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

Yelnats T.J.Jul 15, 2024, 2:54 AM
179 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.smithOct 12, 2024, 5:09 PM
38 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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

ivnDec 3, 2024, 11:04 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readEA link

How I got an en­try-level role in Congress

new_stafferApr 12, 2021, 4:10 AM
121 points
6 comments9 min readEA link

Guard­ing Against Pandemics

Guarding Against PandemicsSep 18, 2021, 11:15 AM
72 points
15 comments4 min readEA link

USAID Office of the Chief Economist: Ev­i­dence Use Team Lead

Dean KarlanJul 27, 2023, 10:02 PM
72 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

Mahendra PrasadNov 17, 2021, 8:28 AM
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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

abiolveraMay 17, 2022, 5:14 PM
115 points
22 comments8 min readEA link

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

Yelnats T.J.Aug 31, 2022, 7:18 PM
33 points
2 comments18 min readEA link

[Question] EA for vot­ing rights?

bg207Jan 18, 2022, 4:49 PM
9 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Some (Rough) Thoughts on the Value of Cam­paign Contributions

JacobSFeb 10, 2020, 4:53 AM
21 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

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

lauradelaplayaApr 30, 2024, 8:16 PM
22 points
9 comments8 min readEA link

US bill limit­ing pa­tient philan­thropy?

Max_DanielJun 24, 2021, 10:14 PM
95 points
11 comments4 min readEA link
(www.nytimes.com)

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

JeremiahJohnsonSep 28, 2021, 4:08 PM
71 points
69 comments1 min readEA link

EA con­sid­er­a­tions re­gard­ing in­creas­ing poli­ti­cal polarization

Alfred DreyfusJun 19, 2020, 8:25 AM
109 points
49 comments15 min readEA link

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

Nicholas RevilleJan 31, 2024, 10:38 AM
28 points
15 comments2 min readEA link

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

Rachel ShuNov 3, 2021, 7:28 AM
31 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Some po­ten­tial les­sons from Car­rick’s Con­gres­sional bid

Daniel_EthMay 18, 2022, 5:58 AM
301 points
94 comments10 min readEA link

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

saloniumDec 10, 2023, 8:37 PM
170 points
13 comments3 min readEA link

A Map to Nav­i­gate AI Governance

hanadulsetFeb 14, 2022, 10:41 PM
72 points
11 comments25 min readEA link

Un­der­stand­ing prob­lems with U.S.-China hotlines

christian.rJun 24, 2024, 1:39 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(thebulletin.org)

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

abierJun 1, 2022, 1:33 AM
75 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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

Tyrone-Jay BarughOct 7, 2022, 8:33 PM
82 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

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

🔸✨BSman ✨🔸Nov 1, 2020, 9:44 PM
24 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

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

NunoSempereJun 16, 2022, 4:40 PM
302 points
97 comments26 min readEA link

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

Evan R. MurphyJul 4, 2022, 1:28 AM
22 points
12 comments1 min readEA link
(www.hsgac.senate.gov)

The­o­ries of Change for Track II Di­plo­macy [Founders Pledge]

christian.rJul 9, 2024, 1:31 PM
20 points
2 comments33 min readEA link

Eric Adams’ elec­tion in hindsight

kbogSep 28, 2024, 10:30 PM
136 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

New vol­un­tary com­mit­ments (AI Seoul Sum­mit)

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 21, 2024, 11:00 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.gov.uk)

Surveillance and free ex­pres­sion | Sunyshore

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

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

Woody CampbellJul 13, 2024, 4:25 PM
9 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

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

Throwaway641Apr 15, 2022, 12:47 PM
139 points
13 comments6 min readEA link

Go Repub­li­can, Young EA!

ColdButtonIssuesApr 13, 2022, 4:43 AM
123 points
42 comments4 min readEA link

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

Demosthenes_USANov 28, 2020, 7:20 PM
65 points
6 comments12 min readEA link

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

aleneDec 10, 2021, 12:00 AM
16 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(www.governmentjobs.com)

Should there be just one west­ern AGI pro­ject?

rosehadsharDec 4, 2024, 2:41 PM
49 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

MauAug 26, 2021, 2:45 AM
107 points
2 comments27 min readEA link

Choos­ing causes re Flynn for Oregon

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 18, 2022, 3:59 AM
50 points
25 comments2 min readEA link

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

Jeffrey LadishMay 5, 2022, 11:04 PM
51 points
20 comments5 min readEA link

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

MichaelA🔸Jun 1, 2021, 8:19 AM
51 points
3 comments4 min readEA link
(www.nscai.gov)

Ten Big Wins for Farm An­i­mals in 2021

EA Forum ArchivesDec 25, 2021, 3:39 AM
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 YoungAug 26, 2021, 11:08 AM
45 points
10 comments8 min readEA link

Fight­ing Cli­mate Change with Pro­gres­sive Ac­tivism in the US: CEA

Dan SteinSep 25, 2021, 12:22 AM
16 points
8 comments13 min readEA link

Idea: call-your-rep­re­sen­ta­tive newsletter

Ann Garth 🔸Jul 14, 2022, 11:31 PM
34 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Should EAs be more wel­com­ing to thought­ful and al­igned Repub­li­cans?

LinchJan 20, 2020, 2:28 AM
38 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

Ide­ol­ogy and Perfor­mance in Public Organizations

DaleApr 12, 2021, 6:26 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.nber.org)

AMA: Eliz­a­beth Ed­wards-Ap­pell, former State Representative

ElizabethEJan 9, 2021, 6:05 PM
94 points
28 comments1 min readEA link

Im­pact of End­ing US An­i­mal Subsidies

Harriet RitchieMay 15, 2022, 7:00 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Shal­low eval­u­a­tions of longter­mist organizations

NunoSempereJun 24, 2021, 3:31 PM
192 points
34 comments34 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

Work­ing with the Beef In­dus­try for Chicken Welfare

HazoDec 18, 2022, 9:55 PM
181 points
17 comments16 min readEA link

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

ASBFeb 5, 2022, 9:18 PM
281 points
81 comments4 min readEA link

Con­crete For­eign Policy Recom­men­da­tions for America

kbogJan 20, 2020, 9:52 PM
22 points
7 comments11 min readEA link

A Land­scape Anal­y­sis of In­sti­tu­tional Im­prove­ment Opportunities

IanDavidMossMar 21, 2022, 12:15 AM
97 points
25 comments30 min readEA link

Fix Pri­son Telecom

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

Early spend­ing re­search and Car­rick Flynn

DirectedEvolutionMay 19, 2022, 5:08 AM
85 points
6 comments3 min readEA link

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

kbogMar 23, 2019, 6:19 AM
13 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

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

Ben_West🔸Jun 22, 2023, 12:42 AM
209 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(edition.cnn.com)

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

Ethan RolandFeb 3, 2023, 6:44 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

The 2018 elec­tions and farm animals

EA Forum ArchivesOct 4, 2018, 5:00 AM
1 point
0 comments5 min readEA link
(us14.campaign-archive.com)

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

Eevee🔹May 5, 2021, 8:33 AM
12 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

Eevee🔹Oct 21, 2023, 9:14 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

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

JMonty🔸Jul 18, 2023, 1:47 AM
19 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(www.nytimes.com)

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

MHR🔸Jul 21, 2023, 1:23 PM
61 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(www.nytimes.com)

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

YitzMay 31, 2022, 7:17 PM
16 points
14 comments4 min readEA link

An EA’s Guide to Wash­ing­ton DC

Andy MasleyApr 10, 2023, 9:10 PM
133 points
0 comments9 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 SafetyMay 9, 2023, 3:26 PM
60 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(newsletter.safe.ai)

RIP Med­i­cal Debt

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

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

RockwellAug 7, 2023, 8:16 PM
136 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

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

Eevee🔹May 20, 2022, 11:49 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

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

MauNov 8, 2021, 8:42 AM
86 points
7 comments34 min readEA link

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

Juan CambeiroNov 3, 2020, 1:19 AM
33 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

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

Mahendra PrasadSep 17, 2021, 5:01 AM
3 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

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

Stephen ClareOct 14, 2022, 6:17 PM
161 points
20 comments4 min readEA link

Can­di­date Scor­ing Sys­tem, Se­cond Release

kbogMar 19, 2019, 5:41 AM
30 points
27 comments1 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

Can­di­date Scor­ing Sys­tem recom­men­da­tions for the Demo­cratic pres­i­den­tial primaries

kbogJan 31, 2020, 12:25 PM
24 points
24 comments3 min readEA link

On Mike Berkow­itz’s 80k Podcast

Timothy_LiptrotApr 21, 2021, 1:53 AM
16 points
10 comments4 min readEA link

EA Shouldn’t Try to Ex­er­cise Direct Poli­ti­cal Power

iamasockpuppetJul 21, 2022, 10:29 AM
156 points
31 comments10 min readEA link

Can­di­date Scor­ing Sys­tem, Third Release

kbogApr 2, 2019, 6:33 AM
11 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] EA al­igned lawyers in Texas?

Solomon SiaOct 10, 2022, 8:06 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

2020 United States/​Cal­ifor­nia elec­tion recommendations

kbogOct 31, 2020, 11:15 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

kbogMar 3, 2020, 10:40 AM
23 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

A wealth tax could have un­pre­dictable effects on poli­tics and philanthropy

PabloOct 31, 2019, 1:05 PM
19 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(www.vox.com)

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

Jasper MeyerDec 2, 2022, 10:20 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Re­sponse to a Dy­lan Matthews ar­ti­cle on Vox about bipartisanship

kbogDec 20, 2018, 3:53 PM
59 points
14 comments8 min readEA link

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

kbogFeb 23, 2021, 5:38 AM
20 points
0 comments19 min readEA link

[Question] Cal­ifor­nia 2022 Pri­mary Elec­tion Recom­men­da­tions?

joeysulpizioMay 16, 2022, 5:49 AM
4 points
0 comments1 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

New and im­proved Can­di­date Scor­ing System

kbogNov 12, 2019, 8:49 AM
21 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

EA USA: What can we do?

Benjamin StartMay 27, 2022, 9:44 AM
−16 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Why we need a new agency to reg­u­late ad­vanced ar­tifi­cial intelligence

Michael HuangAug 4, 2022, 1:38 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.brookings.edu)

E.A. Me­gapro­ject Ideas

Tomer_GoloboyMar 21, 2022, 1:23 AM
15 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

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

Jordan_SchneiderAug 12, 2022, 2:19 AM
76 points
17 comments43 min readEA link

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

IanDavidMossOct 14, 2020, 1:51 PM
49 points
33 comments8 min readEA link

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

Michael SimmNov 18, 2022, 8:13 AM
17 points
3 comments24 min readEA link

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

kbogFeb 13, 2019, 10:35 AM
24 points
14 comments2 min readEA link

Run For President

Brian MooreJul 2, 2022, 12:52 AM
−1 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Pres­i­dent Trump as a Global Catas­trophic Risk

HaydnBelfieldNov 18, 2016, 6:02 PM
26 points
16 comments27 min readEA link

Can­di­date Scor­ing Sys­tem, Fifth Release

kbogJun 5, 2019, 8:10 AM
11 points
12 comments1 min readEA link

Is there some­thing like GiveWell for gov­ern­ment pro­grams?

aoreidmarrDec 20, 2021, 10:25 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

A com­par­i­son of Amer­i­can poli­ti­cal parties

kbogDec 9, 2020, 8:45 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Prevent­ing a US-China war as a policy priority

Matthew_BarnettJun 22, 2022, 6:07 PM
64 points
22 comments8 min readEA link

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

CBiddulphJan 22, 2022, 4:56 AM
13 points
6 comments11 min readEA link

Amer­ica & the Shape of the Far Future

Aidan FitzsimonsJan 9, 2023, 6:03 AM
8 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

EA should help Tyler Cowen pub­lish his drafted book in China

Matt BrooksJan 14, 2023, 9:10 PM
38 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

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

McGill EA x LawJan 31, 2023, 6:52 PM
14 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

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

Garrett EhingerFeb 17, 2023, 6:46 PM
2 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Fore­casts on Moore v Harper from Samotsvety

gregjusticeMar 20, 2023, 4:03 AM
37 points
1 comment27 min readEA link
(samotsvety.org)

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

gordoniMar 12, 2023, 7:27 AM
44 points
10 comments1 min readEA link

An EA’s Guide to Visit­ing New York City

Alex Rahl-Kaplan 🔸Jul 19, 2023, 10:46 AM
77 points
9 comments13 min readEA link

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

Ashley Valentina MarteAug 12, 2024, 4:17 PM
13 points
1 comment9 min readEA link

Cel­e­brat­ing Progress: Re­cent High­lights from the NYC EA Community

Alex Rahl-Kaplan 🔸Sep 20, 2023, 10:30 AM
53 points
6 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Are U.S. Poli­ti­ci­ans In­tel­lec­tu­ally Ri­gor­ous Be­hind the Scenes or Do Public De­bates Ac­cu­rately Reflect Their Un­der­stand­ing?

Aaron GraifmanNov 23, 2023, 9:14 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

How economists got Africa’s AIDS epi­demic wrong

Justin SandefurJun 10, 2023, 5:25 AM
264 points
26 comments8 min readEA link

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

ben.smithSep 3, 2024, 5:28 AM
15 points
0 comments9 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

teddyschleiferMar 20, 2024, 8:32 PM
19 points
15 comments2 min readEA link

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

Matrice JacobineNov 24, 2024, 9:34 AM
7 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(www.eff.org)

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

Vasco Grilo🔸Sep 21, 2024, 9:02 AM
10 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

We Fell For It

Nicholas / Heather KrossFeb 5, 2025, 6:09 PM
−18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

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

EA GlobalJul 9, 2024, 1:50 PM
30 points
1 comment19 min readEA link

An­i­mal welfare in the United States: Op­por­tu­ni­ties for impact

Animal AskMay 22, 2024, 8:57 AM
31 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.animalask.org)

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

christian.rJun 3, 2024, 6:46 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lawfaremedia.org)

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

david_reinsteinJan 19, 2024, 6:34 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

Lisbeth Guzman Oct 14, 2024, 1:22 PM
10 points
1 comment21 min readEA link

The elephant (and don­key) in the room

Matthew RendallNov 5, 2024, 2:16 PM
29 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

Arturo MaciasJan 28, 2025, 11:37 AM
14 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

Align­ing AI Safety Pro­jects with a Repub­li­can Administration

Deric ChengNov 21, 2024, 10:13 PM
13 points
1 comment8 min readEA link