United States

TagLast edit: 8 May 2022 15:08 UTC by Pablo

The United States tag is used for posts that are about the United States, including (but not restricted to) policy, politics, and international relations.

Destabilization of the United States: The top X-factor EA neglects?

Yelnats T.J.15 Jul 2024 2:54 UTC

192 points

29 comments39 min readEA link

For US opportunities, consider entering the US diversity visa lottery before November 5, 2024--its free and easy!

ben.smith12 Oct 2024 17:09 UTC

38 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Help California implement Approval Voting—Time Sensitive—Nov. 18, 2021

Mahendra Prasad17 Nov 2021 8:28 UTC

18 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

USAID Office of the Chief Economist: Evidence Use Team Lead

Dean Karlan27 Jul 2023 22:02 UTC

72 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Guarding Against Pandemics

Guarding Against Pandemics18 Sep 2021 11:15 UTC

72 points

15 comments4 min readEA link

The top X-factor EA neglects: destabilization of the United States

Yelnats T.J.31 Aug 2022 19:18 UTC

33 points

2 comments18 min readEA link

[Question] Is it an Exceptionally Good Time for a “Third Major Political Party” in the US?

ivn3 Dec 2024 11:04 UTC

2 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

U.S. EAs Should Consider Applying to Join U.S. Diplomacy

abiolvera17 May 2022 17:14 UTC

115 points

22 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] EA for voting rights?

bg20718 Jan 2022 16:49 UTC

9 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

How I got an entry-level role in Congress

new_staffer12 Apr 2021 4:10 UTC

121 points

6 comments9 min readEA link

Some potential lessons from Carrick’s Congressional bid

Daniel_Eth18 May 2022 5:58 UTC

302 points

94 comments10 min readEA link

The case for contributing to the 2024 US election with your time & money

LintzA21 Aug 2024 21:22 UTC

157 points

29 comments12 min readEA link

Underfunding of breakthrough treatments for addiction and overdose—looking for help

Nicholas Reville31 Jan 2024 10:38 UTC

28 points

15 comments2 min readEA link

US bill limiting patient philanthropy?

Max_Daniel24 Jun 2021 22:14 UTC

95 points

11 comments4 min readEA link

(www.nytimes.com)

EA considerations regarding increasing political polarization

Alfred Dreyfus19 Jun 2020 8:25 UTC

109 points

49 comments15 min readEA link

AMA: Jeremiah Johnson, Director/Founder of the Neoliberal Project

JeremiahJohnson28 Sep 2021 16:08 UTC

71 points

69 comments1 min readEA link

There’s a role for small EA donors in campaign finance

Rachel Shu3 Nov 2021 7:28 UTC

33 points

13 comments3 min readEA link

How we can improve the U.S. social safety net and save lives

lauradelaplaya30 Apr 2024 20:16 UTC

22 points

9 comments8 min readEA link

How EAs Can Embolden Employees (especially those close to Biden)

Woody Campbell13 Jul 2024 16:25 UTC

9 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

Early spending research and Carrick Flynn

DirectedEvolution19 May 2022 5:08 UTC

85 points

6 comments3 min readEA link

Fix Prison Telecom

Benj Azose13 Aug 2022 9:11 UTC

32 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

New US Senate Bill on X-Risk Mitigation [Linkpost]

Evan R. Murphy4 Jul 2022 1:28 UTC

22 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

(www.hsgac.senate.gov)

A Landscape Analysis of Institutional Improvement Opportunities

IanDavidMoss21 Mar 2022 0:15 UTC

97 points

25 comments30 min readEA link

Concrete Foreign Policy Recommendations for America

kbog20 Jan 2020 21:52 UTC

22 points

7 comments11 min readEA link

Exclusive: Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to back down on AI safeguards

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️24 Feb 2026 19:19 UTC

42 points

12 comments3 min readEA link

(www.axios.com)

The best $5,800 I’ve ever donated (to pandemic prevention).

ASB5 Feb 2022 21:18 UTC

281 points

81 comments4 min readEA link

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️15 Feb 2026 16:28 UTC

34 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nature.com)

New Yorkers: take <5m to help reimburse kidney donors!

abier1 Jun 2022 1:33 UTC

75 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Working with the Beef Industry for Chicken Welfare

Hazo18 Dec 2022 21:55 UTC

202 points

18 comments16 min readEA link

An EA’s Guide to Washington DC

Andy Masley10 Apr 2023 21:10 UTC

136 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

A Map to Navigate AI Governance

hanadulset14 Feb 2022 22:41 UTC

74 points

12 comments25 min readEA link

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

Yitz31 May 2022 19:17 UTC

16 points

14 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Should U.S. donors give to an EA-focused PAC like Guarding Against Pandemics instead of individual campaigns?

Eevee🔹20 May 2022 23:49 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Theories of Change for Track II Diplomacy [Founders Pledge]

christian.r9 Jul 2024 13:31 UTC

24 points

2 comments33 min readEA link

Impact of Ending US Animal Subsidies

Harriet Ritchie15 May 2022 7:00 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

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

Tyrone-Jay Barugh 🔸7 Oct 2022 20:33 UTC

82 points

4 comments18 min readEA link

Pete Hegseth declares Anthropic a supply-chain risk

Jacob_Peacock27 Feb 2026 22:33 UTC

80 points

23 comments1 min readEA link

(x.com)

Linkpost: 7 A.I. Companies Agree to Safeguards After Pressure From the White House

MHR🔸21 Jul 2023 13:23 UTC

61 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nytimes.com)

Impact of US Strategic Power on Global Well-Being (quick take)

kbog23 Mar 2019 6:19 UTC

13 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Best Use of 2 Minutes this Month (U.S.)

Rockwell7 Aug 2023 20:16 UTC

136 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

AMA: Elizabeth Edwards-Appell, former State Representative

ElizabethE9 Jan 2021 18:05 UTC

94 points

28 comments1 min readEA link

Fighting Climate Change with Progressive Activism in the US: CEA

Dan Stein25 Sep 2021 0:22 UTC

16 points

8 comments13 min readEA link

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

Gordon Seidoh Worley26 Jun 2022 15:35 UTC

11 points

11 comments1 min readEA link

Shallow evaluations of longtermist organizations

NunoSempere24 Jun 2021 15:31 UTC

193 points

34 comments34 min readEA link

Sen. Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) propose AI Data Center Moratorium Act

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️26 Mar 2026 13:21 UTC

36 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Eric Adams’ election in hindsight

kbog28 Sep 2024 22:30 UTC

136 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Should EAs be more welcoming to thoughtful and aligned Republicans?

Linch20 Jan 2020 2:28 UTC

38 points

10 comments3 min readEA link

AI Safety Newsletter #5: Geoffrey Hinton speaks out on AI risk, the White House meets with AI labs, and Trojan attacks on language models

Center for AI Safety9 May 2023 15:26 UTC

60 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(newsletter.safe.ai)

Three Months In, Evaluating Three Rationalist Cases for Trump

Arjun Panickssery18 Apr 2025 8:27 UTC

24 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

Idea: call-your-representative newsletter

Ann Garth 🔸14 Jul 2022 23:31 UTC

34 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

Takeaways on US Policy Careers (Part 1): Paths to Impact and Personal Fit

Mau26 Aug 2021 2:45 UTC

107 points

2 comments27 min readEA link

U.S. Democracy Threat Index: $10,000 in Forecasting Prizes

christian12 Dec 2025 19:43 UTC

21 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Choosing causes re Flynn for Oregon

Zach Stein-Perlman18 May 2022 3:59 UTC

50 points

25 comments2 min readEA link

Ten Big Wins for Farm Animals in 2021

EA Forum Archives25 Dec 2021 3:39 UTC

51 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(mailchi.mp)

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Governor Of California? (Scott Alexander: Astral Codex Ten)

Nathan Young26 Aug 2021 11:08 UTC

45 points

10 comments8 min readEA link

Final Report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI, 2021)

MichaelA🔸1 Jun 2021 8:19 UTC

51 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

(www.nscai.gov)

US Citizens: Targeted political contributions are probably the best passive donation opportunities for mitigating existential risk

Jeffrey Ladish5 May 2022 23:04 UTC

51 points

20 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What are the most effective non-profits targetting the U.S.?

Ethan Roland3 Feb 2023 18:44 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

New voluntary commitments (AI Seoul Summit)

Zach Stein-Perlman21 May 2024 11:00 UTC

12 points

1 comment7 min readEA link

(www.gov.uk)

Interested in working from a new Boston AI Safety Hub?

Topaz17 Mar 2025 13:32 UTC

25 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Using the tax system and stock market to donate more: a few basic strategies

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸1 Nov 2020 21:44 UTC

25 points

3 comments11 min readEA link

[Question] Should EAs in the U.S. focus more on federal or state/local politics?

Eevee🔹5 May 2021 8:33 UTC

12 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

Food Safety: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (October 16, 2023)

Eevee🔹21 Oct 2023 21:14 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

RIP Medical Debt

Layla S10 May 2023 20:59 UTC

0 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

(ripmedicaldebt.org)

Understanding problems with U.S.-China hotlines

christian.r24 Jun 2024 13:39 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(thebulletin.org)

The 2018 elections and farm animals

EA Forum Archives4 Oct 2018 5:00 UTC

1 point

0 comments5 min readEA link

(us14.campaign-archive.com)

Potentially high-impact job: Colorado Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Protection Manager

alene10 Dec 2021 0:00 UTC

16 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(www.governmentjobs.com)

U.S. Executive branch appointments: why you may want to pursue one and tips for how to do so

Demosthenes_USA28 Nov 2020 19:20 UTC

65 points

6 comments12 min readEA link

PEPFAR, one of the most life-saving global health programs, is at risk

salonium10 Dec 2023 20:37 UTC

170 points

13 comments3 min readEA link

Surveillance and free expression | Sunyshore

Eevee🔹23 Feb 2021 2:14 UTC

10 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

(sunyshore.substack.com)

Lab-grown meat is cleared for sale in the United States

Ben_West🔸22 Jun 2023 0:42 UTC

209 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

(edition.cnn.com)

The FDA demanded my employer bury inconvenient clinical trial data. What should I do?

Throwaway64115 Apr 2022 12:47 UTC

139 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

U.S. Has Destroyed the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal

JMonty🔸18 Jul 2023 1:47 UTC

19 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nytimes.com)

Want to do US technology policy? Apply to be a Horizon Fellow!

Abby Babby29 Jul 2025 16:13 UTC

28 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

A Critical Review of Open Philanthropy’s Bet On Criminal Justice Reform

NunoSempere16 Jun 2022 16:40 UTC

308 points

97 comments26 min readEA link

Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations

Dale12 Apr 2021 18:26 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nber.org)

Anthropic: “Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War”

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️26 Feb 2026 23:45 UTC

69 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

(www.anthropic.com)

Should there be just one western AGI project?

rosehadshar4 Dec 2024 14:41 UTC

49 points

3 comments15 min readEA link

(www.forethought.org)

Updates From The Immigration Literature in 2025

Lauren Gilbert18 Mar 2026 16:27 UTC

29 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Why we need a new agency to regulate advanced artificial intelligence

Michael Huang4 Aug 2022 13:38 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.brookings.edu)

EA USA: What can we do?

Benjamin Start27 May 2022 9:44 UTC

−15 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Can you help me with a survey issue?

Kaleem13 Mar 2026 17:16 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Bill prohibiting the use of QALYs in US healthcare decisions?

gordoni12 Mar 2023 7:27 UTC

44 points

10 comments1 min readEA link

The anti-AIDS program PEPFAR: the European Union must replace the United States (if necessary)

Arturo Macias28 Jan 2025 11:37 UTC

15 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

Running for U.S. president as a high-impact career path

CBiddulph22 Jan 2022 4:56 UTC

13 points

6 comments11 min readEA link

AI and Nationalism Are a Deadly Combination

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️19 Feb 2026 19:18 UTC

14 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(www.currentaffairs.org)

Preventing a US-China war as a policy priority

Matthew_Barnett22 Jun 2022 18:07 UTC

64 points

22 comments8 min readEA link

A comparison of American political parties

kbog9 Dec 2020 20:45 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

The elephant (and donkey) in the room

Matthew Rendall5 Nov 2024 14:16 UTC

29 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️24 Nov 2024 9:34 UTC

7 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

(www.eff.org)

Animal welfare in the United States: Opportunities for impact

Animal Ask22 May 2024 8:57 UTC

31 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.animalask.org)

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) mentions AI loss of control risk in Gizmodo interview

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️14 Jul 2025 14:47 UTC

26 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(gizmodo.com)

New and improved Candidate Scoring System

kbog12 Nov 2019 8:49 UTC

22 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Recommendations for prioritizing political engagement in the 2020 US elections

IanDavidMoss14 Oct 2020 13:52 UTC

38 points

22 comments6 min readEA link

Is there something like GiveWell for government programs?

aoreidmarr20 Dec 2021 22:25 UTC

10 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] California 2022 Primary Election Recommendations?

joeysulpizio16 May 2022 5:49 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Nvidia Comes Out Swinging as Congress Weighs Limits on China Chip Sales

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️10 Sep 2025 6:52 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.nytimes.com)

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️26 Feb 2026 3:10 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.axios.com)

Review: “Why It’s OK To Ignore Politics” by Christopher Freiman

kbog23 Feb 2021 5:38 UTC

20 points

0 comments19 min readEA link

Response to a Dylan Matthews article on Vox about bipartisanship

kbog20 Dec 2018 15:53 UTC

59 points

14 comments8 min readEA link

Reducing global AI competition through the Commerce Control List and Immigration reform: a dual-pronged approach

ben.smith3 Sep 2024 5:28 UTC

15 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

Candidate Scoring System, Fifth Release

kbog5 Jun 2019 8:10 UTC

11 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Takeaways on US Policy Careers (Part 2): Career Advice

Mau8 Nov 2021 8:42 UTC

86 points

7 comments34 min readEA link

Gaps in Deterrence Theory Epistemology, RCT Shortcomings, and a Proposal for Action Alignment

Garrett Ehinger17 Feb 2023 18:46 UTC

2 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Celebrating Progress: Recent Highlights from the NYC EA Community

ark 🔸20 Sep 2023 10:30 UTC

53 points

6 comments9 min readEA link

Run For President

Brian Moore2 Jul 2022 0:52 UTC

−1 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

[Question] Existing EA thought on U.S. mass media campaigns?

Jasper Meyer2 Dec 2022 22:20 UTC

2 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Probability of massive unemployment in the United States based on historical data

Vasco Grilo🔸21 Sep 2024 9:02 UTC

10 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

A wealth tax could have unpredictable effects on politics and philanthropy

Pablo31 Oct 2019 13:05 UTC

19 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(www.vox.com)

The Atlantic Rift: An Opportunity to Advance Multilateral AI Policy

Covi Franklin16 Feb 2026 21:05 UTC

10 points

0 comments9 min readEA link

The U.S. and China Need an AI Incidents Hotline

christian.r3 Jun 2024 18:46 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lawfaremedia.org)

A system for scoring political candidates. RFC (request for comments) on methodology and positions

kbog13 Feb 2019 10:35 UTC

24 points

14 comments2 min readEA link

An EA’s Guide to Visiting New York City

ark 🔸19 Jul 2023 10:46 UTC

77 points

9 comments13 min readEA link

Voting is today (Tuesday March 3) in California and other states—here are recommendations

kbog3 Mar 2020 10:40 UTC

23 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

Alignment to Evil

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️21 Feb 2026 3:29 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(tetraspace.substack.com)

2020 United States/California election recommendations

kbog31 Oct 2020 23:15 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Are US EAs Prepared for Democratic Backsliding?

GulleyCanyonRavine2 Mar 2025 23:37 UTC

115 points

17 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] EA aligned lawyers in Texas?

Solomon Sia10 Oct 2022 8:06 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

Candidate Scoring System, Third Release

kbog2 Apr 2019 6:33 UTC

12 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

Post-Mortem: Effective Altruism x Law Presents: Impact Litigation for Animal Welfare

McGill EA x Law31 Jan 2023 18:52 UTC

14 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

Immigrant Cultural Assimilation In The United States

Lauren Gilbert2 Feb 2026 20:05 UTC

5 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

Forecasts on Moore v Harper from Samotsvety

gregjustice20 Mar 2023 4:03 UTC

37 points

1 comment27 min readEA link

(samotsvety.org)

How economists got Africa’s AIDS epidemic wrong

Justin Sandefur10 Jun 2023 5:25 UTC

266 points

26 comments8 min readEA link

Introducing The Logical Foundation, an EA-Aligned Nonprofit with a Plan to End Poverty With Guaranteed Income

Michael Simm18 Nov 2022 8:13 UTC

17 points

3 comments24 min readEA link

EA Shouldn’t Try to Exercise Direct Political Power

iamasockpuppet21 Jul 2022 10:29 UTC

156 points

31 comments10 min readEA link

New story about Dustin Moskovitz, EA, his meeting with Joe Biden, plans for the 2024 election, and his beef with Marc Andreessen over AI

teddyschleifer20 Mar 2024 20:32 UTC

19 points

15 comments2 min readEA link

Pentagon’s use of Claude during Maduro raid sparks Anthropic feud

Matrice Jacobine🔸🏳️‍⚧️14 Feb 2026 19:50 UTC

16 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

(www.axios.com)

When does it make sense to support/oppose political candidates on EA grounds?

IanDavidMoss14 Oct 2020 13:51 UTC

49 points

33 comments8 min readEA link

Exploring the consequences of Russia’s absence from the START III treaty for strategic arms reduction.

Ashley Valentina Marte12 Aug 2024 16:17 UTC

13 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

The success and failure of the Montreal Protocol

FJehn29 Jul 2026 8:10 UTC

10 points

2 comments11 min readEA link

(existentialcrunch.substack.com)

America’s path to breaking off China’s critical minerals chokepoint

Anna Lewis25 Feb 2026 18:03 UTC

1 point

0 comments9 min readEA link

EA should help Tyler Cowen publish his drafted book in China

Matt Brooks14 Jan 2023 21:10 UTC

38 points

8 comments3 min readEA link

War Between the US and China: A case study for epistemic challenges around China-related catastrophic risk

Jordan_Schneider12 Aug 2022 2:19 UTC

76 points

17 comments43 min readEA link

On Mike Berkowitz’s 80k Podcast

Timothy_Liptrot21 Apr 2021 1:53 UTC

16 points

10 comments4 min readEA link

E.A. Megaproject Ideas

Tomer_Goloboy21 Mar 2022 1:23 UTC

15 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

Candidate Scoring System recommendations for the Democratic presidential primaries

kbog31 Jan 2020 12:25 UTC

24 points

24 comments3 min readEA link

Getting money out of politics and into charity

Eric Neyman6 Oct 2020 5:28 UTC

113 points

47 comments3 min readEA link

The US-China Relationship and Catastrophic Risk (EAG Boston transcript)

EA Global9 Jul 2024 13:50 UTC

30 points

1 comment19 min readEA link

Aligning AI Safety Projects with a Republican Administration

Deric Cheng21 Nov 2024 22:13 UTC

13 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

America & the Shape of the Far Future

Aidan Fitzsimons9 Jan 2023 6:03 UTC

8 points

1 comment12 min readEA link

Candidate Scoring System, Second Release

kbog19 Mar 2019 5:41 UTC

30 points

27 comments1 min readEA link

The US expands restrictions on AI exports to China. What are the x-risk effects?

poppinfresh14 Oct 2022 18:17 UTC

161 points

20 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Suggestions for nonprofit budgeting/accounts/legal courses/MOOCs/material

david_reinstein19 Jan 2024 18:34 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Instability risks of the upcoming U.S. election and recommendations for EAs

Juan Cambeiro3 Nov 2020 1:19 UTC

33 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

President Trump as a Global Catastrophic Risk

HaydnBelfield18 Nov 2016 18:02 UTC

26 points

17 comments27 min readEA link

Help us launch AI safety university groups by referring potential founders

Jason Chin🔸16 Jul 2026 20:53 UTC

35 points

5 comments3 min readEA link

How to Avoid California Recall Disasters (SF Chronicle Op-Ed)

Mahendra Prasad17 Sep 2021 5:01 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

Regulation of AI Use for Personal Data Protection: Comparison of Global Strategies and Opportunities for Latin America

Lisbeth Guzman 14 Oct 2024 13:22 UTC

10 points

1 comment21 min readEA link

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