Practical

TagLast edit: 5 Oct 2022 11:40 UTC by Lizka

Practical collects posts that offer practical advice, tips, recommendations, or are otherwise meant to be practically useful.

Productive criticism: what could help?

Lizka13 Jun 2023 14:56 UTC

38 points

2 comments4 min readEA link

Productive criticism: running a draft past the people you’re criticizing

Lizka15 Jun 2023 15:57 UTC

38 points

7 comments7 min readEA link

Strategies for managing jet lag and recommendation for Timeshifter app

Alexander Saeri7 Oct 2023 2:03 UTC

29 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

When Realizing Capital Gains Reduces Tax

ABlank5 Jan 2024 0:18 UTC

8 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Announcing Introductions for Collaborative Truth Seeking Tools

brook23 Jan 2023 16:04 UTC

82 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Feedback I’ve been giving to junior x-risk researchers

Will Aldred15 Aug 2022 20:46 UTC

145 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Want to work in the US? Consider applying to the ‘Green Card’ lottery by 7 November 2023. It’s free and really easy to do.

Tyrone-Jay Barugh19 Oct 2023 7:49 UTC

64 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

How to make career decisions and have impact

lynettebye29 Jul 2024 10:56 UTC

31 points

2 comments20 min readEA link

Cash and FX management for EA organizations

JueYan14 Oct 2023 0:19 UTC

279 points

15 comments6 min readEA link

Networking for Nerds [linkpost]

Evie6 Jul 2022 13:34 UTC

47 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

(benjaminreinhardt.com)

How much parenting harms productivity and how you can reduce it

Nicholas Kruus🔸25 Feb 2024 14:13 UTC

84 points

25 comments3 min readEA link

How and why to turn everything into audio

Kat Woods11 Aug 2022 8:49 UTC

55 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

How to increase your odds of starting a career in charity entrepreneurship

Kat Woods3 Dec 2019 17:40 UTC

45 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

Consider Financial Independence First

River27 Dec 2022 2:04 UTC

51 points

9 comments5 min readEA link

Helping loved ones with their finances: the why and how of an unusually impactful opportunity

Sam Anschell21 May 2024 17:34 UTC

31 points

6 comments14 min readEA link

UK Personal Finance Tips & Info

Rasool19 Jan 2023 14:45 UTC

58 points

16 comments12 min readEA link

Ingroup Deference

trammell26 May 2023 16:44 UTC

120 points

24 comments17 min readEA link

Meditation course claims 65% enlightenment rate: my review

Kat Woods1 Aug 2022 11:26 UTC

69 points

18 comments15 min readEA link

How to have high impact conversations

Michelle_Hutchinson14 Aug 2024 12:38 UTC

72 points

10 comments3 min readEA link

In favour of ‘personal policies’

Michelle_Hutchinson13 Nov 2022 10:15 UTC

93 points

8 comments8 min readEA link

Lower-suffering egg brands available in the SF Bay Area

mayleaf31 Jan 2024 5:45 UTC

117 points

17 comments7 min readEA link

Listen to more EA content with The Nonlinear Library

Kat Woods19 Oct 2021 12:24 UTC

187 points

94 comments8 min readEA link

The most basic rationality techniques are often neglected

Vasco Grilo🔸26 Aug 2024 15:45 UTC

49 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

(stefanschubert.substack.com)

Things I Learned by Spending Five Thousand Hours In Non-EA Charities

jenn2 Jun 2023 9:37 UTC

399 points

22 comments8 min readEA link

(jenn.site)

Perhaps the highest leverage meta-skill: an EA guide to hiring

Kat Woods22 Aug 2022 10:18 UTC

65 points

9 comments10 min readEA link

Three common mistakes when naming an org or project

Kat Woods23 Jul 2022 13:22 UTC

61 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

How to have cost-effective fun

Kat Woods30 Jun 2018 21:23 UTC

53 points

22 comments7 min readEA link

Advice for interacting with busy people

Severin4 May 2023 13:31 UTC

70 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Advice I Give to People Who Don’t Currently Have an EA Job and are thinking of transitioning

ChanaMessinger16 Sep 2022 16:58 UTC

23 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Editing Advice for EA Forum Users

Justis22 Apr 2022 2:45 UTC

104 points

7 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Books — what do you recommend? What are you looking for?

Lizka8 May 2023 16:29 UTC

25 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

The 8-Week Marketing Plan—A Realistic and Practical Roadmap For EAs

Igor Scaldini1 Dec 2023 16:23 UTC

39 points

1 comment16 min readEA link

Transitioning to Signal (Tips & Tricks)

Peter S. Park23 Jul 2022 18:57 UTC

9 points

7 comments2 min readEA link

Advice for an Undergrad

ZacharyRudolph2 Jul 2019 16:36 UTC

9 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

Advice to a new EA org employee

Julia_Wise🔸30 Mar 2022 22:10 UTC

94 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Lessons learned from offering in-office nutritional testing

Elizabeth19 May 2023 22:36 UTC

38 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Tips for asking people for things

Ben Kuhn5 Apr 2022 20:30 UTC

135 points

4 comments6 min readEA link

Research on developing management and leadership expertise

Jamie_Harris5 Mar 2020 16:57 UTC

45 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

Tips for Volunteer Management

Naomi N14 Jul 2020 9:08 UTC

41 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

10 things I bought and recommend (2020)

Michelle_Hutchinson30 Dec 2020 14:47 UTC

50 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

Buy yourself a combo CO₂/air quality monitor

Aaron Bergman18 Dec 2022 0:00 UTC

28 points

14 comments6 min readEA link

AISafety.info “How can I help?” FAQ

StevenKaas5 Jun 2023 22:09 UTC

48 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

How and when should we incentivize people to leave EA bubbles and explore?

Owen Cotton-Barratt17 Aug 2022 20:34 UTC

165 points

20 comments2 min readEA link

Write More; Edit Less

Vilfredo's Ghost9 Jul 2022 7:15 UTC

5 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Notes on how I want to handle criticism

Lizka8 Jun 2023 11:47 UTC

63 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Impactful Budget Tips + Budget Sample from EASE (EA org service providers)

Deena Englander15 Oct 2023 23:27 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Ingredients for creating disruptive research teams

stefan.torges16 May 2019 16:23 UTC

159 points

17 comments54 min readEA link

How to Search Multiple Websites Quickly

Nicholas / Heather Kross22 Jun 2023 0:42 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Advice on people management from EA Global

Michelle_Hutchinson17 Apr 2022 15:26 UTC

38 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

12 research aphorisms nobody asked for and yet

Mir7 Nov 2023 21:50 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readEA link

Complementary notes on Alvea [unofficial]

mxschons2 Nov 2023 9:21 UTC

70 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Embracing Minimalism in the Workplace

Deena Englander21 Nov 2023 1:03 UTC

12 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

Shapley values: Better than counterfactuals

NunoSempere10 Oct 2019 10:26 UTC

152 points

54 comments15 min readEA link

Tips for conducting worldview investigations

lukeprog12 Apr 2022 19:28 UTC

88 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Suggestions for how to talk about pregnancy losses

Michelle_Hutchinson8 Sep 2022 17:57 UTC

87 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Resource on whistleblowing and other ways of escalating concerns

Julia_Wise🔸9 Nov 2023 19:01 UTC

22 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

Things for grant applicants to remember about living expenses

Julia_Wise🔸7 Oct 2022 15:37 UTC

78 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Practical political action on global health

Julia_Wise🔸27 Feb 2017 15:01 UTC

24 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

Things to check about a job or internship

Julia_Wise🔸12 Feb 2024 20:20 UTC

201 points

12 comments8 min readEA link

Acronyms & abbreviations

Hillary Grills18 Mar 2024 5:08 UTC

21 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

Some heuristics I use for deciding how much I trust scientific results

Nathan_Barnard18 Jan 2024 2:50 UTC

74 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] Are AGI timelines ignored in EA work on other cause areas?

freedomandutility18 Aug 2022 12:13 UTC

20 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

The Importance of Time Capping

Joey 🔸28 Dec 2018 17:02 UTC

72 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Advice on giving to scholarships

AlphaOmega2 Feb 2021 23:14 UTC

9 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Day Retreat Amsterdam: Resolving Internal Conflict

Raymond Koopmanschap29 Mar 2024 8:49 UTC

2 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Idea for Uni Groups: Guiding Other Clubs Towards High-Impact Giving

Juliana Eberschlag13 Sep 2024 21:18 UTC

9 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Why you might be getting rejected from (junior) operations jobs

Eli_Nathan7 Apr 2024 10:53 UTC

89 points

12 comments3 min readEA link

I’m offering cheap coaching

Amber Dawn8 Apr 2024 19:07 UTC

20 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Achieving Pareto Productivity. Simple Task Management and Productivity Rules that Go a Long Way

Vasco Grilo🔸21 Oct 2024 16:04 UTC

16 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

(www.charityentrepreneurship.com)

Tips for overcoming low back pain

Magnus Vinding24 Mar 2020 16:41 UTC

71 points

10 comments6 min readEA link

Procedural Executive Function, Part 3

Daystar Eld22 May 2024 11:58 UTC

8 points

3 comments23 min readEA link

Military Service as an Option to Build Career Capital

Molly9 Aug 2022 20:22 UTC

164 points

33 comments17 min readEA link

Sorry, I’m Busy: The Math Behind Who Should Do What.

Wes Reisen8 Jan 2024 5:16 UTC

−11 points

4 comments6 min readEA link

The most important lesson I learned after ten years in EA

Kat Woods3 Aug 2022 12:28 UTC

192 points

8 comments6 min readEA link

Deliberate Performance in People Management

Ben_West🔸25 Nov 2017 14:41 UTC

45 points

4 comments7 min readEA link

Public Speakers: Use mics better please

TheMatAllen21 Dec 2022 0:42 UTC

35 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How do people do remote research collaborations effectively?

Krieger16 Nov 2022 11:52 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

An easy win for hard decisions.

alex lawsen4 May 2022 18:13 UTC

195 points

12 comments3 min readEA link

Nonprofit Boards are Weird

Holden Karnofsky28 Jun 2022 10:17 UTC

111 points

7 comments20 min readEA link

(www.cold-takes.com)

Things I recommend you buy and use.

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸24 Jan 2021 0:21 UTC

39 points

23 comments17 min readEA link

Advice I’ve Found Helpful as I Apply to EA Jobs

Akash23 Jan 2022 18:53 UTC

90 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

Example of a personal ethics, values and causes review

weeatquince16 Dec 2022 21:54 UTC

31 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

Be more effective by learning important practical knowledge using flashcards

Stenemo31 Aug 2022 12:40 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Advice on how to get a remote personal/executive assistant

james15 May 2022 19:21 UTC

73 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

Stuff I buy and use: a listicle to boost your consumer surplus and productivity

Aaron Bergman1 Jun 2022 0:09 UTC

106 points

34 comments12 min readEA link

Interested in EA/longtermist research careers? Here are my top recommended resources

MichaelA🔸26 Jun 2022 17:13 UTC

112 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Tips for Choosing Enterprise Software

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸9 Apr 2021 13:37 UTC

42 points

0 comments12 min readEA link

Big list of icebreaker questions

JakubK9 Jan 2023 4:46 UTC

28 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

How to start a blog in 5 seconds for $0

peterhartree4 Jul 2022 8:28 UTC

35 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

(notes.pjh.is)

Notes on “Managing to Change the World”

Peter Wildeford9 Oct 2021 2:17 UTC

195 points

27 comments26 min readEA link

[Question] How do you achieve a good “work-EA balance” (timewise)?

kgc5 Dec 2022 16:27 UTC

5 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

The Onion Test for Personal and Institutional Honesty

ChanaMessinger27 Sep 2022 15:26 UTC

57 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Iron deficiencies are very bad and you should treat them

Elizabeth13 Jan 2023 21:49 UTC

89 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Tips for Engaging Prospective First-Year Students

kuhanj5 Apr 2021 15:43 UTC

20 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

The Power Of Small Experiments

Alvin Ånestrand27 Jan 2023 17:30 UTC

9 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

Five tools that make our research lives easier

Ren Ryba20 Feb 2023 0:50 UTC

50 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

A list of EA-relevant business books I’ve read

Drew Spartz21 Feb 2023 20:48 UTC

66 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

The (Allegedly) Best Business Books

Joseph Lemien12 Sep 2022 0:38 UTC

39 points

3 comments14 min readEA link

Make a Slack watercooler: a space for your team to share half-baked ideas

peterhartree25 Sep 2023 6:19 UTC

23 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] How have you become more hard-working?

Chi25 Sep 2023 12:37 UTC

102 points

30 comments1 min readEA link

Let’s advertise infrastructure projects

Arepo23 Sep 2022 14:01 UTC

109 points

24 comments3 min readEA link

The M Team: How savvy facilitators can delegate tasks

Joe Rogero10 Jul 2023 22:53 UTC

5 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Should I invest my runway?

David King9 Jul 2022 10:22 UTC

8 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

How to quickly set up Claude as a chat bot for online fellowships and courses

Jamie_Harris22 Jul 2023 7:53 UTC

38 points

10 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Is There a Project Tracking System in EA?

Aaron Graifman26 Nov 2023 17:34 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Custom iPhone Widget to Encourage EA Forum Use

Will Payne27 Jun 2022 11:26 UTC

46 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

How to publish research in peer-reviewed journals

Ren Ryba23 Nov 2023 6:51 UTC

85 points

9 comments25 min readEA link

[Question] Lighting and its effects

Kaleem22 Jul 2022 15:36 UTC

17 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Being at peace with Doom

Johannes C. Mayer9 Apr 2023 15:01 UTC

15 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

If You Have A Short Attention Span But Need To Read A Lot This Might Be What You’re Looking For

yanni kyriacos4 Apr 2023 6:26 UTC

9 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Notes on impostor syndrome

Lizka6 Jun 2022 10:56 UTC

90 points

9 comments15 min readEA link

EA & “The correct response to uncertainty is not half-speed”

Lizka9 Apr 2023 16:39 UTC

83 points

9 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] Advice for getting the most out of one-on-ones

Marisa21 Mar 2020 2:20 UTC

25 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

Prioritisation: A Beginner’s Guide

Emily Grundy12 Dec 2023 23:02 UTC

19 points

4 comments24 min readEA link

(osf.io)

[Question] Are there robustly good and disputable leadership practices?

Ben_West🔸19 Mar 2020 1:46 UTC

36 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

An Exercise in Speed-Reading: The National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI) Final Report

abiolvera17 Aug 2022 16:55 UTC

47 points

4 comments12 min readEA link

Effective Giving: Best Practices, Key Considerations, and Resources

Pete Rowlett28 Nov 2023 0:36 UTC

27 points

1 comment40 min readEA link

Jobs that can help with the most important century

Holden Karnofsky12 Feb 2023 18:19 UTC

57 points

2 comments32 min readEA link

(www.cold-takes.com)

Resource: readings to learn more about HR/people operations work

Joseph Lemien29 Apr 2023 14:05 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

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

Eli_30 Nov 2022 6:31 UTC

18 points

7 comments15 min readEA link

If you’re unhappy, consider leaving

Justis20 Jul 2022 15:49 UTC

139 points

13 comments5 min readEA link

Deliberate practice for research?

Alex_Altair8 Oct 2022 3:45 UTC

19 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Best Economics Course for A Research Internship in International Economics?

Jeff A12 Sep 2022 2:12 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Operations: Lessons Learned III Pre Mortem

Weaver11 Jul 2022 15:26 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Exercise for ‘Putting it into Practice’

EA Handbook27 Jul 2022 4:41 UTC

11 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Post EAG(x): Making the most out of your connections

Simon274 Aug 2022 1:08 UTC

7 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

Offering FAANG-style mock interviews

dan.pandori28 Sep 2022 3:09 UTC

43 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

Reasons Not to Trade Money for Time

smountjoy7 Aug 2022 17:09 UTC

34 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Small improvements for university group organizers

JakubK30 Sep 2022 20:09 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Get organised for EAG: use Google Calendar for meetings

SofiaBalderson26 Jul 2022 18:54 UTC

17 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Can you apply for funding to get therapy?

Ulys18 Aug 2022 14:09 UTC

6 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] What are some high impact short-term actions for people who don’t want to make long commitments?

Isaac King15 Nov 2022 0:21 UTC

25 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Internship Lessons at the Happier Lives Institute

Madhav Malhotra1 Sep 2022 21:03 UTC

20 points

2 comments7 min readEA link

100+ Youtube videos with important practical knowledge you probably should know

Stenemo29 Nov 2022 14:36 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

A template for doing annual reviews

PeterSlattery19 Dec 2022 3:08 UTC

27 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

PSA: Corsi-Rosenthal Air Filters Are a Cheap and Effective Way to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Lauren Reid20 Jul 2022 23:45 UTC

16 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Creative EA job hunting: things you can do in addition to filling out job applications

SofiaBalderson27 Oct 2022 20:27 UTC

49 points

4 comments22 min readEA link

Our Boring Advice For Teens

ChanaMessinger7 Oct 2022 11:13 UTC

18 points

15 comments1 min readEA link

(docs.google.com)

Which AI Safety Org to Join?

Yonatan Cale11 Oct 2022 19:42 UTC

17 points

21 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are VISAs available for non-profit/charity founders in the U.S?

effectiveutils5 Sep 2022 10:41 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Rationality Policies

Elliot Temple17 Nov 2022 17:39 UTC

10 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

(criticalfallibilism.com)

The EA forum post-writing algorithm (95% > 100 karma, n> 100)

One-time pad22 Jul 2022 16:42 UTC

29 points

15 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] EA Recommended Note Taking Systems?

Coleman23 Aug 2022 15:52 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic

Evie18 Jun 2022 9:30 UTC

136 points

28 comments9 min readEA link

How to be a more effective podcast guest

Stan Pinsent1 Dec 2022 18:54 UTC

7 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

Tips + Resources for Getting Long-Term Value from Retreats/Conferences (and in general)

kuhanj24 Jul 2022 15:41 UTC

38 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

Hiring? Avoid the Candidate Bystander Effect

Yonatan Cale21 Jul 2022 10:57 UTC

42 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Job Post Template

Yonatan Cale18 Dec 2022 18:11 UTC

39 points

4 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Where in the USA should an EA live?

Joseph Lemien26 Oct 2022 9:03 UTC

5 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

What Skills Have You Put Deliberate Practice Into?

lynettebye15 Aug 2022 14:02 UTC

28 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors (James Choi, NBER)

Eevee🔹16 Oct 2022 22:21 UTC

41 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Offering: Editing/feedback on written pieces

Holly K29 Jul 2022 21:09 UTC

38 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

More to explore on ‘Putting it into Practice’

EA Handbook12 Jun 2022 23:00 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Things I did in my job search I recommend

ChanaMessinger4 Oct 2022 13:12 UTC

38 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

The gap between prestige and impact

Adam Binksmith4 Aug 2022 21:38 UTC

11 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

EA Global Meetings Can Be Short

Yonatan Cale31 Jul 2022 19:26 UTC

92 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

What Does Self-Care Look Like For You?

lynettebye26 Jul 2022 10:42 UTC

14 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

[Question] Should I buy a Fairphone or a refurbished iPhone?

Eli_16 Dec 2022 9:49 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

Calibrate—New Chrome Extension for hiding numbers so you can guess

ChanaMessinger7 Oct 2022 11:21 UTC

26 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are some techniques to save time in the EA career search process?

Evan_Gaensbauer14 Jul 2022 22:14 UTC

15 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Being Open to Bribes for your time (for charities); or Charitable Bribes as Solving a Signaling Problem

Brad West🔸4 Aug 2022 4:41 UTC

16 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

How do you prioritize?

lynettebye13 Jul 2022 10:14 UTC

19 points

1 comment12 min readEA link

EAs should use Signal instead of Facebook Messenger

Peter S. Park21 Jul 2022 0:38 UTC

38 points

40 comments5 min readEA link

Review of Examine.com’s vitamin write-ups

Elizabeth28 Sep 2022 7:48 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

How to deal with conflict in EA?

Ariel Pontes17 Nov 2022 8:49 UTC

26 points

5 comments5 min readEA link

4 Ways to Give Feedback to Job or Grant Applicants

Kirsten5 Aug 2022 15:38 UTC

64 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Concrete Advice for Forming Inside Views on AI Safety

Neel Nanda17 Aug 2022 23:26 UTC

58 points

4 comments10 min readEA link

(www.alignmentforum.org)

Consider entering the 2024 US diversity visa lottery by November 8 2022 - it’s free and fast to do

Tyrone-Jay Barugh7 Oct 2022 20:33 UTC

82 points

4 comments18 min readEA link

[xpost] An Effective Grab Bag

Stavros21 Dec 2022 11:15 UTC

21 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Virtual how to live a good life reading groups

rosehadshar8 Aug 2022 11:57 UTC

39 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Relationship Advice Repository

Ruby20 Jun 2022 15:38 UTC

25 points

6 comments36 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

How to Write Readable Posts

davidhartsough20 Oct 2022 7:48 UTC

24 points

6 comments7 min readEA link

(davidhartsough.com)

[Question] What are the best examples of “how to work with me” documents?

Joseph Lemien12 Oct 2022 7:08 UTC

15 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Scattered Takes and Unsolicited Advice (new ones added to the top)

ChanaMessinger30 Sep 2022 15:10 UTC

17 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Spammers, Scammers and (Fake) Hackers Scraping Email Addresses from EA Forum?

DAOMaximalist14 Nov 2022 22:22 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Vegan Nutrition Testing Project: Interim Report

Elizabeth21 Jan 2023 20:08 UTC

43 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

Visualisation of Probability Mass

brook25 Jan 2023 15:09 UTC

25 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

Questions I ask myself when making decisions (or communicating)

Catherine Low🔸23 Jan 2023 16:21 UTC

169 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

Loom: Why and How to use it

brook26 Jan 2023 14:34 UTC

21 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

Excalidraw: Why and How to Use it

brook28 Jan 2023 11:09 UTC

27 points

14 comments2 min readEA link

Advice I found helpful in 2022

Akash28 Jan 2023 19:48 UTC

40 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Community building: Lessons from ten years of facilitation experience

Severin8 Feb 2023 16:26 UTC

57 points

2 comments21 min readEA link

Consider splitting your fellowships into two parts to increase sign-ups

gergo9 Nov 2023 13:34 UTC

24 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

Promoting Safety in EA: Practical Steps to Prevent Sexual Harassment & Code of Conduct for Your Use

Michal Greidinger5 Sep 2023 14:13 UTC

40 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

The Productivity Fallacy

Deena Englander24 Jul 2023 17:34 UTC

88 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

2 Other tips on how to get things done

Wes Reisen27 Nov 2023 4:47 UTC

−8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Can independent researchers get a sponsored visa for the US or UK?

jacquesthibs25 Mar 2023 3:05 UTC

20 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Numerical Breakdown of 47 1-on-1s as an EAG First-Timer (Going All Out Strategy)

Harry Luk6 Nov 2023 17:01 UTC

42 points

10 comments13 min readEA link

Tentative practical tips for using chatbots in research

Erich_Grunewald 🔸29 Mar 2023 15:01 UTC

48 points

7 comments5 min readEA link

Procedural Executive Function, Part 2

Daystar Eld16 May 2023 16:26 UTC

12 points

0 comments18 min readEA link

(daystareld.com)

Esercizio per “Dalla teoria alla pratica”

EA Italy18 Jan 2023 11:54 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Opzionale] Per approfondire “Dalla teoria alla pratica”

EA Italy18 Jan 2023 11:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments2 min readEA link

We learn long-lasting strategies to protect ourselves from danger and rejection

richard_ngo16 May 2023 16:36 UTC

43 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are work practices that you’ve adopted that you now think are underrated?

Lizka27 Apr 2023 19:18 UTC

81 points

30 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What’s your standard for good work performance?

Chi27 Sep 2023 16:58 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Commonsense Good, Creative Good

Jeff Kaufman 🔸27 Sep 2023 19:57 UTC

107 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Most people should probably feel safe most of the time

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