Effective altruism messaging

TagLast edit: 13 Apr 2022 10:13 UTC by Leo

The effective altruism messaging tag applies to posts that discuss ways to convey EA-related information to various audiences (e.g. via framing or graphic design).

“Long-Termism” vs. “Existential Risk”

Scott Alexander6 Apr 2022 21:41 UTC

532 points

81 comments3 min readEA link

The Explanatory Obstacle of EA

Gidi Kadosh27 Nov 2021 14:20 UTC

191 points

27 comments14 min readEA link

Some quick notes on “effective altruism”

Jonas_24 Mar 2021 15:30 UTC

212 points

89 comments3 min readEA link

Why I prefer “Effective Altruism” to “Global Priorities”

DirectedEvolution25 Mar 2021 18:23 UTC

95 points

20 comments3 min readEA link

Why EA groups should not use “Effective Altruism” in their name.

KoenSchoen19 Feb 2021 22:00 UTC

147 points

29 comments12 min readEA link

EA can sound less weird, if we want it to

Ines25 May 2022 1:24 UTC

144 points

35 comments3 min readEA link

Study results: The most convincing argument for effective donations

Aaron Gertler 🔸28 Jun 2020 22:45 UTC

87 points

13 comments12 min readEA link

(schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com)

“Big tent” effective altruism is very important (particularly right now)

Luke Freeman20 May 2022 3:39 UTC

343 points

77 comments6 min readEA link

How EA is perceived is crucial to its future trajectory

Gidi Kadosh23 Jul 2022 3:24 UTC

164 points

22 comments14 min readEA link

Why fun writing can save lives: the case for it being high impact to make EA writing entertaining

Kat Woods 🔶 ⏸️11 Nov 2021 22:17 UTC

130 points

68 comments10 min readEA link

Effective Altruism should mean “doing good better”

Peter Berggren🔸28 Dec 2025 22:19 UTC

24 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Proposed - ‘How Much Does It Cost to Save a Life?’ Quiz, calculator, tool

david_reinstein12 May 2023 21:01 UTC

39 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Guide to talking about effective altruism and effective giving

Luke Freeman10 Sep 2021 5:15 UTC

57 points

0 comments21 min readEA link

(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

Maybe longtermism isn’t for everyone

Eevee🔹10 Feb 2023 16:48 UTC

39 points

17 comments1 min readEA link

“EA” is too vague: let’s be more specific

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸14 Apr 2023 15:43 UTC

41 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Opportunities to improve EA communications

Good Impressions15 Oct 2024 20:49 UTC

110 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Exposure to 3m Pointless viewers- what to promote?

PatrickL9 Dec 2021 16:48 UTC

67 points

17 comments1 min readEA link

EA is three radical ideas I want to protect

Peter Wildeford27 Mar 2023 15:31 UTC

646 points

16 comments4 min readEA link

Some thoughts on EA outreach to high schoolers

Buck13 Sep 2020 22:51 UTC

124 points

59 comments5 min readEA link

Rethinking the Liberation Pledge (Eva Hamer)

Aaron Gertler 🔸3 Sep 2023 18:44 UTC

83 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

(paxfauna.org)

Anti-‘FOOM’ (stop trying to make your cute pet name the thing)

david_reinstein14 Apr 2023 16:05 UTC

41 points

17 comments2 min readEA link

EA should taboo “EA should”

Lizka29 Mar 2022 9:07 UTC

211 points

9 comments4 min readEA link

3 suggestions about jargon in EA

MichaelA🔸5 Jul 2020 3:37 UTC

131 points

18 comments5 min readEA link

AI Risk is like Terminator; Stop Saying it’s Not

skluug8 Mar 2022 19:17 UTC

191 points

43 comments10 min readEA link

(skluug.substack.com)

What Would A Longtermist Flag Look Like?

Cullen 🔸24 Mar 2021 5:40 UTC

33 points

52 comments1 min readEA link

Distinguishing between the “philosophy of EA” and the “EA community” to promote effective outreach

Kat Biewer7 Apr 2023 3:38 UTC

30 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

What Makes Outreach to Progressives Hard

Cullen 🔸14 Mar 2021 0:32 UTC

302 points

76 comments9 min readEA link

On presenting the case for AI risk

Aryeh Englander8 Mar 2022 21:37 UTC

114 points

12 comments4 min readEA link

EA Birthday Posts: An Alternative to Fundraisers

kuhanj7 Nov 2020 2:02 UTC

129 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

Use “care” with care.

ricoh_aficio9 Feb 2017 6:38 UTC

31 points

9 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Are there any other pro athlete aspiring EAs?

Marcus Daniell8 Sep 2020 10:25 UTC

119 points

51 comments1 min readEA link

Marketing Messages Trial for GWWC Giving Guide Campaign

Erin Morrissey8 Sep 2022 16:22 UTC

59 points

9 comments14 min readEA link

New infographic based on “The Precipice”. any feedback?

michael.andregg14 Jan 2021 7:29 UTC

51 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

EA Market Testing: Summary of your feedback

david_reinstein5 Jan 2023 21:09 UTC

18 points

2 comments8 min readEA link

Need help with your EA org’s/group’s design & communications?

zianbee7 Apr 2023 13:04 UTC

22 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

EA and Longtermism: not a crux for saving the world

ClaireZabel2 Jun 2023 23:22 UTC

214 points

19 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] I doubt “Neartermist” is a monicker people want. What would you like to be called?

Nathan Young25 May 2022 12:46 UTC

17 points

49 comments1 min readEA link

Let’s make EA easier to critique!

freedomandutility7 Apr 2022 23:35 UTC

17 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Giving Multiplier after 14 months

Lucius Caviola28 Jan 2022 22:08 UTC

121 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

Three journeys for effective altruism

Zachary Robinson🔸22 Oct 2024 15:45 UTC

131 points

3 comments13 min readEA link

EA Market Testing

david_reinstein30 Sep 2021 15:17 UTC

81 points

23 comments9 min readEA link

Six Ways To Get Along With People Who Are Totally Wrong*

Robert_Wiblin24 Feb 2015 12:41 UTC

188 points

29 comments5 min readEA link

Targeting Celebrities to Spread Effective Altruism

Question Mark2 May 2022 23:49 UTC

7 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Simplify EA Pitches to “Holy Shit, X-Risk”

Neel Nanda11 Feb 2022 1:57 UTC

188 points

82 comments11 min readEA link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Empowering Others To Find The Light of The EA Mindset

jack jay19 Oct 2022 5:12 UTC

−3 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

(Effalt.com)

It’s not effective to call everything effective and how (not) to name a new organisation

James Odene [User-Friendly]15 Sep 2022 14:07 UTC

168 points

19 comments5 min readEA link

How Josiah became an AI safety researcher

Neil Crawford29 Mar 2022 19:47 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

An organic pitch for undergrads: do it when people ask what your major is

Nikola20 Dec 2021 4:57 UTC

41 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing the EA Merch Store!

Ines29 Dec 2022 11:08 UTC

95 points

51 comments1 min readEA link

A new Netflix series just dropped on wild animal suffering

Forumite5 Oct 2025 21:54 UTC

99 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rob Reich, and Tim Urban: Communicating complex concepts

EA Global28 Aug 2015 8:37 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Kerry Vaughan, Rachel Atcheson, & Matthew Johnson: Marketing EA

EA Global11 Aug 2017 8:19 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

EA Communication Project Ideas

Ben_West🔸19 Nov 2021 19:56 UTC

128 points

13 comments5 min readEA link

List of Introductory EA Presentations

Peter Wildeford29 Dec 2014 6:22 UTC

14 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

A selection of cross-cutting results from the XPT

Forecasting Research Institute26 Sep 2023 23:50 UTC

23 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

Sam Bankman-Fried should spend $100M on short-term projects now

Yitz31 May 2022 19:17 UTC

16 points

14 comments4 min readEA link

It’s Not Hard to Be Morally Excellent; You Just Choose Not To Be

Aaron Gertler 🔸24 Aug 2020 6:23 UTC

48 points

11 comments5 min readEA link

(schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com)

Existential Risk Observatory: results and 2022 targets

Otto14 Jan 2022 13:52 UTC

22 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

Pitching EA to someone who believes certain goods can’t be assigned a value

Nick Corvino21 Jul 2021 20:05 UTC

18 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

6-paragraph AI risk intro for MAISI

JakubK19 Jan 2023 9:22 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.maisi.club)

Antibiotic resistance and meat: why we should be careful in assigning blame

C Tilli17 Jun 2020 8:00 UTC

75 points

15 comments4 min readEA link

[linkpost] EA Forum Podcast: Narration of “Why EA groups should not use ‘Effective Altruism’ in their name.”

D0TheMath8 Jul 2021 22:43 UTC

6 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Try to sell me on [ EA idea ] if I’m [ person with a viewpoint ]

Matt Goodman17 May 2022 18:24 UTC

47 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What would you do with a Facebook meme page with 250k followers?

Linch12 Apr 2022 21:56 UTC

41 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

An embarrassment of riches

Julia_Wise🔸19 Nov 2015 18:23 UTC

56 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

It’s Time to Fix How Effective Altruism Is Perceived

Evan_Gaensbauer26 Jul 2022 2:17 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Effective Altruism is a Question (not an ideology)

Helen16 Oct 2014 4:16 UTC

298 points

49 comments4 min readEA link

Improving EA Communication Surrounding Disability

MHR🔸13 Jun 2023 13:18 UTC

134 points

20 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Is “founder effects” EA jargon?

capybaralet15 Oct 2021 11:16 UTC

1 point

4 comments1 min readEA link

EA will likely get more attention soon

Julia_Wise🔸12 May 2022 2:01 UTC

225 points

28 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What are the EA movement’s most notable accomplishments?

Aaron Gertler 🔸23 Aug 2021 3:51 UTC

63 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

Some examples of EA Themes in Fiction—Please add your own!

JWS 🔸18 Aug 2023 15:57 UTC

12 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Aaron Gertler: Why you (yes, you) should post on the EA Forum

EA Global13 Jun 2020 8:06 UTC

21 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Ezra Klein at EA Global: Reconnect

EA Global20 Mar 2021 7:00 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Are there any celebrities promoting EA?

wachichornia22 Oct 2019 1:14 UTC

2 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Using TikTok to indoctrinate the masses to EA

nikhil11 Apr 2022 13:29 UTC

8 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

What are the key claims of EA?

RobertHarling25 Apr 2022 12:48 UTC

63 points

11 comments8 min readEA link

Should we tell people they are morally obligated to give to charity? [Recent Paper]

benleo21 Feb 2023 13:26 UTC

81 points

23 comments4 min readEA link

Help GiveDirectly beat “teach a man to fish”

GiveDirectly27 Feb 2023 8:55 UTC

120 points

78 comments1 min readEA link

Twitter-length responses to 24 AI alignment arguments

RobBensinger14 Mar 2022 19:34 UTC

67 points

17 comments8 min readEA link

How should Effective Altruists think about Leftist Ethics?

AppliedDivinityStudies27 Nov 2021 13:25 UTC

82 points

20 comments4 min readEA link

To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving

Peter Wildeford16 Sep 2014 17:34 UTC

23 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

Stefan Schubert: Why aren’t people donating more effectively?

EA Global8 Jun 2018 7:15 UTC

11 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Why long-run focused effective altruism is more common sense

Benjamin_Todd21 Nov 2014 0:12 UTC

26 points

19 comments2 min readEA link

Rob Wiblin, Michael Levine, and Kelsey Piper: Journalism and accurately communicating EA ideas

EA Global25 Oct 2020 5:48 UTC

14 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

EA’s Image Problem

Tom_Davidson11 Oct 2015 13:44 UTC

30 points

60 comments9 min readEA link

Clarifying the core of Effective Altruism

richard_ngo15 Jan 2021 23:02 UTC

54 points

10 comments7 min readEA link

Jaan Tallinn: Fireside chat (2018)

EA Global8 Jun 2018 7:15 UTC

9 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

If you don’t have good evidence one thing is better than another, don’t pretend you do

Robert_Wiblin21 Dec 2015 19:19 UTC

56 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

The Life You Can Save’s 2019 Annual Report

Jon_Behar18 Jun 2020 19:22 UTC

31 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(cdn.thelifeyoucansave.org)

The most successful EA podcast of all time: Sam Harris and Will MacAskill (2020)

Aaron Gertler 🔸3 Jul 2021 21:47 UTC

173 points

19 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How to share the basic concept of EA on social media? (Facebook in my case)

Matt Putz16 Apr 2020 18:43 UTC

7 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Effective Altruism, Before the Memes Started

Nicholas Kross13 Oct 2021 2:51 UTC

38 points

23 comments10 min readEA link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

[Question] Audience Targeting for EA communities

Asaf Ifergan12 Apr 2020 7:22 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Germans’ Opinions on Translations of “longtermism”: Survey Results

constructive27 Jun 2022 15:46 UTC

57 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

The Three M’s: Measurement, Multiplication, Maximization

quinn7 Jun 2023 15:50 UTC

23 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com

Jaime Sevilla14 Sep 2021 15:42 UTC

39 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

What Is Effective Altruism?

ozymandias9 Jan 2019 14:10 UTC

19 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Longtermist slogans that need to be retired

Michael_Wiebe9 May 2022 1:07 UTC

5 points

21 comments1 min readEA link

Seeking input on a list of AI books for broader audience

Darren McKee27 Feb 2023 22:40 UTC

49 points

14 comments5 min readEA link

How Platinum Helps Draw Attention to Japan’s Role in Global Health Funding

Coefficient Giving27 Aug 2024 3:25 UTC

91 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Health Behavior Interventions Literature Review

Jamie_Harris24 Jul 2020 16:21 UTC

25 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] Have the reputations of effective giving orgs like GiveWell taken a hit due to the FTX crisis?

Eevee🔹28 Jan 2023 5:23 UTC

27 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Longtermism ⋂ Twitter

RyanCarey15 Jun 2020 14:19 UTC

45 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Patrick Collison on Effective Altruism

SamuelKnoche23 Jun 2020 9:04 UTC

98 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Important Between-Cause Considerations: things every EA should know about

JackM28 Jan 2021 19:56 UTC

115 points

28 comments12 min readEA link

[Link] Charity Election

MichaelA🔸19 Jan 2020 8:02 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Cash Transfers as a Simple First Argument

TylerMaule17 Apr 2021 15:00 UTC

20 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Talking publicly about AI risk

Jan_Kulveit24 Apr 2023 9:19 UTC

152 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

What we talk about when we talk about community building

James Herbert27 Jun 2023 17:17 UTC

41 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

New Epistemics Tool: ThEAsaurus

Lizka1 Apr 2024 15:32 UTC

80 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

We summarized the top info hazard articles and made a prioritized reading list

Corey_Wood14 Dec 2021 19:46 UTC

41 points

2 comments22 min readEA link

Marie Gibbons and Natalie Cargill: Meat without suffering

EA Global8 Jun 2018 7:15 UTC

10 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] EA Publicity Drive—What are the best signs of increased, in-depth engagement with EA?

slg16 Aug 2022 15:14 UTC

10 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

TikTok DGB Giveaway Results

Ben_West🔸15 Apr 2022 9:51 UTC

33 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Chris Rodley: The most good you can do online

EA Global28 Aug 2015 9:21 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Some Thoughts on Public Discourse

Holden Karnofsky23 Feb 2017 17:29 UTC

71 points

37 comments12 min readEA link

Misconceptions about effective altruism (80,000 Hours)

Aaron Gertler 🔸7 Aug 2020 1:26 UTC

29 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(80000hours.org)

Keep Chasing AI Safety Press Coverage

Gil4 Apr 2023 20:40 UTC

106 points

16 comments5 min readEA link

How we promoted EA at a large tech company (v2.0)

Jack Lewars12 Jan 2021 3:15 UTC

54 points

4 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] What are the bad EA memes? How could we reframe them?

Nathan Young16 Nov 2021 11:18 UTC

15 points

21 comments1 min readEA link

Effective outreach: evaluating “Idea innoculation”

rsturrock22 May 2021 21:44 UTC

26 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Tips on talking about effective altruism

weeatquince🔸21 Feb 2015 0:43 UTC

17 points

9 comments2 min readEA link

Longtermists are perceived as power-seeking

OllieBase20 Jun 2023 8:39 UTC

133 points

43 comments2 min readEA link

Framing grants to wealthy donors

Aaron Boddy🔸16 Mar 2021 9:53 UTC

7 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

Making Effective Altruism more emotionally appealing

Gleb_T13 Oct 2015 10:25 UTC

2 points

21 comments4 min readEA link

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

richard_ngo30 Mar 2021 9:55 UTC

91 points

24 comments1 min readEA link

Talk about donations earlier and more

ClaireZabel10 Feb 2016 18:14 UTC

54 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Proposal: Create A New Longtermism Organization

Brian Lui7 Feb 2023 5:59 UTC

25 points

37 comments6 min readEA link

How can people be persuaded to give more (and more effectively)?

D_M_x14 Oct 2014 9:49 UTC

6 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Design-Jobs & (Science)Communication for EA?

Jana W.🔸12 Jul 2020 12:24 UTC

15 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Risk Communication Strategies for the Very Worst of Cases

Gregory Lewis🔸9 Mar 2019 6:56 UTC

26 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.centerforhealthsecurity.org)

New Video: A simple guide to giving effectively

Giving What We Can🔸16 Jun 2022 2:30 UTC

28 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Effective Altruism as Coordination & Field Incubation

DavidNash14 Jun 2022 16:17 UTC

102 points

3 comments5 min readEA link

[Cause Exploration Prizes] Expanding communication about AGI risks

Ines22 Sep 2022 5:30 UTC

13 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

¿Por qué escribir en español? (Why should we write in Spanish: a follow-up of EAGx Latam)

Simon Ruiz-Martinez26 Jan 2023 18:37 UTC

39 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] Effective ways of promoting EA?

LouiseB29 Jan 2021 14:02 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

The Folly of “EAs Should”

Davidmanheim6 Jan 2021 7:04 UTC

75 points

47 comments4 min readEA link

On EA messaging—being a doctor in a poorer country

Luke Eure20 Nov 2022 10:16 UTC

273 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Yes, we have costs

GiveDirectly16 Jul 2020 9:50 UTC

21 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.givedirectly.org)

Pilot study results: Cost-effectiveness information did not increase interest in EA

Aaron_Scher19 Dec 2021 8:22 UTC

33 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How to explain AI risk/EA concepts to family and friends?

CBiddulph12 Jul 2021 7:36 UTC

9 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Replace Neglectedness

Indra Gesink 🔸16 Jan 2023 17:42 UTC

53 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

CHOICE—Creating a memorable acronym for EA principles

BrianTan7 Jan 2021 7:12 UTC

21 points

13 comments7 min readEA link

Being Open and Honest

aaronmayer13 May 2022 20:18 UTC

34 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

As EA embraces more avenues for change, we must change our message

Jasper Meyer21 Nov 2022 6:10 UTC

12 points

4 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] What’s the low resolution version of effective altruism?

james29 Aug 2021 14:59 UTC

35 points

24 comments1 min readEA link

Raising the voices that actually count

Kim Holder13 Jun 2023 19:21 UTC

2 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Room for Other Things: How to adjust if EA seems overwhelming

Lukas_Gloor26 Mar 2015 14:10 UTC

61 points

15 comments10 min readEA link

Explaining EA: What I learned from giving a TEDx talk about EA

Yuval Shapira13 Feb 2025 15:15 UTC

65 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Galef, AJ Jacobs, and Will MacAskill: EA in media

EA Global11 Aug 2017 8:19 UTC

9 points

0 comments24 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Introducing High Impact Athletes

Marcus Daniell30 Nov 2020 13:20 UTC

180 points

60 comments1 min readEA link

Thinking about how we respond to criticisms of EA

weeatquince🔸19 Aug 2016 9:42 UTC

5 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

[Question] Shouldn’t ‘Effective Altruism’ be capitalized?

aaronmayer11 Jun 2021 21:48 UTC

18 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Cost-effectiveness of sending personal messages

Vasco Grilo🔸29 Mar 2022 14:38 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Should we talk about altruism or talk about justice?

kbog3 Jul 2019 0:20 UTC

23 points

26 comments6 min readEA link

How Useful is Utilitarianism?

Richard Y Chappell🔸8 Sep 2022 0:01 UTC

18 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(rychappell.substack.com)

Emily Grundy: Australians’ perceptions of global catastrophic risks

EA Global21 Nov 2020 8:12 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Should 80,000 hours run a tiktok account?

Nathan Young12 Jun 2021 12:41 UTC

1 point

8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What values would EA want to promote?

James_Banks9 Jul 2020 6:35 UTC

34 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Launching a new resource: ‘Effective Altruism: An Introduction’

80000_Hours15 Apr 2021 21:01 UTC

47 points

54 comments2 min readEA link

Unveiling the American Public Opinion on AI Moratorium and Government Intervention: The Impact of Media Exposure

Otto8 May 2023 10:49 UTC

28 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

Exploring the Streisand Effect

Will Bradshaw6 Jul 2020 7:00 UTC

46 points

4 comments20 min readEA link

John Chisholm: Earning influence with thought leaders

EA Global6 Aug 2016 0:40 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Organizing a debate with experts and MPs to raise AI xrisk awareness: a possible blueprint

Otto19 Apr 2023 10:50 UTC

75 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

A note of caution about recent AI risk coverage

Sean_o_h7 Jun 2023 17:05 UTC

284 points

29 comments3 min readEA link

Introducing the Existential Risk Observatory

Otto12 Aug 2021 15:51 UTC

39 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] How/When Should One Introduce AI Risk Arguments to People Unfamiliar With the Idea?

Marcel29 Aug 2022 2:57 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Indifference, racism and violence: what comes after justice for George Floyd?

Ramiro12 Jun 2020 1:44 UTC

44 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(medium.com)

High School Seniors React to 80k Advice

johnburidan16 Dec 2021 17:46 UTC

178 points

9 comments3 min readEA link

How to Improve EA’s Presence on YouTube

James Brobin5 Jan 2026 18:34 UTC

47 points

10 comments6 min readEA link

You have a set amount of “weirdness points”. Spend them wisely.

Peter Wildeford27 Nov 2014 21:08 UTC

92 points

50 comments4 min readEA link

Effective Altruism and the strategic ambiguity of ‘doing good’

Jeroen De Ryck 🔹17 Jul 2023 19:24 UTC

81 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

(medialibrary.uantwerpen.be)

Optimizing seed:pollen ratio to spread ideas

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸20 Sep 2022 16:37 UTC

59 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Can EA leverage an Elon-vs-world-hunger news cycle?

Jackson Wagner2 Nov 2021 0:14 UTC

133 points

43 comments2 min readEA link

Seeking Alternative Protein Health Research Status Update

clifford.banes25 Nov 2024 7:55 UTC

7 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is there a good place to find the “what we know so far” of the EA movement?

Evan Rysdam29 Sep 2019 8:42 UTC

25 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Observing is evil

Julian Nalenz6 Feb 2025 13:22 UTC

−1 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(blog.hermesloom.org)

General support for “General EA”

Arthur Malone🔸26 Jul 2023 21:37 UTC

157 points

7 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Ends vs. Means: To what extent should we be willing to sacrifice nuance and epistemic humility when communicating with people outside EA?

ddavies12 Jul 2020 14:26 UTC

13 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Why we’re getting the Fidelity Model wrong

Alishaandomeda17 Dec 2022 11:40 UTC

46 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Is the Impact page on effectivealtruism.org double counting?

finback8 Aug 2021 6:49 UTC

34 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

“Allkind”

tyleralterman14 Feb 2016 1:24 UTC

21 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

“Slow Boring” on marginal charity and how to pitch friends on effective giving

Jackson Wagner1 Dec 2022 18:45 UTC

16 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.slowboring.com)

EA Twitterbot

FugueFoundation26 Jul 2020 17:51 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Launching ‘Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems’

80000_Hours6 Oct 2021 16:31 UTC

29 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Effective Persuasion For AI Alignment Risk

Brian Lui9 Aug 2022 23:55 UTC

5 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

Socratic Persuasion: Giving Opinionated Yet Truth-Seeking Advice

Neel Nanda26 May 2025 17:38 UTC

66 points

3 comments21 min readEA link

(www.neelnanda.io)

My Most Likely Reason to Die Young is AI X-Risk

AISafetyIsNotLongtermist4 Jul 2022 15:34 UTC

239 points

62 comments4 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

New research findings on narrative in U.S. animal advocacy

Aidan Kankyoku23 Jan 2023 22:00 UTC

51 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

EA Images

Bob Jacobs11 Nov 2022 15:56 UTC

60 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

User-Friendly Intro Post

James Odene [User-Friendly]23 Jun 2022 11:26 UTC

117 points

7 comments6 min readEA link

Why EA Community building

Rob Gledhill14 Jun 2023 20:48 UTC

73 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

Write more Wikipedia articles on policy-relevant EA concepts

freedomandutility3 Apr 2023 10:32 UTC

76 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Some background and thoughts on animal advocacy terminology

Erich_Grunewald 🔸20 Jul 2021 14:53 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Can We Positively Impact The Future? (A Happier World video)

Jeroen Willems🔸2 Apr 2023 13:31 UTC

15 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Benefits/Risks of Scott Aaronson’s Orthodox/Reform Framing for AI Alignment

Jeremy21 Nov 2022 17:47 UTC

15 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

(scottaaronson.blog)

How to Talk to Lefties in Your Intro Fellowship

utilistrutil13 Aug 2022 20:48 UTC

35 points

31 comments5 min readEA link

EA as a Tree of Questions

OGTutzauer🔸6 May 2025 8:40 UTC

79 points

9 comments4 min readEA link

[Podcast] Marcus Daniell on High Impact Athletes, Communicating EA, and the Purpose of Sport

finm3 Mar 2021 13:31 UTC

13 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(hearthisidea.com)

How to be a more effective podcast guest

Stan Pinsent1 Dec 2022 18:54 UTC

7 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

EA on r/Place: An Art Project Post-mortem

EricHerboso13 Apr 2022 21:47 UTC

42 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

Why the triviality objection to EA is beside the point

Stefan_Schubert20 Jul 2015 19:29 UTC

55 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

Rational Animations’ Script Writing Contest

Writer15 Sep 2022 16:56 UTC

63 points

25 comments3 min readEA link

Summaries for 80k Hours Podcasts (and some other EA things)

Trish23 Oct 2022 22:04 UTC

27 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

Building a Better Doomsday Clock

christian.r25 May 2022 17:02 UTC

25 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lawfareblog.com)

An Effective Altruist Message Test

Michael_S1 Apr 2017 14:45 UTC

17 points

20 comments4 min readEA link

EA Should Rename Itself

Name Rectifier2 Sep 2022 4:28 UTC

1 point

0 comments16 min readEA link

Is this community over-emphasizing AI alignment?

Lixiang8 Jan 2023 6:23 UTC

1 point

5 comments1 min readEA link

How to get EA ideas onto the TEDx stage

Alexandra Bos26 Jan 2023 20:27 UTC

46 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

A Defense of Normality

EricHerboso7 Sep 2015 21:00 UTC

32 points

15 comments8 min readEA link

Skinny Dip for EA

gogreatergood15 Jun 2022 0:14 UTC

−20 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Helping newcomers be more objective with career choice

Nikola21 Dec 2021 4:49 UTC

20 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

Spreading EA messages to friends—including giving the hard sell

Tom_Ash17 Apr 2015 21:15 UTC

18 points

19 comments6 min readEA link

My take on What We Owe the Future

elifland1 Sep 2022 18:07 UTC

357 points

50 comments26 min readEA link

Framing EA: ‘Doing Good Better’ Did Worse

Rethink Priorities27 Oct 2025 15:06 UTC

162 points

14 comments4 min readEA link

Bad Omens in Current Community Building

Theo Hawking12 May 2022 15:41 UTC

595 points

132 comments18 min readEA link

Which piece got you more involved in EA?

MaxDalton6 Sep 2018 7:25 UTC

15 points

21 comments1 min readEA link

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

VictorW31 Oct 2024 14:58 UTC

24 points

24 comments21 min readEA link

A case for targeted introductions to effective giving for specific (workplace) audiences

Adam Steinberg 🔹14 Feb 2022 20:31 UTC

10 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

Should EA Introductions Be More Transparent About the State of Cause Prioritization?

Jian Xin Lim 🔸29 May 2025 14:32 UTC

119 points

14 comments7 min readEA link

Against opposing SJ activism/cancellations

ChichikoBendeliani18 Jun 2020 21:31 UTC

15 points

28 comments2 min readEA link

A Case Study: The heavy-tailedness of broad student outreach methods

Jacob 🔸3 Jul 2022 8:06 UTC

28 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

#208 – The case that TV shows, movies, and novels can improve the world (Elizabeth Cox on The 80,000 Hours Podcast)

80000_Hours22 Nov 2024 11:36 UTC

10 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

We should say more than “x-risk is high”

OllieBase16 Dec 2022 22:09 UTC

52 points

12 comments4 min readEA link

Thoughts on EA Rebranding

jamie_cassidy9 Jan 2023 16:33 UTC

19 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

How To Help Farmed Animals Without Going Vegan (A Happier World video)

Jeroen Willems🔸18 Feb 2022 15:31 UTC

40 points

1 comment10 min readEA link

Seeing the effects of your donation and making incremental choices

david_reinstein5 Nov 2021 21:46 UTC

22 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

How to make climate activists care for other existential risks

ExponentialDragon12 Mar 2023 9:05 UTC

22 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Expression of interest for a popular writing consultant at 80,000 Hours

80000_Hours3 Mar 2022 14:33 UTC

10 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Outreach to Young Audiences: Bar / Bat Mitzvah Programme Proposal and Request for Comment

George Rosenfeld20 Feb 2022 21:49 UTC

56 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] AI Safety Pitches post ChatGPT

ojorgensen5 Dec 2022 22:48 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Effective Advertising and Animal Charity Evaluators

EricHerboso13 Jun 2018 19:43 UTC

22 points

11 comments12 min readEA link

Concerns Regarding EA Marketing

Andie Rodriguez14 Jul 2023 0:45 UTC

34 points

9 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] People learning about EA through 80,000 Hours

Naoya Okamoto4 Mar 2023 12:50 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing a new introduction to effective altruism

Clifford23 Aug 2022 7:59 UTC

110 points

15 comments2 min readEA link

Why Not EA? [paper draft]

Richard Y Chappell🔸9 May 2023 19:03 UTC

48 points

71 comments2 min readEA link

(www.dropbox.com)

Should we call ourselves effective altruists?

Sam_Coggins20 Aug 2022 5:55 UTC

10 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Public Speakers: Use mics better please

TheMatAllen21 Dec 2022 0:42 UTC

35 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

From feelings to action: spreadsheets as an act of compassion

Zachary Robinson🔸13 Jun 2025 14:28 UTC

167 points

4 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Seeking Tangible Examples of AI Catastrophes

clifford.banes25 Nov 2024 7:55 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

A Happier World survey

Jeroen Willems🔸29 Mar 2023 21:23 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Write a Book?

Jeff Kaufman 🔸16 Mar 2023 0:11 UTC

189 points

24 comments3 min readEA link

Effective Altruism Merchandise Ideas

Gleb_T20 Oct 2015 16:27 UTC

0 points

34 comments1 min readEA link

AI Safety Doesn’t Have to be Weird

Mica White2 Jan 2023 21:56 UTC

11 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

What the heck happened to EA’s public image?

Michael_2358 🔸29 Dec 2022 21:29 UTC

11 points

34 comments1 min readEA link

Mass Good

alene30 Nov 2022 0:30 UTC

12 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Which Image Do You Prefer?: a study of visual communication in six African countries

Cullen 🔸3 Dec 2018 6:38 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(perma.cc)

Low-key Longtermism

Jonathan Rystrom25 Jul 2022 13:39 UTC

26 points

6 comments8 min readEA link

Graphic Design is Our Passion

Peter Berggren🔸1 Apr 2023 4:14 UTC

25 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Open Letter to EA

Oscar Galvin19 Oct 2022 14:14 UTC

13 points

7 comments24 min readEA link

(seethroughnews.org)

Visuals for EA-aligned Research

JordanStone21 Nov 2023 20:37 UTC

50 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Buddha Was An Effective Altruist

maximizealtruism7 Oct 2022 23:28 UTC

8 points

6 comments6 min readEA link

EA overlooks the ‘Why’

Joseph Sarvary3 Jan 2025 18:47 UTC

0 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

Considering people’s hidden motives in EA outreach

s_mannik30 May 2019 17:20 UTC

18 points

11 comments14 min readEA link

The EA movement needs to be able to disown rogue “supporters”, starting with Musk

drbrake 🔸24 Feb 2025 2:30 UTC

10 points

21 comments2 min readEA link

Who Are Your EA Role Models?

EAvalues🔸28 Jun 2025 7:19 UTC

39 points

19 comments2 min readEA link

Great bit of messaging from The Life You Can Save

Alana HF2 Jan 2026 22:43 UTC

84 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Should animal advocates treat veganism as a supererogatory commitment or a moral baseline?

Aidan Kankyoku14 Jan 2026 15:18 UTC

19 points

38 comments2 min readEA link

The Moral Gadfly’s Double-Bind

Richard Y Chappell🔸25 Jun 2025 18:28 UTC

15 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

(www.goodthoughts.blog)

The big problem with how we do outreach

Lila26 Dec 2015 19:36 UTC

18 points

18 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What key facts do you find are compelling when talking about effective altruism?

Luke Freeman19 Apr 2021 0:40 UTC

12 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Hypotheses on how we can mobilise people for animal welfare

emre kaplan🔸16 Feb 2025 9:14 UTC

40 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

Categorized EA Forum upvoting

brb2434 May 2022 19:54 UTC

4 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] On what kinds of Twitter accounts would you be most interested in seeing research?

Miranda_Zhang17 Jul 2021 12:27 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Why is there no EA Forum app?

Vynn27 Mar 2022 19:28 UTC

1 point

7 comments1 min readEA link

The Next Pandemic Could Be Worse, What Can We Do? (A Happier World video)

Jeroen Willems🔸21 Dec 2020 21:07 UTC

37 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

The future of humanity

Dem0sthenes1 Sep 2022 22:34 UTC

1 point

0 comments8 min readEA link

🎨 Altruist Dreams—a collaborative art piece from EAG SF

samstowers17 Sep 2022 4:40 UTC

98 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Using Odds instead of Probabilities with Bayes’ rule

EricHerboso23 Dec 2020 4:04 UTC

15 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Effecting value change by secularising religion and founding EA-aligned creative media company

Robert Nenninger1 Oct 2022 10:06 UTC

2 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

Where are the headlines about EA’s successes?

freedomandutility13 Jan 2023 22:54 UTC

11 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Bridging Worldviews: Tantric Retreat Centre Goes Earning to Give

Jonathan Moregård20 Mar 2025 19:54 UTC

65 points

8 comments4 min readEA link

I made an infographic for the Introduction to Effective Altruism post (feedback welcome!)

Martina Pepiciello19 Mar 2025 14:38 UTC

72 points

11 comments4 min readEA link

When you shouldn’t use EA jargon and how to avoid it

Robert_Wiblin26 Oct 2020 12:48 UTC

89 points

22 comments1 min readEA link

Undergrads, Consider Messaging Your Friends About Longtermism or EA Right Now

anonymous_EA9 Aug 2022 22:32 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Expression of interest for a writer at 80,000 Hours

80000_Hours14 Mar 2022 14:45 UTC

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

The Dilemma’s Dilemma

Non-zero-sum James19 Feb 2025 23:56 UTC

2 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

(nonzerosum.games)

Revamped effectivealtruism.org

Agnes Stenlund 🔸27 May 2025 17:12 UTC

203 points

23 comments2 min readEA link

Content and Reputational Risk: Oxfam Brasil’s “Astral Anti-racism” campaign as a cautionary tale

Ramiro5 Nov 2021 19:57 UTC

17 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

The goal isn’t ‘end factory farming’, but reduce as much suffering as possible

ElliotTep30 Oct 2024 16:08 UTC

127 points

44 comments4 min readEA link

We care about WALYs not QALYs

Benjamin_Todd13 Nov 2015 19:21 UTC

22 points

18 comments1 min readEA link

Yale EA Virtual Fellowship Retrospective—Summer 2020

jessica_mccurdy🔸20 Sep 2020 20:26 UTC

61 points

2 comments15 min readEA link

Hacking Weirdness Points

Question Mark24 May 2022 23:42 UTC

7 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

The fidelity model of spreading ideas

Kerry_Vaughan4 May 2017 22:38 UTC

15 points

0 comments6 min readEA link

(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Fact checking comparison between trachoma surgeries and guide dogs

saulius10 May 2017 22:33 UTC

54 points

34 comments3 min readEA link

The best short explainer I’ve seen on Moral Ambition (and why it matters for EA)

Melanie Brennan 🔹25 Sep 2025 19:38 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

“Should you use EA in your group name?” An update on PISE’s naming experiment

Amarins29 Mar 2022 18:57 UTC

141 points

15 comments7 min readEA link

How to Take Over the Universe (in Three Easy Steps)

Writer18 Oct 2022 15:04 UTC

16 points

2 comments12 min readEA link

(youtu.be)

[Question] What are the ‘PlayPumps’ of cause prioritisation?

DavidZhang23 Jun 2021 10:23 UTC

25 points

31 comments1 min readEA link

I want EA-charity gift cards!

Jackson Wagner7 Dec 2021 1:45 UTC

36 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How should EA groups leverage recent media attention ahead of the WWOTF launch?

George Stiffman10 Aug 2022 18:38 UTC

16 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Which of these arguments for x-risk do you think we should test?

Wim9 Aug 2022 13:43 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Primers for charity evaluation?

James-Hartree-Law24 Jul 2025 22:33 UTC

13 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Turning percentages back into people: personalizing quantification

sky12 Sep 2020 14:30 UTC

25 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

How EA can be better at communications

blehrer2 Mar 2024 18:49 UTC

106 points

19 comments2 min readEA link

(www.bryanlehrer.com)

Can we agree on a better name than ‘near-termist’? “Not-longermist”? “Not-full-longtermist”?

david_reinstein19 Apr 2022 16:09 UTC

75 points

44 comments2 min readEA link

Functions of a community standard in the 2%/8% fuzzies/utilons debate

DirectedEvolution7 Jun 2023 5:23 UTC

2 points

8 comments9 min readEA link

Idea for a YouTube show about effective altruism

Eevee🔹24 Apr 2020 5:00 UTC

28 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the best way to explain that s-risks are important—basically, why existence is not inherently better than non existence? Intending this for someone mostly unfamiliar with EA, like someone in an intro program

shepardriley8 Nov 2024 18:12 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Introducing EA to policymakers/researchers at the ECB

anonfornow16 Sep 2021 10:08 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Comparing the Effect of Rational and Emotional Appeals on Donation Behavior

Gordon Seidoh Worley26 May 2020 0:24 UTC

23 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(philpapers.org)

The Human Future (x-risk and longtermism-themed video by melodysheep)

Jelle19 Aug 2023 12:53 UTC

23 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

[No Longer Endorsed] The EA Forum should remove community posts from search-engine indexing.

devansh5 Feb 2023 16:18 UTC

109 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Testing Framings of EA and Longtermism

Jamie E7 Nov 2024 11:58 UTC

146 points

13 comments13 min readEA link

How much should the EA movement care about PR vs. trying to honestly represent their views?

JackOwen6 Apr 2023 11:44 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Someone should write a detailed history of effective altruism

Pete Rowlett14 Jan 2023 22:30 UTC

54 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

Viral Videos to Save Cultivated Meat

Shimoi Kalra21 Nov 2025 22:03 UTC

16 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Leif Wenar’s The Deaths of Effective Altruism

Earthling27 Mar 2024 15:35 UTC

46 points

58 comments1 min readEA link

(www.wired.com)

EA Creatives and Communicators Slack

Jeroen Willems🔸22 Jul 2021 10:22 UTC

55 points

31 comments1 min readEA link

Announcing Amplify creative grants

finm3 Oct 2022 10:31 UTC

100 points

8 comments6 min readEA link

(hearthisidea.com)

PR risks come from the extremes

freedomandutility2 Jul 2023 1:03 UTC

29 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Does EA need better explanations of why Climate Change isn’t so popular a cause area?

Joseph Bloom4 Oct 2022 13:28 UTC

19 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

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