:41 PM
58 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] How effec­tive al­tru­ists ig­nored risk

Milan GriffesFeb 6, 2023, 7:40 AM
23 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

In (mild) defence of the so­cial/​pro­fes­sional over­lap in EA

Amber DawnFeb 9, 2023, 3:05 PM
104 points
55 comments6 min readEA link

For­get re­place­abil­ity? (for ~com­mu­nity pro­jects)

Owen Cotton-BarrattMar 31, 2021, 2:41 PM
75 points
25 comments6 min readEA link

Please don’t crit­i­cize EAs who “sell out” to OpenAI and Anthropic

Eevee🔹Mar 5, 2023, 9:17 PM
−4 points
21 comments2 min readEA link

Mak­ing Effec­tive Altru­ism Enormous

DavidmanheimJul 24, 2022, 1:29 PM
172 points
37 comments9 min readEA link

Per­ils of op­ti­miz­ing in so­cial contexts

Owen Cotton-BarrattJun 16, 2022, 5:23 PM
124 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Keep EA high-trust

Michael_PJDec 22, 2022, 2:58 PM
156 points
45 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Women and non-bi­nary EAs, are you in­ter­ested in a net­work­ing group with pro­fes­sional ad­vance­ment ac­tivi­ties?

Spencer R. Ericson 🔸May 4, 2023, 6:34 PM
18 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Most peo­ple should prob­a­bly feel safe most of the time

Kaj_SotalaMay 9, 2023, 9:41 AM
26 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Pri­ori­tiz­ing Men­tal Health: A Call to Ac­tion for the Effec­tive Altru­ism Community

MichaelRipaJul 26, 2024, 12:43 PM
16 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Whose trans­parency can we cel­e­brate?

leillustrations🔸Oct 12, 2024, 3:35 AM
87 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

The priv­ilege of na­tive English speak­ers in reach­ing high-sta­tus, in­fluen­tial po­si­tions in EA

Alix PhamDec 20, 2023, 9:07 PM
148 points
38 comments4 min readEA link

Open Let­ter to Young EAs

Leif WenarOct 11, 2024, 4:15 PM
14 points
44 comments1 min readEA link

Grant­mak­ers should give more feedback

Ariel PontesJan 22, 2024, 1:22 PM
78 points
23 comments7 min readEA link

Mak­ing it eas­ier for de­ci­sion-mak­ers to give feedback

Catherine Low🔸Sep 27, 2024, 1:13 AM
92 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

#204 – Mak­ing sense of SBF, and his biggest cri­tiques of effec­tive al­tru­ism (Nate Silver on The 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_HoursOct 17, 2024, 8:41 PM
22 points
2 comments14 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Net­work Gover­nance System

James NorrisFeb 7, 2025, 3:50 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Net­work Fund­ing Guidelines

James NorrisFeb 7, 2025, 3:51 AM
−1 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

Marginal Revolu­tion: Effec­tive Altru­ists and Fi­nance Theory

incredibleutilityOct 29, 2024, 2:32 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(marginalrevolution.com)

EA’s Biggest Missed Op­por­tu­nity: Mark Zuckerberg

TrappistJan 16, 2025, 12:36 PM
17 points
8 comments7 min readEA link

How do fic­tional sto­ries illus­trate AI mis­al­ign­ment?

Vishakha AgrawalJan 15, 2025, 6:16 AM
4 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(aisafety.info)

EA is bad for men­tal health (and I’m tired of pre­tend­ing it’s not)

VictorWOct 31, 2024, 2:58 PM
21 points
24 comments21 min readEA link

Ways the world is get­ting bet­ter—dis­cus­sion thread

Toby Tremlett🔹Jan 20, 2025, 8:34 AM
50 points
23 comments1 min readEA link

Hu­man Bio­di­ver­sity (Part 4: As­tral Codex Ten)

Evan_GaensbauerNov 3, 2024, 4:20 AM
−8 points
26 comments1 min readEA link
(reflectivealtruism.com)

Con­sider Chang­ing Your Fo­rum User­name to Your Real Name

Patrick Gruban 🔸Apr 26, 2022, 5:07 PM
69 points
30 comments1 min readEA link

Cu­mu­la­tive Value and In­stan­ta­neous value

ArthurFJan 24, 2025, 10:49 AM
6 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

[Linkpost] [Sum­mary] The Guardian: Is the effec­tive al­tru­ism move­ment in trou­ble? (FTX re­lated opinion piece)

David VargaNov 16, 2022, 12:10 PM
27 points
7 comments1 min readEA link
(www.theguardian.com)

Guided by the Beauty of One’s Philoso­phies: Why Aes­thet­ics Matter

Étienne Fortier-DuboisMay 15, 2022, 4:38 PM
165 points
51 comments15 min readEA link
(classicalfuturist.substack.com)

Four Ideas You Already Agree With

SamDeereJul 27, 2022, 11:09 PM
54 points
16 comments6 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

EA is Not Reli­gious Enough (EA should em­u­late peak Quak­erism)

Lawrence NewportOct 1, 2022, 10:55 AM
110 points
25 comments8 min readEA link
(precedents.substack.com)

[Question] What are some mea­surable prox­ies for EA com­mu­nity health?

michelJul 14, 2022, 6:26 AM
32 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Con­sider work­ing more hours and tak­ing more stimulants

Arjun PanicksseryDec 15, 2022, 8:38 PM
70 points
23 comments4 min readEA link

Terms to clar­ify when dis­cussing EA

Peter4444Jun 13, 2022, 10:46 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

On Elitism in EA

James LinJul 22, 2022, 7:35 PM
31 points
17 comments4 min readEA link

How to deal with con­flict in EA?

Ariel PontesNov 17, 2022, 8:49 AM
26 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

What a Large and Wel­com­ing EA Could Accomplish

Peter ElamAug 22, 2022, 12:17 PM
12 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Aes­thet­ics as Epistemic Humility

Étienne Fortier-DuboisAug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM
46 points
6 comments13 min readEA link
(etiennefd.substack.com)

The 3rd wave of EA is com­ing—what does it mean for you?

JakobAug 19, 2022, 1:47 PM
44 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

Is my blog too provoca­tive for a group or­ga­nizer?

Ariel PontesJul 10, 2022, 1:51 PM
22 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Some thoughts on Scaling

DavidXYuMay 10, 2022, 8:14 PM
22 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Longter­mism VS Neart­er­mism: Are we be­ing long-winded or short-sighted?

Prof.WeirdFeb 4, 2022, 9:08 AM
−2 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Some core as­sump­tions of effec­tive al­tru­ism, ac­cord­ing to me

peterhartreeJul 29, 2022, 9:05 AM
90 points
9 comments6 min readEA link

If you fail, you will still be loved and can be happy; a love let­ter to all EAs

howdoyousay?Jul 24, 2022, 10:09 AM
70 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

FTX: Let’s not throw stones

Grayden 🔸Nov 14, 2022, 10:54 PM
34 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Open Let­ter to EA

Oscar GalvinOct 19, 2022, 2:14 PM
13 points
7 comments24 min readEA link
(seethroughnews.org)

🎨 Altru­ist Dreams—a col­lab­o­ra­tive art piece from EAG SF

samstowersSep 17, 2022, 4:40 AM
98 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

The Mul­ti­ple But­terfly Effect

Trev PrewSep 11, 2022, 4:19 AM
4 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Why Wast­ing EA Money is Bad

Jordan ArelSep 22, 2022, 1:45 AM
47 points
20 comments5 min readEA link

(Re)con­sid­er­ing the Aes­thet­ics of EA

ukc10014May 20, 2022, 3:01 PM
24 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

The role of academia in AI Safety.

PabloAMC 🔸Mar 28, 2022, 12:04 AM
71 points
19 comments3 min readEA link

Let us know how psy­chol­ogy can help in­crease your impact

IngaOct 21, 2022, 10:32 AM
30 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

EA uni­ver­sity groups are miss­ing out on most of their po­ten­tial

Johan de KockJan 7, 2023, 12:44 PM
52 points
15 comments30 min readEA link

Em­brac­ing Selfishness

ryanbloomJan 14, 2023, 9:36 PM
10 points
1 comment6 min readEA link
(ryan-bloom.com)

[[Sur­vey launch]] Gen­der in EA

GSandJan 25, 2023, 5:24 AM
22 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Is­sue with AI al­ign­ment—di­ver­sity of opinions as com­pete­tive ad­van­tage? (as op­posed to echo cham­bers)

Mars RobertsonAug 30, 2023, 9:44 AM
1 point
5 comments2 min readEA link

Over­think­ing “Only Be a Story”

Mica WhiteJul 17, 2022, 10:53 PM
6 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

How Fo­rumMag­num builds com­mu­ni­ties of inquiry

Jim FisherSep 4, 2023, 8:20 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Notes on cul­ti­vat­ing good incentives

rimeJul 7, 2023, 8:07 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Qu­a­tro Ideias Com as Quais Você Já Concorda

AE Brasil / EA BrazilJul 19, 2023, 6:08 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Things that can make EA a good place for women

lillyApr 6, 2023, 5:09 PM
183 points
30 comments6 min readEA link