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

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Strate­gies for man­ag­ing jet lag and recom­men­da­tion for Timeshifter app

Alexander Saeri7 Oct 2023 2:03 UTC
29 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

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

Will Aldred15 Aug 2022 20:46 UTC
142 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

When Real­iz­ing Cap­i­tal Gains Re­duces Tax

ABlank5 Jan 2024 0:18 UTC
8 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Pro­duc­tive crit­i­cism: what could help?

Lizka13 Jun 2023 14:56 UTC
38 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing In­tro­duc­tions for Col­lab­o­ra­tive Truth Seek­ing Tools

brook23 Jan 2023 16:04 UTC
81 points
7 comments2 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

Med­i­ta­tion course claims 65% en­light­en­ment rate: my review

Kat Woods1 Aug 2022 11:26 UTC
68 points
18 comments15 min readEA link

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

In­group Deference

trammell26 May 2023 16:44 UTC
120 points
24 comments17 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

Net­work­ing for Nerds [linkpost]

Evie6 Jul 2022 13:34 UTC
47 points
2 comments6 min readEA link
(benjaminreinhardt.com)

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

How much par­ent­ing harms pro­duc­tivity and how you can re­duce it

Nicholas Kruus25 Feb 2024 14:13 UTC
84 points
25 comments3 min readEA link

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

jenn2 Jun 2023 9:37 UTC
390 points
22 comments8 min readEA link
(jenn.site)

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
63 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Listen to more EA con­tent with The Non­lin­ear Library

Kat Woods19 Oct 2021 12:24 UTC
186 points
94 comments8 min readEA link

Cash and FX man­age­ment for EA organizations

JueYan14 Oct 2023 0:19 UTC
279 points
13 comments6 min readEA link

How to have cost-effec­tive fun

Kat Woods30 Jun 2018 21:23 UTC
52 points
22 comments7 min readEA link

Con­sider Fi­nan­cial In­de­pen­dence First

River27 Dec 2022 2:04 UTC
49 points
9 comments5 min readEA link

Lower-suffer­ing egg brands available in the SF Bay Area

mayleaf31 Jan 2024 5:45 UTC
115 points
16 comments7 min readEA link

UK Per­sonal Fi­nance Tips & Info

Rasool19 Jan 2023 14:45 UTC
58 points
16 comments12 min readEA link

In favour of ‘per­sonal poli­cies’

Michelle_Hutchinson13 Nov 2022 10:15 UTC
93 points
8 comments8 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

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

abiolvera17 Aug 2022 16:55 UTC
47 points
4 comments11 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

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

Marisa21 Mar 2020 2:20 UTC
24 points
8 comments1 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] Are there ro­bustly good and dis­putable lead­er­ship prac­tices?

Ben_West19 Mar 2020 1:46 UTC
36 points
6 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)

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

Eli_30 Nov 2022 6:31 UTC
18 points
7 comments15 min readEA link

Effec­tive Giv­ing: Best Prac­tices, Key Con­sid­er­a­tions, and Resources

Pete Rowlett28 Nov 2023 0:36 UTC
26 points
1 comment40 min readEA link

Jobs that can help with the most im­por­tant century

Holden Karnofsky12 Feb 2023 18:19 UTC
52 points
2 comments32 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

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

ChanaMessinger16 Sep 2022 16:58 UTC
22 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

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

Joseph Lemien29 Apr 2023 14:05 UTC
12 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Edit­ing Ad­vice for EA Fo­rum Users

Justis22 Apr 2022 2:45 UTC
101 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Ad­vice for in­ter­act­ing with busy people

Severin4 May 2023 13:31 UTC
69 points
12 comments1 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

Ad­vice to a new EA org employee

Julia_Wise30 Mar 2022 22:10 UTC
94 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

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

Igor Scaldini1 Dec 2023 16:23 UTC
37 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

Tips for ask­ing peo­ple for things

Ben Kuhn5 Apr 2022 20:30 UTC
127 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

Les­sons learned from offer­ing in-office nu­tri­tional testing

Elizabeth19 May 2023 22:36 UTC
38 points
2 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
25 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Ad­vice on peo­ple man­age­ment from EA Global

Michelle_Hutchinson17 Apr 2022 15:26 UTC
38 points
3 comments1 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

AISafety.info “How can I help?” FAQ

StevenKaas5 Jun 2023 22:09 UTC
48 points
1 comment1 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

NicholasKross22 Jun 2023 0:42 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 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

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
69 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
141 points
54 comments14 min readEA link

Acronyms & abbreviations

Hillary Grills18 Mar 2024 5:08 UTC
19 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

Tips for con­duct­ing wor­ld­view investigations

lukeprog12 Apr 2022 19:28 UTC
87 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

The Im­por­tance of Time Capping

Joey28 Dec 2018 17:02 UTC
64 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Day Re­treat Am­s­ter­dam: Re­solv­ing In­ter­nal Conflict

Raymond Koopmanschap29 Mar 2024 8:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

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

wes R8 Jan 2024 5:16 UTC
−12 points
4 comments6 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

[Question] Ad­vice on giv­ing to scholarships

AlphaOmega2 Feb 2021 23:14 UTC
9 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Tips for over­com­ing low back pain

Magnus Vinding24 Mar 2020 16:41 UTC
71 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

Mili­tary Ser­vice as an Op­tion to Build Ca­reer Capital

Molly9 Aug 2022 20:22 UTC
161 points
34 comments16 min readEA link

The most im­por­tant les­son I learned af­ter ten years in EA

Kat Woods3 Aug 2022 12:28 UTC
188 points
8 comments6 min readEA link

Public Speak­ers: Use mics bet­ter please

TheMatAllen21 Dec 2022 0:42 UTC
35 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Non­profit Boards are Weird

Holden Karnofsky28 Jun 2022 10:17 UTC
109 points
7 comments20 min readEA link
(www.cold-takes.com)

[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 lawsen (previously alexrjl)4 May 2022 18:13 UTC
193 points
12 comments3 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

Things I recom­mend you buy and use.

BenSchifman24 Jan 2021 0:21 UTC
38 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

Ad­vice on how to get a re­mote per­sonal/​ex­ec­u­tive assistant

james15 May 2022 19:21 UTC
73 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

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

MichaelA26 Jun 2022 17:13 UTC
112 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

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

Aaron Bergman1 Jun 2022 0:09 UTC
97 points
32 comments12 min readEA link

Tips for Choos­ing En­ter­prise Software

Vaidehi Agarwalla9 Apr 2021 13:37 UTC
42 points
0 comments12 min readEA link

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)

Big list of ice­breaker questions

JakubK9 Jan 2023 4:46 UTC
28 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

Notes on “Manag­ing to Change the World”

Peter Wildeford9 Oct 2021 2:17 UTC
194 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

Tips for En­gag­ing Prospec­tive First-Year Students

kuhanj5 Apr 2021 15:43 UTC
20 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

The Onion Test for Per­sonal and In­sti­tu­tional Honesty

ChanaMessinger27 Sep 2022 15:26 UTC
56 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Iron defi­cien­cies are very bad and you should treat them

Elizabeth13 Jan 2023 21:49 UTC
87 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

The Power Of Small Experiments

Alvin Ånestrand27 Jan 2023 17:30 UTC
9 points
2 comments7 min readEA link

Let’s ad­ver­tise in­fras­truc­ture projects

Arepo23 Sep 2022 14:01 UTC
105 points
23 comments3 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
64 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

The (Allegedly) Best Busi­ness Books

Joseph Lemien12 Sep 2022 0:38 UTC
38 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
97 points
30 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I in­vest my run­way?

David King9 Jul 2022 10:22 UTC
8 points
9 comments1 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

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
45 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

Ex­pert trap: What is it? (Part 1 of 3) – how hind­sight, hi­er­ar­chy, and con­fir­ma­tion bi­ases break con­duc­tivity and ac­cu­racy of knowledge

Pawel Sysiak6 Jun 2023 15:05 UTC
3 points
0 comments8 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
10 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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

Simon274 Aug 2022 1:08 UTC
6 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 comment2 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
1 comment2 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
2 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
46 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?

Coleman@21stTalks23 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 comments8 min readEA link

How to be a more effec­tive pod­cast guest

Stan Pinsent1 Dec 2022 18:54 UTC
6 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 comments13 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
2 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)

BrownHairedEevee16 Oct 2022 22:21 UTC
39 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
37 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

The gap be­tween pres­tige and impact

Adam Binks4 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 West4 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 comments9 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
77 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 comments37 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

If you’re un­happy, con­sider leaving

Justis20 Jul 2022 15:49 UTC
139 points
13 comments6 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
9 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 Low23 Jan 2023 16:21 UTC
165 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
26 points
14 comments2 min readEA link

Ad­vice I found helpful in 2022

Akash28 Jan 2023 19:48 UTC
38 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
21 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
87 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

2 Other tips on how to get things done

wes R27 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
18 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_Grunewald29 Mar 2023 15:01 UTC
47 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
80 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 Kaufman27 Sep 2023 19:57 UTC
106 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Most peo­ple should prob­a­bly feel safe most of the time

Kaj_Sotala9 May 2023 9:41 UTC
26 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Why you should pub­lish your re­search in aca­demic fashion

Hans Waschke-Wischedag6 Nov 2023 16:55 UTC
74 points
19 comments2 min readEA link

Les­sons on pro­ject man­age­ment from “How Big Things Get Done”

Cristina Schmidt Ibáñez17 May 2023 19:15 UTC
29 points
2 comments9 min readEA link

List of how peo­ple have be­come more hard-working

Chi29 Sep 2023 11:30 UTC
91 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Tips for peo­ple con­sid­er­ing start­ing new incubators

Joey19 May 2023 12:52 UTC
230 points
20 comments9 min readEA link

Co­er­cion is an adap­ta­tion to scarcity; trust is an adap­ta­tion to abundance

richard_ngo23 May 2023 18:14 UTC
38 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Ad­vice for new al­ign­ment peo­ple: Info Max

Jonas Hallgren30 May 2023 15:42 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Prob­a­bly tell your friends when they make big mistakes

Chi1 Jun 2023 14:30 UTC
98 points
6 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Look­ing for some­one deal­ing with the FTX “claw­backs” etc.

hnykda19 Sep 2023 21:00 UTC
18 points
6 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

The Three M’s: Mea­sure­ment, Mul­ti­pli­ca­tion, Maximization

quinn7 Jun 2023 15:50 UTC
23 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

How to listen to PDFs & Google Docs

peterhartree29 Aug 2023 10:56 UTC
23 points
7 comments2 min readEA link
(blog.type3.audio)

A Strange ACH Corner Case

Jeff Kaufman10 Feb 2024 3:10 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Talk­ing about EA with friend who has an in­tel­lec­tual dis­abil­ity — any ad­vice?

Hayven Frienby28 Dec 2023 17:45 UTC
15 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

A model of re­search skill

L Rudolf L8 Jan 2024 0:13 UTC
14 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(www.strataoftheworld.com)
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