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Less-dis­cussed causes

TagLast edit: Jan 31, 2024, 3:30 PM by Will Howard🔹

Less-discussed causes are causes that receive comparatively less attention within the effective altruism community. Posts tagged with this topic can suggest, consider, or present a cause or intervention. This is independent of the quality of the suggestion, the community consensus about it, or the level of specificity.

Further reading

Picón, Leonardo (2022) Big list of cause candidates: January 2021–March 2022 update, Effective Altruism Forum, April 30.

Sempere, Nuño (2020) Big list of cause candidates, Effective Altruism Forum, December 25.

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JacyFeb 20, 2018, 6:29 PM
107 points
72 comments35 min readEA link
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Align­ing Recom­mender Sys­tems as Cause Area

IvanVendrovMay 8, 2019, 8:56 AM
150 points
48 comments13 min readEA link

A New X-Risk Fac­tor: Brain-Com­puter Interfaces

JackAug 10, 2020, 10:24 AM
76 points
12 comments42 min readEA link

Re­duc­ing long-term risks from malev­olent actors

David_AlthausApr 29, 2020, 8:55 AM
344 points
93 comments37 min readEA link

Space gov­er­nance is im­por­tant, tractable and neglected

Tobias_BaumannJan 7, 2020, 11:24 AM
108 points
18 comments7 min readEA link

Milan Griffes on EA blindspots

technicalitiesMar 18, 2022, 4:17 PM
79 points
53 comments2 min readEA link

Cash prizes for the best ar­gu­ments against psychedelics be­ing an EA cause area

Milan GriffesMay 10, 2019, 6:13 PM
51 points
123 comments13 min readEA link

Ge­netic En­hance­ment as a Cause Area

GaltonDec 25, 2019, 11:30 AM
112 points
21 comments12 min readEA link

Prob­lem ar­eas be­yond 80,000 Hours’ cur­rent pri­ori­ties

Arden KoehlerJun 22, 2020, 12:49 PM
281 points
62 comments15 min readEA link

Big List of Cause Candidates

NunoSempereDec 25, 2020, 4:34 PM
282 points
71 comments47 min readEA link

De­creas­ing pop­ulism and im­prov­ing democ­racy, ev­i­dence-based policy, and rationality

Hauke HillebrandtJul 27, 2021, 6:14 PM
47 points
11 comments26 min readEA link

Cor­po­rate Global Catas­trophic Risks (C-GCRs)

Hauke HillebrandtJun 30, 2019, 4:53 PM
63 points
17 comments10 min readEA link

De­moc­ra­tiz­ing the work­place as a cause area

Bob JacobsNov 26, 2022, 6:31 PM
38 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Jhana meditation

Milan GriffesAug 12, 2022, 5:26 AM
77 points
7 comments11 min readEA link

Growth and the case against ran­domista development

Hauke HillebrandtJan 16, 2020, 10:11 AM
435 points
197 comments31 min readEA link

Snakebites kill 100,000 peo­ple ev­ery year, here’s what you should know

MathiasKB🔸Apr 27, 2022, 2:30 PM
319 points
42 comments5 min readEA link

Tax Havens and the case for Tax Justice

Alex Barnes Sep 15, 2020, 6:06 PM
60 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Cause X Guide

Joey🔸Sep 1, 2019, 4:58 PM
93 points
35 comments3 min readEA link

A Case for Vol­un­tary Abor­tion Reduction

Ariel Simnegar 🔸Dec 20, 2022, 1:23 PM
39 points
150 comments13 min readEA link

Democ­racy Pro­mo­tion as an EA Cause Area

bryanschonfeldJul 1, 2020, 1:56 AM
84 points
15 comments7 min readEA link

In­ter­ven­tion Re­port: Char­ter Cities

David BernardJun 12, 2021, 1:54 PM
126 points
19 comments51 min readEA link

The Fu­ture Fund’s Pro­ject Ideas Competition

Nick_BecksteadFeb 28, 2022, 5:27 PM
236 points
726 comments1 min readEA link
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My list of effec­tive al­tru­ism ideas that seem to be un­der­ex­plored

turchinMay 31, 2022, 12:33 PM
57 points
21 comments2 min readEA link

Big List of Cause Can­di­dates: Jan­uary 2021–March 2022 update

LeoApr 30, 2022, 5:21 PM
123 points
18 comments19 min readEA link

New cause area: Violence against women and girls

AkhilJun 6, 2022, 2:48 PM
268 points
61 comments11 min readEA link

New EA Cause Area: Run Black­well’s Bookstore

Ben PaceFeb 5, 2022, 5:57 AM
74 points
33 comments8 min readEA link

Global lead ex­po­sure report

David BernardMay 29, 2021, 4:56 PM
126 points
2 comments47 min readEA link

Ques­tions for Reflec­tion on Gaza

gbNov 20, 2023, 6:01 AM
15 points
18 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] San­ity check—effec­tive­ness/​good­ness of Trans Res­cue?

David DFeb 20, 2023, 3:53 PM
43 points
12 comments1 min readEA link

My pre­limi­nary re­search on the Adtech marketplace

VenkateshMar 30, 2021, 4:42 AM
2 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

EA and the Pos­si­ble De­cline of the US: Very Rough Thoughts

Cullen 🔸Jan 8, 2021, 7:30 AM
56 points
19 comments4 min readEA link

An In­for­mal Re­view of Space Exploration

kbogJan 31, 2020, 1:16 PM
51 points
5 comments35 min readEA link

Cause Area: Hu­man Rights in North Korea

Dawn DrescherNov 20, 2017, 8:52 PM
64 points
12 comments20 min readEA link

The Fu­ture Might Not Be So Great

JacyJun 30, 2022, 1:01 PM
145 points
118 comments34 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

New EA cause area: chewier food for children

Andre PopovitchDec 25, 2022, 5:16 AM
40 points
19 comments3 min readEA link
(chadnauseam.com)

Deep Re­port on Diabetes

Joel Tan🔸Oct 6, 2023, 2:33 AM
26 points
39 comments4 min readEA link

Cost-Effec­tive­ness of Air Puri­fiers against Pollution

Lukas Trötzmüller🔸Jul 30, 2020, 8:37 AM
67 points
11 comments14 min readEA link

EA for Bio­di­ver­sity: EcoRe­silience Initiative

EcologyInterventionsJun 1, 2024, 5:33 AM
18 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

The Scale of Fe­tal Suffer­ing in Late-Term Abortions

Ariel Simnegar 🔸Mar 17, 2024, 7:46 PM
225 points
25 comments3 min readEA link

On AI Weapons

kbogNov 13, 2019, 12:48 PM
76 points
10 comments30 min readEA link

End­ing The War on Drugs—A New Cause For Effec­tive Altru­ists?

MichaelPlantMay 6, 2021, 1:18 PM
123 points
20 comments2 min readEA link
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[Question] Is there a list of causes that have been eval­u­ated and re­jected?

TynerMar 30, 2022, 4:36 PM
26 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Science policy as a pos­si­ble EA cause area: prob­lems and solutions

PabloAMC 🔸Jan 23, 2022, 12:32 AM
26 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Bio­di­ver­sity Loss: In the Shadow of Cli­mate Change

Madhav MalhotraMay 9, 2022, 10:10 PM
32 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

New Cause Area: De­mo­graphic Collapse

Malcolm CollinsJun 30, 2022, 7:38 PM
−25 points
28 comments34 min readEA link

Sci-Hub sued in India

cflexmanDec 30, 2021, 2:48 AM
114 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Pop­ulism in Africa :The need to pro­mote democ­racy as a cause area

Halwenge Aug 20, 2023, 10:35 AM
11 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Longlist of Causes + Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Contest

Joel Tan🔸Jun 30, 2023, 12:15 PM
46 points
6 comments2 min readEA link
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Risks from atom­i­cally pre­cise man­u­fac­tur­ing—Prob­lem profile

Benjamin HiltonAug 9, 2022, 1:41 PM
53 points
4 comments5 min readEA link
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Op­por­tu­ni­ties that sur­prised us dur­ing our Clearer Think­ing Re­grants program

spencergNov 7, 2022, 1:09 PM
116 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

Assess­ing the Danger­ous­ness of Malev­olent Ac­tors in AGI Gover­nance: A Pre­limi­nary Exploration

Callum HinchcliffeOct 14, 2023, 9:18 PM
28 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

What Are Dreams Worth?

Hans GundlachMay 14, 2023, 7:06 AM
19 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Mo­sul Dam Could Kill 1 Million Iraqis.

DCMar 1, 2022, 3:28 AM
73 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

The ex­treme cost-effec­tive­ness of cell-based meat R&D

Stijn Bruers 🔸Aug 10, 2020, 2:00 PM
37 points
20 comments5 min readEA link

Space gov­er­nance—prob­lem profile

finmMay 8, 2022, 5:16 PM
65 points
11 comments15 min readEA link

AGI safety and los­ing elec­tric­ity/​in­dus­try re­silience cost-effectiveness

Ross_TiemanNov 17, 2019, 8:42 AM
31 points
10 comments37 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Hypertension

Joel Tan🔸Nov 21, 2022, 5:22 AM
55 points
17 comments16 min readEA link

De­sen­si­tiz­ing Deepfakes

PhibMar 29, 2023, 1:20 AM
22 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive [Re]location

samuelMay 11, 2022, 9:39 PM
26 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Brain preser­va­tion to pre­vent in­vol­un­tary death: a pos­si­ble cause area

AndyMcKenzieMar 22, 2022, 12:33 PM
50 points
29 comments10 min readEA link

Soak­ing Beans—a cost-effec­tive­ness analysis

NickLaingAug 6, 2023, 1:32 PM
154 points
64 comments7 min readEA link

Non-phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal in­ter­ven­tions in pan­demic pre­pared­ness and response

Anon-biosec-accountApr 8, 2021, 2:13 PM
51 points
16 comments12 min readEA link

Fix Pri­son Telecom

Benj AzoseAug 13, 2022, 9:11 AM
31 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

Mind En­hance­ment: A High Im­pact, High Ne­glect Cause Area?

timfarkasMar 24, 2022, 8:33 PM
29 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Coronary Heart Disease

Joel Tan🔸Feb 20, 2023, 4:49 AM
26 points
11 comments18 min readEA link

Juan Gar­cía Martínez: In­dus­trial al­ter­na­tive foods for global catas­trophic risks

EA GlobalNov 21, 2020, 8:12 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

The trans­for­ma­tive po­ten­tial of cryptocurrencies

bejaqFeb 5, 2021, 2:27 PM
9 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Ne­glected bio­di­ver­sity pro­tec­tion by EA.

Danny ForestSep 4, 2021, 8:19 AM
13 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

Should Chronic Pain be a cause area?

mariushobbhahnMay 18, 2021, 11:31 AM
69 points
12 comments12 min readEA link

Cause area: Short-sleeper genes

JohnBoyleAug 10, 2022, 12:51 PM
97 points
33 comments8 min readEA link

Prob­lem area re­port: Pain

Sid SharmaNov 13, 2020, 7:26 PM
113 points
8 comments50 min readEA link

Snails used for hu­man con­sump­tion: The case of meat and slime

Daniela WaldhornFeb 6, 2020, 5:00 PM
89 points
8 comments26 min readEA link

Char­i­ties I Would Like to See

MichaelDickensSep 20, 2015, 3:22 PM
7 points
31 comments3 min readEA link

In­breed­ing and global health & development

pafnutyJul 11, 2021, 6:32 AM
40 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

A frame­work for self-determination

kbogJul 21, 2021, 11:33 AM
18 points
0 comments45 min readEA link

[Link] The Case for Char­ter Cities Within the EA Frame­work (CCI)

Milan GriffesSep 23, 2019, 8:08 PM
34 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

Work Test for Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship: De­lay­ing Aging

Heye GroßMar 7, 2022, 5:56 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Coron­avirus and long term policy [UK fo­cus]

weeatquinceApr 5, 2020, 8:29 AM
52 points
3 comments17 min readEA link

Truth­ful AI

Owen Cotton-BarrattOct 20, 2021, 3:11 PM
55 points
14 comments10 min readEA link

In­sects raised for food and feed — global scale, prac­tices, and policy

abrahamroweJun 29, 2020, 1:57 PM
95 points
13 comments29 min readEA link

The EA move­ment is ne­glect­ing phys­i­cal goods

ruthgraceJun 18, 2020, 2:39 PM
27 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

The ro­dent birth con­trol landscape

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸Apr 29, 2022, 8:00 PM
113 points
3 comments2 min readEA link
(doi.org)

Cause pri­ori­ti­sa­tion: Prevent­ing lake Kivu in Africa erup­tion which could kill two mil­lion.

turchinDec 28, 2022, 12:32 PM
70 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Is pre­vent­ing child abuse a plau­si­ble Cause X?

Milan GriffesMay 4, 2019, 12:58 AM
62 points
34 comments1 min readEA link

Against im­mor­tal­ity?

Owen Cotton-BarrattApr 28, 2022, 11:51 AM
110 points
40 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Is trauma a po­ten­tial EA cause area?

nonzerosumMay 31, 2019, 10:04 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readEA link

Can we drive de­vel­op­ment at scale? An in­terim up­date on eco­nomic growth work

Stephen ClareOct 27, 2020, 11:14 AM
98 points
15 comments20 min readEA link

Prin­cipia Qualia: blueprint for a new cause area, con­scious­ness re­search with an eye to­ward ethics and x-risk

MikeJohnsonDec 9, 2016, 5:47 AM
30 points
50 comments5 min readEA link

35-150 billion fish are raised in cap­tivity to be re­leased into the wild ev­ery year

sauliusApr 2, 2019, 1:16 PM
98 points
16 comments36 min readEA link

Three Heuris­tics for Find­ing Cause X

Kerry_VaughanNov 4, 2016, 2:36 PM
5 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

EAF’s bal­lot ini­ti­a­tive dou­bled Zurich’s de­vel­op­ment aid

Jonas VJan 13, 2020, 11:32 AM
309 points
23 comments12 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing Pest Man­age­ment for Wild In­sect Welfare

Wild_Animal_InitiativeDec 26, 2019, 5:47 PM
35 points
1 comment41 min readEA link

[Question] Pre­serv­ing nat­u­ral ecosys­tems?

carlbaatzMar 21, 2021, 11:28 AM
11 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Jasper Synowski and Clare Don­ald­son: Iden­ti­fy­ing the most cost-effec­tive pro­grammes to im­prove men­tal health

EA GlobalAug 21, 2020, 9:36 PM
15 points
0 comments16 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

High Time For Drug Policy Re­form. Part 1/​4: In­tro­duc­tion and Cause Summary

MichaelPlantAug 9, 2017, 1:17 PM
24 points
15 comments6 min readEA link

Cause Selec­tion Blog­ging Car­ni­val Conclusion

MichaelDickensOct 5, 2015, 8:16 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Con­sider rais­ing IQ to do good

Lila_RieberMay 13, 2014, 5:53 AM
16 points
7 comments7 min readEA link

OPIS ini­ti­a­tive on ac­cess to psilo­cy­bin for cluster headaches

jonleightonSep 10, 2020, 8:22 AM
61 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Risks from Asteroids

finmFeb 11, 2022, 9:01 PM
44 points
9 comments8 min readEA link
(www.finmoorhouse.com)

The Case for Education

SamuelKnocheAug 14, 2020, 5:26 PM
24 points
10 comments10 min readEA link

Pri­ori­ti­za­tion Ques­tions for Ar­tifi­cial Sentience

Jamie_HarrisOct 18, 2021, 2:07 PM
30 points
2 comments8 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

Dig­nity as al­ter­na­tive EA pri­or­ity—re­quest for feedback

tomweinJun 25, 2020, 1:50 PM
29 points
21 comments2 min readEA link

De­liber­a­tion May Im­prove De­ci­sion-Making

Neil_Dullaghan🔹 Nov 5, 2019, 12:34 AM
67 points
12 comments39 min readEA link

Is there a he­do­nis­tic util­i­tar­ian case for Cry­on­ics? (Dis­cuss)

Ozzie GooenAug 27, 2015, 5:50 PM
9 points
34 comments1 min readEA link

Steer­ing AI to care for an­i­mals, and soon

Andrew CritchJun 14, 2022, 1:13 AM
230 points
37 comments1 min readEA link

Ex­tin­guish­ing or pre­vent­ing coal seam fires is a po­ten­tial cause area

kbogJul 7, 2019, 6:42 PM
64 points
15 comments3 min readEA link

Plant-Based Seafood: A Promis­ing In­ter­ven­tion in Food Tech­nol­ogy? - Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship Ap­proach Report

vicky_coxJan 17, 2020, 2:35 PM
23 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Preprint is out! 100,000 lu­mens to treat sea­sonal af­fec­tive disorder

FabienneNov 13, 2021, 6:37 PM
62 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Chlo­ram­pheni­col as in­ter­ven­tion in heart attacks

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 17, 2020, 6:47 PM
1 point
5 comments1 min readEA link
(www.cringely.com)

How to get a new cause into EA

Joey🔸Jan 10, 2018, 6:41 AM
46 points
26 comments5 min readEA link

How should we pri­ori­tize cause pri­ori­ti­za­tion?

Peter WildefordJun 13, 2016, 5:03 PM
25 points
7 comments11 min readEA link

Miss­ing Mar­ket: Sus­tain­able Afri­can ETF

James BaileyMar 3, 2021, 2:57 PM
50 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes: Could New Tech­nol­ogy Help Solve the Glasses Prob­lem?

Open PhilanthropyJul 12, 2022, 7:35 AM
44 points
2 comments15 min readEA link

Anti-trib­al­ism and pos­i­tive men­tal health as high-value cause areas

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2017, 11:10 AM
31 points
31 comments2 min readEA link

Cer­tifi­cates of impact

Paul_ChristianoNov 11, 2014, 5:22 AM
54 points
42 comments8 min readEA link

In­ter­ven­tion re­port: Agri­cul­tural land redistribution

David BernardJul 14, 2021, 2:29 PM
65 points
6 comments38 min readEA link

[Question] What ac­tions most effec­tive if you care about re­pro­duc­tive rights in Amer­ica?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 26, 2022, 3:35 PM
11 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Leah Utya­sheva: Prevent­ing deaths from pes­ti­cide self-poisoning

EA GlobalNov 3, 2017, 7:43 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

[Question] How to help the Ama­zon Rain­for­est (fires)

Iris AmazonSep 27, 2021, 11:00 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Ge­or­gia on my Mind: Effec­tively Flip­ping the Senate

sapphireNov 8, 2020, 7:24 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The cli­mate change policy with the most po­ten­tial is the most neglected

Henry Stanley 🔸Jul 12, 2019, 5:19 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

Helping wild an­i­mals through vac­ci­na­tion: could this hap­pen for coro­n­aviruses like SARS-CoV-2?

Animal_EthicsMay 12, 2020, 6:25 PM
31 points
9 comments25 min readEA link

Ne­glected EA Regions

DavidNashFeb 17, 2020, 11:25 AM
31 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Ar­den Koehler: Ideas for high-im­pact ca­reers be­yond 80,000 Hours’ pri­or­ity paths

EA GlobalOct 25, 2020, 5:48 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

[Question] Ineffec­tive Altru­ism: Are there ide­olo­gies which gen­er­ally cause there ad­her­ents to have worse im­pacts?

Nathan YoungOct 17, 2019, 9:24 AM
1 point
6 comments1 min readEA link

A Qual­i­ta­tive Anal­y­sis of Value Drift in EA

MarisaFeb 12, 2020, 5:41 AM
145 points
5 comments19 min readEA link

AI Gover­nance: Op­por­tu­nity and The­ory of Impact

Allan DafoeSep 17, 2020, 6:30 AM
262 points
19 comments12 min readEA link

Ra­tion­al­ity as an EA Cause Area

Chris LeongNov 13, 2018, 2:48 PM
31 points
31 comments2 min readEA link

Why Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship?

kierangreig🔸Oct 29, 2015, 9:53 PM
31 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

List of cause ar­eas that EA should po­ten­tially pri­ori­tise more

freedomandutilityDec 17, 2022, 2:07 PM
37 points
14 comments2 min readEA link

Wikipe­dia edit­ing is im­por­tant, tractable, and neglected

imp4rtial 🔸Nov 28, 2021, 3:47 PM
200 points
43 comments17 min readEA link

Ad­vanc­ing an­tivenom by Mathias Kirk Bonde for Works in Progress

Nick WhitakerDec 8, 2022, 3:55 PM
31 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(www.worksinprogress.co)

New cause area: bi­valve aquaculture

Brian LuiJun 12, 2022, 11:14 AM
99 points
38 comments4 min readEA link

In­sti­tu­tions for Fu­ture Generations

tylermjohnNov 11, 2019, 8:33 PM
118 points
55 comments5 min readEA link

Friend­ship For­ever (new EA cause area?)

rogersbacon1Nov 15, 2022, 4:51 PM
92 points
14 comments13 min readEA link
(www.secretorum.life)

Should GMOs (e.g. golden rice) be a cause area?

mariushobbhahnJan 31, 2022, 1:42 PM
106 points
18 comments11 min readEA link

Re­duc­ing night­mares as a cause area

Drew HousmanJul 18, 2022, 8:29 PM
162 points
45 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Effec­tive­ness of Malala fund ver­sus Global Health and Devel­op­ment Fund

Joseph GardiOct 1, 2022, 2:35 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

In­sec­ti­cide-treated nets sig­nifi­cantly harm mosquitoes, but one can eas­ily offset this?

Vasco Grilo🔸Feb 3, 2025, 6:03 PM
28 points
41 comments7 min readEA link

Eva Vi­valt: Fore­cast­ing re­search results

EA GlobalFeb 19, 2020, 4:34 PM
18 points
0 comments11 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

EA needs a cause pri­ori­ti­za­tion journal

kbogSep 12, 2018, 10:40 PM
3 points
16 comments4 min readEA link

New Top EA Cause: Politics

DavidmanheimApr 1, 2020, 7:53 AM
38 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

£4bn for the global poor: the UK’s 0.7%

SanjayNov 30, 2020, 3:50 PM
148 points
20 comments2 min readEA link

Clean cook­stoves may be com­pet­i­tive with GiveWell-recom­mended charities

SanjayFeb 10, 2020, 6:00 PM
32 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Are so­cial me­dia al­gorithms an ex­is­ten­tial risk?

Barry GrimesSep 15, 2020, 8:52 AM
24 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Would a re­duc­tion in the num­ber of owned cats out­doors in Canada and the US in­crease an­i­mal welfare?

kcuddingOct 25, 2019, 7:14 PM
74 points
6 comments49 min readEA link

Quan­tify­ing the Im­pact of Eco­nomic Growth on Meat Consumption

kbogDec 22, 2015, 11:30 AM
24 points
37 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Does bio­di­ver­sity loss war­rant be­ing it’s own cause area?

emwalzJul 10, 2022, 8:25 PM
44 points
42 comments1 min readEA link

Should we buy coal mines?

John G. HalsteadMay 4, 2022, 7:28 AM
216 points
31 comments7 min readEA link

The Im­por­tance of Un­known Ex­is­ten­tial Risks

MichaelDickensJul 23, 2020, 7:09 PM
72 points
11 comments12 min readEA link

Long-term in­vest­ment fund at Founders Pledge

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Jan 10, 2020, 7:09 PM
138 points
28 comments3 min readEA link

Does cli­mate change de­serve more at­ten­tion within EA?

BenApr 17, 2019, 6:50 AM
152 points
65 comments15 min readEA link

An­tibiotic re­sis­tance: Should an­i­mal ad­vo­cates in­ter­vene?

BellaAug 14, 2020, 12:29 PM
61 points
5 comments11 min readEA link

An­tifun­gal Re­sis­tance—The Ne­glected Cousin of An­tibiotic Resistance

Madhav MalhotraFeb 4, 2022, 3:47 PM
49 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Kid­ney stone pain as a po­ten­tial cause area

Dan EltonMay 3, 2022, 1:30 AM
67 points
6 comments14 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing lo­cal gov­er­nance in frag­ile states—prac­ti­cal les­sons from the field

Timothy_LiptrotAug 12, 2020, 3:07 AM
22 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

“Fix­ing Ado­les­cence” as a Cause Area?

kirchner.janJan 23, 2022, 10:57 AM
89 points
16 comments14 min readEA link
(universalprior.substack.com)

Hyper­ten­sion is Ex­tremely Im­por­tant, Tractable, and Neglected

MarshallMay 13, 2022, 3:00 PM
19 points
6 comments4 min readEA link

Re­view of Cli­mate Cost-Effec­tive­ness Analyses

mchr3kOct 20, 2019, 8:39 PM
36 points
17 comments15 min readEA link

Some per­sonal thoughts on EA and sys­temic change

CarlShulmanSep 26, 2019, 9:40 PM
201 points
17 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Look­ing for col­lab­o­ra­tors af­ter last 80k pod­cast with Tris­tan Harris

Jan-WillemDec 7, 2020, 10:23 PM
19 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

Want to alle­vi­ate de­vel­op­ing world poverty? Alle­vi­ate price risk.​ (2018)

RomeoStevensMar 23, 2021, 12:16 AM
23 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Will Three Gorges Dam Col­lapse And Kill Millions?

DCJul 26, 2020, 2:43 AM
80 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

Effec­tive an­i­mal ad­vo­cacy move­ment build­ing: a ne­glected op­por­tu­nity?

Jamie_HarrisJun 11, 2019, 8:33 PM
68 points
11 comments17 min readEA link

How does fight­ing di­ar­rhoea stack up to malaria in effec­tive­ness?

MichaelDelloOct 9, 2015, 12:28 AM
3 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

State of the land: Mis­in­for­ma­tion and its effects on global catas­trophic risks

ruthgraceMar 21, 2022, 8:04 PM
32 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] What anal­y­sis has been done of space coloniza­tion as a cause area?

Eli RoseOct 9, 2019, 8:33 PM
14 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

The Pos­si­bil­ity of an On­go­ing Mo­ral Catas­tro­phe (Sum­mary)

LinchAug 2, 2019, 9:55 PM
148 points
17 comments4 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

In­creas­ing Ac­cess to Pain Relief in Devel­op­ing Coun­tries—An EA Perspective

Lee_SharkeyJan 31, 2017, 4:13 PM
89 points
19 comments10 min readEA link

Cal New­port on an in­dus­trial rev­olu­tion for office work

80000_HoursAug 27, 2021, 6:37 PM
5 points
0 comments99 min readEA link

Silk pro­duc­tion: global scale and an­i­mal welfare is­sues

abrahamroweApr 20, 2021, 1:38 AM
75 points
9 comments16 min readEA link

Fish used as live bait by recre­ational fishermen

sauliusAug 8, 2018, 8:56 PM
65 points
20 comments6 min readEA link

Or­ga­nized Cause Evaluation

Elliot TempleNov 28, 2022, 8:31 PM
5 points
2 comments2 min readEA link
(curi.us)

Pro­mot­ing Sim­ple Altruism

LiaHSep 1, 2021, 3:49 PM
20 points
11 comments4 min readEA link

Prevent­ing atheroscle­ro­sis, the eas­iest way to im­prove your life ex­pec­tancy?

Eli_Nov 30, 2022, 6:31 AM
18 points
7 comments15 min readEA link

[Question] How should I judge the im­pact of giv­ing $5k to a fam­ily of three kids and two men­tally ill par­ents?

BlakeDec 5, 2022, 1:52 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Need for safe­guards to miti­gate tech­nol­ogy risk

tech_vulnerability_societyJul 31, 2020, 10:53 AM
−13 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Ad­dress­ing Ne­glect­ed­ness in An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy: Fo­cus on the “In­visi­ble An­i­mals”

Zoe NewtonJun 7, 2024, 11:05 AM
16 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Pop­u­la­tion Size/​Growth & Re­pro­duc­tive Choice: Highly effec­tive, syn­er­getic & neglected

RafaelFFeb 14, 2021, 7:14 AM
17 points
19 comments7 min readEA link

Un­der­stand­ing Open Philan­thropy’s evolu­tion on mi­gra­tion policy

vipulnaikDec 18, 2021, 7:45 PM
22 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

Short-Term AI Align­ment as a Pri­or­ity Cause

len.hoang.lnhFeb 11, 2020, 4:22 PM
17 points
11 comments7 min readEA link

Me­ta­verse democrati­sa­tion as a po­ten­tial EA cause area

Paul_LangFeb 22, 2022, 12:42 AM
26 points
13 comments3 min readEA link

Is Com­bat­ting Ageism The Most Po­ten­tially Im­pact­ful Form of So­cial Ac­tivism?

JosephBronskiFeb 11, 2022, 4:40 AM
−14 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

OPIS policy pa­per: Le­gal­is­ing ac­cess to psilo­cy­bin for the treat­ment of cluster headaches

jonleightonNov 12, 2020, 11:10 AM
43 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing the lives of mil­lions of Latin Amer­i­cans through bet­ter welfare tar­get­ing algorithms

NORIEGAJul 10, 2021, 5:39 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Fam­ily Plan­ning: A Sig­nifi­cant Op­por­tu­nity for Impact

Sarah Eustis-GuthrieAug 12, 2022, 12:01 AM
99 points
9 comments14 min readEA link

The scale of di­rect hu­man im­pact on invertebrates

abrahamroweSep 2, 2020, 1:22 PM
99 points
6 comments13 min readEA link

Hu­man­i­ties Re­search Ideas for Longtermists

LizkaJun 9, 2021, 4:39 AM
151 points
13 comments13 min readEA link

A gen­eral frame­work for eval­u­at­ing ag­ing re­search. Part 1: rea­son­ing with Longevity Es­cape Velocity

Emanuele_AscaniJan 17, 2019, 4:33 PM
21 points
18 comments20 min readEA link

The case of the miss­ing cause pri­ori­ti­sa­tion research

weeatquinceAug 16, 2020, 12:21 AM
309 points
88 comments16 min readEA link

North Korea faces Covid and Drought [Linkpost]

aogJul 11, 2022, 2:07 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readEA link
(www.economist.com)

Love seems like a high priority

kbogJan 19, 2020, 12:41 AM
55 points
31 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Is rapid di­ag­nos­tic test­ing (RDT), such as for coro­n­avirus, a ne­glected area in Global Health?

RamiroMar 17, 2020, 10:24 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Paris-com­pli­ant offsets—a high lev­er­age cli­mate in­ter­ven­tion?

BenOct 5, 2020, 4:55 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Which nu­clear wars should worry us most?

Luisa_RodriguezJun 16, 2019, 11:31 PM
103 points
13 comments6 min readEA link

Seek­ing a Col­lab­o­ra­tion to Stop Hur­ri­canes?

Anthony RepettoDec 4, 2021, 12:39 PM
16 points
10 comments4 min readEA link

Cause Area Pro­posal: Paper­work Reduction

Ja3kAug 8, 2022, 8:23 PM
20 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is Min­eral Re­source Scarcity a Risk Any­one is Re­search­ing? Worth Re­search­ing?

haywyerJun 9, 2022, 9:30 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

On the as­sess­ment of vol­canic erup­tions as global catas­trophic or ex­is­ten­tial risks

Mike CassidyOct 13, 2021, 2:32 PM
112 points
18 comments19 min readEA link

The Im­por­tance of Ar­tifi­cial Sentience

Jamie_HarrisMar 3, 2021, 5:17 PM
70 points
10 comments11 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

A love let­ter to civilian OSINT, and pos­si­bil­ities as a tool in EA

eukaryoteJul 10, 2020, 8:55 PM
81 points
4 comments9 min readEA link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

In­ver­te­brate Welfare Cause Profile

Jason SchukraftJul 9, 2019, 5:28 PM
118 points
14 comments42 min readEA link

Why EA meta, and the top 3 char­ity ideas in the space

Joey🔸Jan 6, 2021, 3:47 PM
88 points
20 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] What is the in­crease in ex­pected value of effec­tive al­tru­ist Wayne Hsi­ung be­ing mayor of Berkeley in­stead of its cur­rent in­cum­bent?

DCAug 7, 2020, 1:50 AM
7 points
32 comments1 min readEA link

Coron­avirus Re­search Ideas for EAs

Peter WildefordMar 27, 2020, 9:01 PM
118 points
20 comments23 min readEA link

Hu­mane Pes­ti­cides as the Most Marginally Effec­tive Cause

JeffMJordanSep 22, 2015, 6:35 AM
28 points
20 comments10 min readEA link

En­light­en­ment How?

thisisntrobJun 25, 2020, 12:46 PM
18 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Cost-Effec­tive­ness of Aging Re­search

SarahCJan 31, 2019, 8:47 PM
53 points
16 comments6 min readEA link

In­som­nia: a promis­ing cure

John G. HalsteadNov 16, 2018, 6:33 PM
42 points
18 comments3 min readEA link

The In­tel­lec­tual and Mo­ral De­cline in Aca­demic Research

gavintaylorFeb 7, 2020, 4:47 PM
26 points
26 comments1 min readEA link
(www.jamesgmartin.center)

Find­ing more effec­tive causes

Michelle_HutchinsonJan 1, 2016, 10:54 PM
23 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

A brief look at re­duc­ing the effi­ciency of genocides

NLHeathNov 11, 2020, 6:07 PM
35 points
5 comments9 min readEA link

[up­dated] Global de­vel­op­ment in­ter­ven­tions are gen­er­ally more effec­tive than cli­mate change interventions

Hauke HillebrandtOct 2, 2019, 8:36 AM
119 points
44 comments16 min readEA link

Benefits of EA en­gag­ing with main­stream (ad­dressed) cause areas

blehrerMay 8, 2019, 8:38 PM
31 points
14 comments7 min readEA link

Pri­ori­ti­za­tion in Science—cur­rent view

EdoAradOct 31, 2020, 3:22 PM
37 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Fisher & Syed on Trad­able Obli­ga­tions to En­hance Health

Cullen 🔸Aug 12, 2018, 10:17 PM
6 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Sex work as part of men­tal health and wellbe­ing ser­vices

Mary Mar 3, 2022, 5:59 AM
48 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

Mind Ease: a promis­ing new men­tal health intervention

Peter BrietbartOct 23, 2018, 5:34 PM
24 points
8 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What new EA pro­ject or org would you like to see cre­ated in the next 3 years?

Ozzie GooenJun 11, 2019, 8:56 PM
75 points
82 comments1 min readEA link

Mon­key­pox: Is it worth wor­ry­ing about?

MarcusAbramovitchAug 17, 2022, 5:59 AM
27 points
11 comments4 min readEA link

Fur­ther thoughts on char­ter cities and effec­tive altruism

marklutterJul 20, 2021, 7:56 PM
78 points
13 comments7 min readEA link

A Case for Em­piri­cal Cause Prioritization

Peter WildefordJun 6, 2016, 5:32 PM
25 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Global cochineal pro­duc­tion: scale, welfare con­cerns, and po­ten­tial interventions

abrahamroweFeb 11, 2020, 9:33 PM
52 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] What are some soft­ware de­vel­op­ment needs in EA causes?

Eevee🔹Mar 6, 2020, 5:25 AM
10 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Tak­ing ad­van­tage of cli­mate change con­cerns to chan­nel dona­tions to EA-recom­mended or­ga­ni­za­tions at low marginal cost (pro­posal and call for more re­search)

ianpsDec 19, 2019, 2:06 PM
26 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Mea­sur­ing Change in Diet for An­i­mal Advocacy

Jacob_PeacockNov 9, 2018, 8:21 PM
9 points
2 comments11 min readEA link

Psychedelics Normalization

andzuckApr 26, 2019, 2:50 AM
53 points
26 comments1 min readEA link

Why and how to start a for-profit com­pany serv­ing emerg­ing markets

Ben KuhnNov 6, 2019, 1:00 AM
148 points
15 comments6 min readEA link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Jus­tice and Global Pri­ori­ties Re­search Read­ing List

Luis Mota FreitasAug 30, 2022, 7:46 PM
35 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Why You Should Donate a Kid­ney—The Ne­oliberal Podcast

Eevee🔹Jun 27, 2021, 4:01 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(podcasts.apple.com)

Ineffec­tive en­trepreneur­ship: post-mortem of Hippo, the hap­piness app that never quite was

MichaelPlantMay 23, 2018, 10:30 AM
92 points
37 comments13 min readEA link

Effec­tive Slack­tivism: why some­body should do pri­ori­ti­za­tion re­search on slacktivism

Kat WoodsDec 3, 2021, 8:32 PM
37 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

What you can do to help stop vi­o­lence against women and girls

AkhilJan 12, 2023, 11:51 AM
333 points
24 comments16 min readEA link

[Question] Which coun­tries are most re­cep­tive to more im­mi­gra­tion?

Eevee🔹Jul 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
19 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How im­pact­ful is be­ing a suicide hotline vol­un­teer?

OliverHaymanFeb 5, 2024, 5:02 AM
12 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

What I thought about child mar­riage as a cause area, and how I’ve changed my mind

Catherine FJan 31, 2023, 7:50 PM
218 points
44 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Is The Free­dom Fund still the best char­ity ad­dress­ing hu­man traf­fick­ing /​ mod­ern slav­ery, and why is this cause area not of more in­ter­est to EA?

Brain_in_a_VatDec 4, 2023, 9:24 AM
25 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Char­ity Thrift Shop launched for hu­man­i­tar­ian aid in Turkey.

Abigail.GFeb 10, 2023, 10:57 AM
27 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(www.instagram.com)

Im­mi­gra­tion re­form: a shal­low cause exploration

JoelMcGuireFeb 20, 2023, 3:57 PM
104 points
7 comments36 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Choles­terol and Blood Pres­sure as Ne­glected Die­tary In­ter­ven­tions?

RomeoStevensFeb 26, 2023, 6:06 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Selfishism?

ventureguessNov 29, 2023, 10:42 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Shrimp paste might cause more an­i­mal deaths than any other food product. Who’s work­ing on this?

Angelina LiOct 30, 2023, 9:53 PM
120 points
22 comments4 min readEA link

Aging should be effec­tive al­tru­ism’s 5th cause area

YarrowDec 2, 2023, 8:28 AM
20 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Land re­dis­tri­bu­tion, re­vis­ited.

dEAsignAug 15, 2023, 7:28 AM
13 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Le­gal As­sis­tance for Vic­tims of AI

bobMar 17, 2023, 11:42 AM
52 points
19 comments1 min readEA link

Char­ter Cities: why they’re ex­cit­ing & how they might work

Jackson WagnerJul 18, 2023, 1:57 PM
24 points
13 comments8 min readEA link

CEARCH’s Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Con­test: Awards

Joel Tan🔸Sep 7, 2023, 3:39 AM
38 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Memo on some ne­glected topics

Lukas FinnvedenNov 11, 2023, 2:01 AM
71 points
3 comments7 min readEA link
(open.substack.com)

New Cause Area: Por­trait Welfare (+in­tro­duc­ing SPEWS)

Luke FreemanMar 31, 2023, 9:22 PM
73 points
17 comments15 min readEA link

Eng­ineered plant pan­demics and so­cietal col­lapse risk

freedomandutilityAug 4, 2023, 5:06 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Trans Res­cue’s op­er­a­tions in Uganda: high im­pact giv­ing opportunity

David DApr 11, 2023, 4:21 PM
61 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

RIP Med­i­cal Debt

Layla SMay 10, 2023, 8:59 PM
0 points
13 comments1 min readEA link
(ripmedicaldebt.org)

The Effec­tive­ness of Vol­un­teer­ing for Cri­sis Sup­port Hotlines

William SpaulMay 9, 2023, 12:33 PM
26 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Can in­creas­ing Trust amongst hu­mans be con­sid­ered our great­est pri­or­ity?

Firas NajjarAug 24, 2023, 8:45 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Com­bat­ing nar­cis­sis­tic poli­ti­ci­ans

Dave Cortright 🔸Nov 18, 2023, 11:43 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(youtu.be)

[Question] How could VR ad­vance­ments be lev­er­aged to im­prove the world?

michelJun 2, 2023, 10:28 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Why microplas­tics should mat­ter to EAs

BiancaCojocaruDec 4, 2023, 9:27 AM
4 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Can we con­fi­dently dis­miss the ex­is­tence of near aliens? Prob­a­bil­ities and implications

Magnus VindingJul 25, 2023, 11:37 AM
46 points
9 comments1 min readEA link
(magnusvinding.com)

Co­op­er­at­ing with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

ChiFeb 24, 2024, 10:58 PM
54 points
9 comments20 min readEA link

Everett branches, in­ter-light cone trade and other alien mat­ters: Ap­pendix to “An ECL ex­plainer”

ChiFeb 24, 2024, 11:09 PM
26 points
1 comment11 min readEA link

Ev­i­den­tial Co­op­er­a­tion in Large Wor­lds: Po­ten­tial Ob­jec­tions & FAQ

ChiFeb 28, 2024, 6:58 PM
40 points
5 comments18 min readEA link

Kathryn Man­nix: What hap­pens as we die? | TED Talk

Eevee🔹Dec 17, 2023, 6:24 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.ted.com)

Ed­u­ca­tion: Teach­ing Love (Philia/​Brotherly love) as a Pri­or­ity Cause

Keen VisionaryMar 3, 2024, 6:35 PM
0 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Why UFOs matter

Magnus VindingJun 21, 2024, 10:53 AM
31 points
14 comments10 min readEA link

Wild an­i­mal welfare? Stable to­tal­i­tar­i­anism? Pre­dict which new EA cause area will go main­stream!

Jackson WagnerMar 11, 2024, 2:27 PM
48 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Rea­sons for op­ti­mism about mea­sur­ing malev­olence to tackle x- and s-risks

Jamie_HarrisApr 2, 2024, 10:26 AM
85 points
12 comments8 min readEA link

Public tran­sit ad­vo­cacy as an effec­tive cause area

Eevee🔹Jul 12, 2024, 7:53 PM
19 points
5 comments2 min readEA link
(sunyshore.substack.com)

In­ter­me­di­ate Re­port on Low Phys­i­cal Activity

Joel Tan🔸Jan 24, 2024, 2:50 AM
31 points
6 comments4 min readEA link

In­ter­na­tional tax policy as a po­ten­tial cause area

Tax GeekJan 23, 2024, 4:36 PM
60 points
6 comments12 min readEA link

Agri­cul­tural re­search and development

David_GollJul 30, 2014, 9:38 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Veg*n re­ci­di­vism seems im­por­tant, tractable, and neglected

xccfJun 28, 2015, 6:33 PM
18 points
23 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Has any­one done an anal­y­sis on the im­por­tance, tractabil­ity, and ne­glect­ed­ness of keep­ing hu­man-di­gestible calories in the ocean in case we need it af­ter some global catas­tro­phe?

Mati_RoyFeb 17, 2020, 7:47 AM
9 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Cause: Bet­ter poli­ti­cal sys­tems and policy mak­ing.

weeatquinceNov 22, 2016, 12:37 PM
21 points
6 comments9 min readEA link

Es­ti­mat­ing the Philan­thropic Dis­count Rate

MichaelDickensJul 3, 2020, 4:58 PM
81 points
21 comments40 min readEA link

Ro­dents farmed for pet snake food

sauliusFeb 20, 2019, 7:54 PM
83 points
19 comments20 min readEA link

[Question] Should lo­cal EA groups sup­port poli­ti­cal causes?

lukasbJul 21, 2020, 7:54 PM
16 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

HLI’s Men­tal Health Pro­gramme Eval­u­a­tion Pro­ject—Up­date on the First Round of Evaluation

Jasper SynowskiJun 10, 2020, 4:45 PM
59 points
9 comments7 min readEA link

EA should in­vest more in exploration

Michael_PJFeb 5, 2017, 5:11 PM
23 points
27 comments7 min readEA link

Get­ting money out of poli­tics and into charity

Eric NeymanOct 6, 2020, 5:28 AM
113 points
47 comments3 min readEA link

In­ter­ven­tion Pro­file: Bal­lot Initiatives

Jason SchukraftJan 13, 2020, 3:41 PM
117 points
5 comments42 min readEA link

[Question] What Are Effec­tive Alter­na­tives to Party Poli­tics for Effec­tive Public Policy Ad­vo­cacy?

Evan_GaensbauerJan 30, 2019, 2:52 AM
24 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

What should Founders Pledge re­search?

John G. HalsteadSep 9, 2019, 5:41 PM
52 points
31 comments1 min readEA link

Fund­ing Pro­posal: Sup­port­ing a Cam­paign to In­crease Cana­dian Offi­cial Devel­op­ment As­sis­tance

jonathancourtneyFeb 8, 2019, 11:51 PM
21 points
0 comments13 min readEA link

Are we ne­glect­ing ed­u­ca­tion? Philos­o­phy in schools as a longter­mist area

JackMJul 30, 2020, 4:31 PM
68 points
29 comments17 min readEA link

Re­spond­ing to COVID-19 in India

SuvitaApr 26, 2020, 7:07 PM
57 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Is pro­mot­ing ve­g­anism ne­glected and if so what is the most effec­tive way of pro­mot­ing it?

samuel072Aug 22, 2019, 2:47 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Lob­by­ing Dis­cus­sion Group

Noah WescombeDec 13, 2020, 11:43 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

New Cause Pro­posal: In­ter­na­tional Sup­ply Chain Accountability

NunoSempereApr 1, 2020, 7:56 AM
32 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

Try­ing to help coral reefs sur­vive cli­mate change seems in­cred­ibly ne­glected.

capybaraletJan 17, 2021, 6:47 PM
9 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

[Link] A Modest Pro­posal: Elimi­nate Email

arikrMar 18, 2019, 12:26 AM
9 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

How can we re­duce s-risks?

Tobias_BaumannJan 29, 2021, 3:46 PM
42 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(centerforreducingsuffering.org)

Im­prov­ing dis­aster shelters to in­crease the chances of re­cov­ery from a global catastrophe

Nick_BecksteadFeb 19, 2014, 10:17 PM
24 points
5 comments26 min readEA link

Vote Pairing is a Cost-Effec­tive Poli­ti­cal Intervention

Ben_West🔸Feb 26, 2017, 1:54 PM
19 points
14 comments9 min readEA link

Cost-Effec­tive­ness of Foods for Global Catas­tro­phes: Even Bet­ter than Be­fore?

Denkenberger🔸Nov 19, 2018, 9:57 PM
29 points
5 comments10 min readEA link

On Values Spreading

MichaelDickensSep 11, 2015, 3:57 AM
33 points
13 comments11 min readEA link

[Draft] Fight­ing Aging as an Effec­tive Altru­ism Cause

turchinApr 16, 2018, 10:18 AM
1 point
39 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Global ba­sic ed­u­ca­tion as a miss­ing cause priority

lucy.ea8Aug 8, 2019, 1:19 AM
5 points
16 comments1 min readEA link

Cli­mate Change Is Ne­glected By EA

mchr3kMay 23, 2020, 7:16 PM
37 points
57 comments15 min readEA link

Notes: Stub­ble Burn­ing in India

Jason SchukraftJan 13, 2021, 2:58 AM
38 points
8 comments6 min readEA link

In­crease Im­pact by Wait­ing for a Re­ces­sion to Donate or In­vest in a Cause.

maxwellJun 20, 2019, 9:22 PM
12 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

The Case for Rare Chi­nese Tofus

George StiffmanFeb 8, 2022, 6:12 AM
203 points
55 comments9 min readEA link

Die­tary habits – Another po­ten­tial Cause Area?

peter_janickiJun 19, 2021, 9:16 AM
14 points
1 comment8 min readEA link

[Linkpost] Millions face star­va­tion in Afghanistan

aogDec 4, 2021, 11:46 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] Crime Reduction

SashworthhayesAug 31, 2022, 7:21 PM
70 points
18 comments15 min readEA link

On ‘causes’

Owen Cotton-BarrattJun 24, 2014, 5:19 PM
10 points
29 comments3 min readEA link

Ide­olog­i­cal en­g­ineer­ing and so­cial con­trol: A ne­glected topic in AI safety re­search?

Geoffrey MillerSep 1, 2017, 6:52 PM
17 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

Why those who care about catas­trophic and ex­is­ten­tial risk should care about au­tonomous weapons

aaguirreNov 11, 2020, 5:27 PM
103 points
31 comments15 min readEA link

Pro­ject Pro­posal: Gears and Aging

johnswentworthMay 11, 2020, 7:29 AM
11 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

Cause pro­file: men­tal health

MichaelPlantDec 31, 2018, 12:09 PM
147 points
31 comments24 min readEA link

[Question] 12 years of ed­u­ca­tion as a miss­ing cause priority

lucy.ea8Aug 7, 2019, 2:49 AM
1 point
5 comments1 min readEA link

Cos­mic EA: How Cost Effec­tive Is In­form­ing ET?

TruePathDec 31, 2017, 8:37 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] might tar­get­ing malnu­tri­tion (not un­der­nour­ish­ment!) be an im­por­tant cause area?

peter_janickiSep 20, 2020, 11:01 AM
9 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal Equal­ity showed that ad­vo­cat­ing for diet change works. But is it cost-effec­tive?

Peter WildefordJun 7, 2018, 4:06 AM
28 points
22 comments26 min readEA link

In­for­ma­tional Lob­by­ing: The­ory and Effectiveness

Matt_LernerJul 30, 2020, 10:02 PM
77 points
20 comments32 min readEA link

An ar­gu­ment that EA should fo­cus more on cli­mate change

Ann Garth 🔸Dec 8, 2020, 2:48 AM
30 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

Recom­men­da­tions for pri­ori­tiz­ing poli­ti­cal en­gage­ment in the 2020 US elections

IanDavidMossOct 14, 2020, 1:52 PM
38 points
22 comments6 min readEA link

Man­aged Honey Bee Welfare: Prob­lems and Po­ten­tial Interventions

Jason SchukraftNov 14, 2019, 7:03 PM
77 points
5 comments66 min readEA link

Wild an­i­mal suffer­ing caused by fires and ways to pre­vent it: a non­con­tro­ver­sial in­ter­ven­tion

Animal_EthicsAug 29, 2020, 2:09 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

How to eval­u­ate ne­glect­ed­ness and tractabil­ity of ag­ing research

Emanuele_AscaniAug 2, 2019, 10:29 AM
11 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

In­creas­ing Ur­ban Den­sity as a Recom­mended Cause Area?

Niki KotsenkoSep 11, 2022, 1:23 PM
7 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Nu­clear War (Abol­ish­ment)

Joel Tan🔸Oct 18, 2022, 7:36 AM
35 points
14 comments18 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Ac­cess to Men­tal Health Drugs

Joel Tan🔸Nov 22, 2022, 2:27 AM
37 points
8 comments18 min readEA link

Ve­ga­pho­bia—A Brief Presentation

dlnrbts283Dec 20, 2022, 9:08 PM
10 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of pay­ing farm­ers to use more hu­mane pes­ti­cides to de­crease the suffer­ing of wild insects

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 14, 2025, 5:57 PM
49 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

Bet­ter Games or Bed­nets?

DavidmanheimFeb 26, 2025, 12:51 AM
36 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Cos­mic AI safety

Magnus VindingDec 6, 2024, 10:32 PM
23 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

Cus­tomized COVID-19 risk anal­y­sis as a high value area

AskellJul 23, 2020, 8:28 PM
48 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

Peace­build­ing and Violent Conflict

Charlie DoughertyAug 5, 2022, 11:01 AM
19 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

Phy­to­min­ing for Effec­tive Altruism

Benjamin M.Sep 10, 2023, 9:03 PM
17 points
3 comments29 min readEA link

Every­thing I didn’t know about fertilizers

Helene_K 🔸Jun 27, 2023, 10:34 AM
53 points
11 comments12 min readEA link

Quan­tum Com­put­ing : A pre­limi­nary re­search anal­y­sis report

Jaime SevillaNov 5, 2019, 2:25 PM
49 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

In­ter­me­di­ate Re­port on Di­a­betes Mel­li­tus Type 2

Joel Tan🔸Apr 24, 2023, 7:11 AM
28 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the Pa­tient Philan­thropy Fund

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Oct 27, 2021, 3:44 PM
131 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Might stop­ping mis­car­riages be a very im­por­tant cause area?

SaraAzubuikeDec 5, 2021, 5:18 PM
16 points
13 comments2 min readEA link

Bet­ter weather fore­cast­ing: Agri­cul­tural and non-agri­cul­tural benefits in low- and lower-mid­dle-in­come countries

Rethink PrioritiesApr 28, 2023, 4:25 PM
41 points
6 comments3 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Assess­ing the im­pact of quan­tum cryptanalysis

Jaime SevillaJul 22, 2020, 11:26 AM
39 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

The Case for Non-Tech­ni­cal AI Safety/​Align­ment Growth & Funding

Algo_LawApr 28, 2022, 4:31 PM
17 points
9 comments8 min readEA link

Ver­ti­cal farm­ing to lessen our re­li­ance on the Sun

TyMay 5, 2022, 5:57 AM
12 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

Reliev­ing ex­treme phys­i­cal pain in hu­mans – an op­por­tu­nity for effec­tive funding

jonleightonOct 10, 2018, 12:28 PM
38 points
16 comments15 min readEA link

Shal­low In­ves­ti­ga­tion: Arsenic Remediation

FrancisJan 10, 2023, 2:54 AM
41 points
3 comments19 min readEA link

[BBC News] Post­par­tum haem­or­rhage: Niger halves blood-loss deaths at clinics

Sean EricsonJan 21, 2023, 6:36 PM
32 points
4 comments2 min readEA link
(www.bbc.com)

Some gov­er­nance re­search ideas to pre­vent malev­olent con­trol over AGI and why this might mat­ter a hell of a lot

Jim BuhlerMay 23, 2023, 1:07 PM
63 points
5 comments16 min readEA link

The Effec­tive Altru­ist Case for Us­ing Ge­netic En­hance­ment to End Poverty

1mkl32j201091Oct 28, 2023, 4:36 PM
−1 points
21 comments35 min readEA link

A case for the adop­tion of Phage ther­apy in Africa

emmannaemekaDec 7, 2022, 1:38 AM
12 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Road safety: Land­scape of the prob­lem and routes to effec­tive policy advocacy

Rethink PrioritiesNov 28, 2023, 3:38 PM
40 points
6 comments5 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

The (Cal­ifor­nia) case for State Ca­pac­ity as an EA cause area

LockeAug 4, 2022, 3:22 AM
58 points
10 comments9 min readEA link

Ok Doomer! SRM and Catas­trophic Risk Podcast

Gideon FutermanAug 20, 2022, 12:22 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(open.spotify.com)

[Question] What is the ex­pected value of me giv­ing blood?

Matt GoodmanOct 13, 2022, 5:09 PM
21 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Blind Spots: Compartmentalizing

DaleDec 31, 2014, 10:25 PM
20 points
55 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] What are some lists of open ques­tions in effec­tive al­tru­ism?

Aaron Gertler 🔸Feb 5, 2019, 2:23 AM
28 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Could In­ten­tional Liv­ing (as a cause area) be an EA Blind Spot?

yanni kyriacosJun 11, 2023, 1:38 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prize: Distri­bu­tion of In­for­ma­tion Among Humans

markov_userAug 12, 2022, 12:58 AM
31 points
3 comments13 min readEA link

Sperm sort­ing in cattle

Koushik RaghavanJul 15, 2019, 2:50 AM
20 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] In­creas­ing per­sonal se­cu­rity of at-risk high-im­pact actors

MaxRaMay 28, 2020, 2:03 PM
19 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Against Mak­ing Up Our Con­scious Minds

SilicaFeb 10, 2024, 7:12 AM
13 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Fun­gal Diseases

Joel Tan🔸Oct 19, 2022, 5:13 AM
17 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

Cen­tre for Ex­plo­ra­tory Altru­ism Re­search (CEARCH)

Joel Tan🔸Oct 18, 2022, 7:23 AM
125 points
15 comments5 min readEA link

I Re­viewed the 4000-page Disease Con­trol Pri­ori­ties Col­lec­tion: Fund 4 Pro­grams; Divest from Cost-in­effec­tive Bed­nets and Deworming

brb243Jul 9, 2022, 10:36 PM
26 points
9 comments18 min readEA link

We Prob­a­bly Shouldn’t Solve Consciousness

SilicaFeb 10, 2024, 7:12 AM
33 points
5 comments16 min readEA link

Be the Match: a vol­un­teer list for bone mar­row donation

Evan RysdamOct 27, 2019, 5:44 AM
29 points
30 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Could we do more for en­glish speak­ing Afri­can coun­tries?

Pseudonym101Nov 6, 2022, 6:15 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Tinnitus

Joel Tan🔸Nov 23, 2022, 5:55 AM
26 points
0 comments15 min readEA link

My fa­vorite ar­ti­cles by Brian To­masik and what they are about

Timothy ChanFeb 24, 2024, 6:10 PM
79 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Pri­vate Im­mi­gra­tion Spon­sor­ship: A High-Im­pact and Per­sonal EA Opportunity

ZachGoldsteinFeb 24, 2024, 2:31 PM
15 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Could the drop in child vac­ci­na­tion and the lat­est news on po­liomyelitis be a new cause area?

RamiroOct 9, 2022, 1:09 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Rus­sian Re­sis­tance: a web­site about protesters and how one could sup­port them

Svetoslav PalovićJul 18, 2022, 7:00 AM
13 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Asteroids

Joel Tan🔸Oct 20, 2022, 1:34 AM
27 points
7 comments13 min readEA link

Scouts need sol­diers for their work to be worth anything

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸Nov 7, 2024, 7:23 AM
106 points
20 comments3 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Di­a­betes Mel­li­tus Type 2

Joel Tan🔸Jan 23, 2023, 3:45 AM
41 points
11 comments14 min readEA link

In­tac­tivism as a po­ten­tial Effec­tive Altru­ist cause area?

Question MarkJun 26, 2021, 7:21 AM
1 point
8 comments3 min readEA link

My thoughts on nan­otech­nol­ogy strat­egy re­search as an EA cause area

Ben SnodinMay 2, 2022, 9:41 AM
137 points
17 comments33 min readEA link

In­creas­ing ex­is­ten­tial hope as an effec­tive cause?

Owen Cotton-BarrattJan 10, 2015, 7:55 PM
10 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Shigella

Joel Tan🔸Jan 24, 2023, 2:51 AM
7 points
2 comments14 min readEA link

Against Loneli­ness: Cause Exploration

ColdButtonIssuesAug 10, 2022, 2:17 AM
20 points
4 comments11 min readEA link

Poor power qual­ity is a bot­tle­neck to global health and development

Molly HickmanFeb 26, 2024, 1:44 PM
37 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Road Safety: The Silent Epi­demic Im­pact­ing Youth

AIPFoundationAug 11, 2022, 4:07 PM
52 points
5 comments28 min readEA link

Nar­ra­tion: Re­duc­ing long-term risks from malev­olent actors

D0TheMathJul 15, 2021, 4:26 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(anchor.fm)

Re­silience & Biodiversity

emwalzAug 11, 2022, 12:37 AM
62 points
9 comments14 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy Shal­low In­ves­ti­ga­tion: Tobacco Control

Open PhilanthropyJan 25, 2023, 1:14 AM
93 points
8 comments36 min readEA link

A di­rect way to re­duce the catch of wild fish

Ren RybaJun 21, 2022, 10:09 AM
17 points
12 comments10 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Productivity

Joel Tan🔸Jan 25, 2023, 8:18 AM
24 points
4 comments17 min readEA link

Bounty: Guide To Switch­ing From Farmed Fish To Wild-Caught Fish

ozymandiasFeb 22, 2019, 4:10 PM
38 points
8 comments1 min readEA link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Are we already past the precipice?

Dem0sthenesAug 10, 2022, 4:01 AM
1 point
5 comments2 min readEA link

Eval­u­at­ing Com­mu­nal Violence from an Effec­tive Altru­ist Perspective

Frank FredericksAug 13, 2019, 7:38 PM
16 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

If you (mostly) be­lieve in worms, what should you think about WASH?

alex lawsenFeb 18, 2020, 4:47 PM
64 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

The Do­mes­ti­ca­tion of Zebras

Further or AlternativelySep 9, 2022, 10:58 AM
15 points
20 comments2 min readEA link

Two Con­crete Ways to Help Feeder Rodents

HazoMar 13, 2024, 10:28 PM
138 points
6 comments19 min readEA link

Po­ten­tial new cause area: Obesity

AkhilJul 26, 2022, 8:33 AM
33 points
6 comments7 min readEA link

The Eco­nomic Benefits of Pro­mot­ing and Pro­tect­ing the Rights of LGBTQ+ Com­mu­ni­ties in Devel­op­ing Coun­tries (cause ex­plo­ra­tion)

Susannah HaresAug 10, 2022, 3:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

Cause Sugges­tion: Econ Literacy

Yonatan CaleDec 18, 2022, 6:16 PM
21 points
21 comments3 min readEA link

The Case for Pro­mot­ing /​ Creat­ing Public Goods Mar­kets as a Cause Area

MikkWOct 24, 2020, 5:23 AM
33 points
2 comments14 min readEA link

The $100trn op­por­tu­nity: ESG in­vest­ing should be a top pri­or­ity for EA careers

SanjayMar 18, 2021, 1:54 PM
72 points
5 comments7 min readEA link

Paper is pub­lished! 100,000 lu­mens to treat sea­sonal af­fec­tive di­s­or­der

FabienneAug 20, 2022, 7:44 PM
49 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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

The Case for Space: A Longter­mist Alter­na­tive to Ex­is­ten­tial Threat Reduction

GigaNov 18, 2020, 1:09 PM
9 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Speedrun: Develop an af­ford­able su­per PPE

BuhlFeb 7, 2023, 6:43 PM
101 points
7 comments15 min readEA link

Tiny hu­mans: the most promis­ing new cause can­di­date?

akash 🔸Apr 2, 2024, 8:46 AM
24 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Why we should be do­ing more sys­tem­atic research

Joey🔸Mar 14, 2018, 6:58 PM
31 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

The So­cial Re­ces­sion: By the Numbers

AntonomonOct 29, 2022, 11:35 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Reimag­in­ing Malev­olence: A Primer on Malev­olence and Im­pli­ca­tions for EA

Kenneth_DiaoApr 11, 2024, 12:50 PM
28 points
3 comments44 min readEA link

“Teach­ing to Give” Idea

Noah StarbuckApr 22, 2021, 1:51 AM
8 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

In­ter­nal Mi­gra­tion: A Cost-Effec­tive Method for Rais­ing Wages, Im­prov­ing Liv­ing Stan­dards, and Pro­mot­ing Eco­nomic Growth

JamieSimonsonAug 6, 2022, 8:45 AM
30 points
1 comment14 min readEA link

The case for be­com­ing a black-box in­ves­ti­ga­tor of lan­guage models

BuckMay 6, 2022, 2:37 PM
90 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

Speedrun: AI Align­ment Prizes

joeFeb 9, 2023, 11:55 AM
27 points
0 comments18 min readEA link

Con­trails: an un­der­rated cli­mate miti­ga­tion op­por­tu­nity?

JuanGarciaDec 16, 2024, 7:15 PM
17 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

EAs should recom­mend cost-effec­tive in­ter­ven­tions in more cause ar­eas (not just the most press­ing ones)

Amber DawnSep 1, 2022, 5:45 PM
37 points
18 comments10 min readEA link

Flood­ing is not a promis­ing cause area—shal­low investigation

OscarD🔸Dec 21, 2022, 10:57 AM
65 points
13 comments12 min readEA link

Mak­ing EA More Effective

Peter KellyAug 31, 2022, 5:02 AM
7 points
0 comments13 min readEA link

Pro­ject: bio­eng­ineer­ing an all-fe­male breed of chicken to end chick culling

CiennaApr 28, 2022, 2:08 PM
45 points
15 comments8 min readEA link

Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship Re­search Summary

Joey🔸Mar 21, 2016, 5:47 PM
22 points
9 comments8 min readEA link

Should we her­bivorize preda­tors?

Stijn Bruers 🔸Feb 28, 2022, 6:34 PM
13 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

[Question] Should we con­sider the sleep loss epi­demic an ur­gent global is­sue?

orenmnMay 6, 2019, 6:42 AM
21 points
21 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Would it make sense to use hu­man rights law against catas­trophic risks—like some seem to be do­ing re­gard­ing cli­mate change?

RamiroDec 26, 2022, 9:14 PM
12 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Cog­ni­tive Risks of Ado­les­cent Binge Drinking

ElizabethJul 26, 2022, 5:09 PM
25 points
2 comments10 min readEA link
(acesounderglass.com)

Effec­tive al­tru­ism and global pal­li­a­tive care: One pro­ject case

Phil Di SorboDec 21, 2022, 5:58 AM
2 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Should re­duc­ing gov­ern­ment funded an­i­mal ex­per­i­ments be on the agenda for EA?

ChristianKleineidamOct 29, 2022, 1:58 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is nan­otech­nol­ogy (such as APM) im­por­tant for EAs’ to work on?

pixel_brownie_softwareMar 12, 2020, 3:36 PM
6 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Four fo­cus ar­eas of effec­tive altruism

lukeprogJul 8, 2013, 4:00 AM
13 points
7 comments5 min readEA link

Shal­low Re­port on Nu­clear War (Arse­nal Limi­ta­tion)

Joel Tan🔸Feb 21, 2023, 4:57 AM
44 points
13 comments29 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 2: Pos­si­ble Interventions

Daniela WaldhornNov 14, 2019, 12:40 AM
44 points
6 comments43 min readEA link

[Question] Test­ing Im­pact: Longter­mist TV Show

Anthony FlemingOct 14, 2022, 11:30 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The prob­lem of ar­tifi­cial suffering

mlsbtSep 24, 2021, 2:43 PM
50 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

Bud­dha Was An Effec­tive Altruist

maximizealtruismOct 7, 2022, 11:28 PM
8 points
6 comments6 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing in­cen­tives in re­search—could we top­ple the h-in­dex?

PCO MooreAug 8, 2022, 10:11 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Cor­po­rate gov­er­nance re­form efforts?

samstowersApr 18, 2022, 6:09 PM
9 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How should EAs man­age their copy­rights?

Eevee🔹Mar 9, 2021, 6:42 PM
15 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

Is The YouTube Al­gorithm Rad­i­cal­iz­ing You? It’s Com­pli­cated.

Eevee🔹Mar 1, 2021, 9:50 PM
44 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Every Gen­er­a­tor Is A Policy Failure [Works in Progress]

Lauren GilbertFeb 27, 2023, 10:56 AM
59 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(worksinprogress.co)

New Cause Area: Baby Longter­mism – Child Rights and Fu­ture Children

LiaHSep 14, 2022, 8:22 PM
26 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

Be­ing a donor for Fe­cal Micro­biota Trans­plants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/​y)

Anton RodenhauserJul 6, 2022, 2:58 PM
50 points
13 comments8 min readEA link

Fight­ing cor­rup­tion in aid—embezzling

MarcSernaApr 8, 2021, 10:56 PM
17 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

New cause area: Im­prov­ing di­ag­no­sis and treat­ment of bipo­lar spec­trum disorders

Karolina SoltysAug 12, 2022, 9:08 AM
39 points
13 comments22 min readEA link

An Ar­gu­ment To Pri­ori­tize “Pos­i­tively Shap­ing the Devel­op­ment of Crypto-as­sets”

rhys_lindmarkApr 3, 2018, 9:59 PM
16 points
13 comments14 min readEA link

The effec­tive al­tru­ist case for parliamentarism

Tiago SantosOct 28, 2021, 4:10 PM
22 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Should we do more to miti­gate oc­cu­pa­tional noise ex­po­sure?

Drew HousmanJul 30, 2022, 7:11 PM
23 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Is there any­one look­ing at the im­por­tance of sim­plify­ing com­plex so­cio-tech­ni­cal sys­tems?

Miquel Banchs-Piqué (prev. mikbp)Sep 12, 2022, 7:49 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Cause pro­file: Cog­ni­tive En­hance­ment Re­search

George AltmanMar 27, 2022, 1:43 PM
63 points
6 comments22 min readEA link

Spec­u­la­tion on Cur­rent Op­por­tu­ni­ties for Unusu­ally High Im­pact in Global Health

johnswentworthNov 11, 2022, 8:47 PM
25 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Es­ti­mat­ing the Value of Mo­bile Money

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Dec 21, 2016, 1:58 PM
8 points
18 comments3 min readEA link

A Case for Cli­mate Change as a Top Fund­ing Pri­or­ity

Ted ShieldsDec 22, 2022, 11:50 PM
2 points
9 comments4 min readEA link

Ground­wa­ter crisis: a threat of civ­i­liza­tion collapse

RickJSDec 24, 2022, 9:21 PM
0 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(drive.google.com)

[Question] What are the most un­der­funded EA or­ga­ni­za­tions?

Question MarkDec 17, 2021, 11:28 PM
3 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Suggest new char­ity ideas for Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship

CEMar 8, 2023, 3:08 PM
82 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

Why start a fam­ily plan­ning char­ity? (Founders needed)

Ula ZarosaApr 2, 2021, 10:29 AM
28 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Make the Drought Eva­po­rate!

Anthony RepettoNov 19, 2022, 11:48 PM
4 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Any EA fo­cus/​fund­ing on lym­phatic filari­a­sis?

YitzAug 28, 2022, 7:44 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Au­to­mated on­line suicide pre­ven­tion: po­ten­tially high im­pact?

generic_usernameJul 26, 2022, 9:46 AM
19 points
11 comments7 min readEA link

Pro­posal: Im­pact List—like the Forbes List ex­cept for im­pact via donations

Elliot OldsMay 30, 2022, 5:28 PM
83 points
32 comments12 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion: Adapt­ing to Ex­treme Heat Ex­po­sure in South Asia

Surbhi BAug 9, 2022, 11:50 PM
26 points
5 comments16 min readEA link

The Case for a Strate­gic U.S. Coal Re­serve for Cli­mate and Catastrophes

ColdButtonIssuesMay 5, 2022, 1:24 AM
30 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

Open Philan­thropy Pro­ject Con­ven­ing on Policy Pri­ori­ties—Novem­ber 10, 2014

EA Forum ArchivesNov 13, 2014, 3:45 AM
4 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Assess­ing Cost Effec­tive­ness: malnu­tri­tion, famine, and cause prioritization

leosnSep 25, 2022, 3:14 PM
15 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Why Ad­vo­cacy for Chil­dren in Devel­oped Coun­tries Could be a Top Cause Area

snNov 27, 2022, 5:40 AM
4 points
15 comments2 min readEA link

Fa­nat­i­cal EAs should sup­port very weird projects

Derek ShillerJun 30, 2022, 12:07 PM
66 points
42 comments9 min readEA link

In­no­va­tion Sys­tem needs fixing

Danila MedvedevMay 3, 2022, 7:56 PM
10 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Quadratic Pay­ments: A Primer (Vi­talik Bu­terin, 2019)

Eevee🔹Apr 5, 2021, 6:05 PM
30 points
6 comments2 min readEA link
(vitalik.ca)

Open Philan­thropy Shal­low In­ves­ti­ga­tion: Civil Con­flict Reduction

Lauren GilbertApr 12, 2022, 6:18 PM
122 points
12 comments24 min readEA link

Why are party poli­tics not an EA pri­or­ity?

ChantalJan 2, 2021, 6:52 PM
49 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

An­i­mal Test­ing Is Ex­ploita­tive and Largely Ineffective

Erich_Grunewald 🔸Jun 13, 2021, 10:46 AM
27 points
3 comments11 min readEA link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

New Cause area: The Meta-Cause [Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prize]

simeon_cAug 11, 2022, 5:21 PM
30 points
2 comments10 min readEA link

[Re­minder] Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Contest

Joel Tan🔸Jul 16, 2023, 7:22 AM
17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(exploratory-altruism.org)

The Pos­si­bil­ity of Microor­ganism Suffering

Elias Au-YeungAug 7, 2022, 6:02 AM
49 points
5 comments30 min readEA link

Ad­vo­cat­ing for cost-effec­tive life-sav­ing care (fund us!)

AlexandraWSJan 13, 2023, 2:07 PM
20 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

Cause Area: Differ­en­tial Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Development

mwcvitkovicAug 10, 2022, 2:39 AM
95 points
7 comments36 min readEA link

De­modex mites: Large and ne­glected group of wild animals

Mai TJan 27, 2023, 9:30 AM
80 points
9 comments10 min readEA link

Pain re­lief: a shal­low cause exploration

Samuel DupretJan 27, 2023, 9:55 AM
85 points
17 comments37 min readEA link
(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Ra­tional Ed­u­ca­tion as a Cause Pri­or­ity?

Yassin AlayaApr 9, 2022, 11:11 AM
10 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

The in­ter­net town square doesn’t have to suck. The solu­tion to bro­ken so­cial me­dia is ob­vi­ous: demo­cratic co­op­er­a­tive own­er­ship.

blainehansenOct 29, 2022, 1:57 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(blainehansen.me)

New cause area: train­ing health work­ers to pre­vent new­born deaths

MarshallJun 20, 2022, 5:12 PM
65 points
4 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] Help me recom­mend effec­tive char­i­ties to peo­ple who want to donate to spe­cific causes and populations

Max PietschFeb 9, 2023, 1:07 AM
10 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Why We Think Tobacco Tax Ad­vo­cacy Could be More Cost-Effec­tive than AMF

calebpMar 5, 2020, 3:03 PM
45 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Women’s Em­pow­er­ment: Founders Pledge re­port and recommendations

Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸Dec 19, 2018, 8:34 PM
25 points
24 comments6 min readEA link

Mind En­hance­ment Cause Exploration

timfarkasAug 12, 2022, 5:49 AM
39 points
4 comments52 min readEA link

A case for the effec­tive­ness of protest

JamesÖz 🔸Nov 29, 2021, 11:50 AM
123 points
27 comments67 min readEA link

Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion: Sup­port for Men­tal Health Carers

Yuval ShapiraMar 14, 2023, 8:04 PM
32 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Shal­low In­ves­ti­ga­tion: Stillbirths

Joseph PuseyMar 13, 2023, 4:19 PM
96 points
15 comments14 min readEA link

New cause area: ma­ter­nal morbidity

alexhillAug 9, 2022, 9:21 PM
34 points
2 comments13 min readEA link

How a ven­tila­tion rev­olu­tion could help miti­gate the im­pacts of air pol­lu­tion and air­borne pathogens

Mike CassidyNov 16, 2021, 11:19 AM
68 points
5 comments14 min readEA link

An EA case for in­ter­est in UAPs/​UFOs and an idea as to what they are

TheNotSoGreatFilterDec 30, 2021, 5:13 PM
39 points
14 comments5 min readEA link

Some pre­limi­nary notes to­wards a *real* Cost-Benefit anal­y­sis of prisons

Philosophy BearMar 19, 2023, 2:34 AM
8 points
2 comments12 min readEA link
(philosophybear.substack.com)

Cost Effec­tive­ness of Mind­ful­ness Based Stress Reduction

ElizabethNov 30, 2017, 7:04 PM
13 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Do EAs un­der­es­ti­mate op­por­tu­ni­ties to cre­ate many small benefits?

Peter WildefordJan 25, 2016, 4:20 AM
11 points
11 comments3 min readEA link

[Fi­nal Call] Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Contest

Joel Tan🔸Jul 28, 2023, 4:02 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Deep Re­port on Hypertension

Joel Tan🔸Aug 1, 2023, 2:39 AM
67 points
13 comments3 min readEA link

Surveillance and free ex­pres­sion | Sunyshore

Eevee🔹Feb 23, 2021, 2:14 AM
10 points
0 comments9 min readEA link
(sunyshore.substack.com)

Re­place­abil­ity Con­cerns and Pos­si­ble Responses

sapphireAug 2, 2020, 6:19 PM
34 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

[Opz­ionale] Una lunga lista di pos­si­bili cause

EA ItalyJan 18, 2023, 11:28 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

Shal­low In­ves­ti­ga­tion: Bac­te­rial Meningitis

peetyxkMar 28, 2023, 8:57 AM
39 points
2 comments12 min readEA link

[Opz­ionale] La pos­si­bil­ità di una Catas­trofe Mo­rale in atto (Ri­as­sunto)

EA ItalyDec 31, 2022, 4:17 AM
1 point
0 comments5 min readEA link

Is there a case for Prona­tal­ism as an effec­tive cause area?

ben.smithJun 7, 2023, 12:42 AM
19 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

In­ter­me­di­ate Re­port on Hypertension

Joel Tan🔸Apr 3, 2023, 3:54 AM
50 points
12 comments5 min readEA link

Food se­cu­rity and catas­trophic famine risks—Manag­ing com­plex­ity and climate

Michael HingeApr 5, 2023, 8:33 PM
26 points
0 comments23 min readEA link
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