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David_Moss

Karma: 9,316

I am the Principal Research Director at Rethink Priorities. I lead our Surveys and Data Analysis department and our Worldview Investigation Team.

The Worldview Investigation Team previously completed the Moral Weight Project and CURVE Sequence /​ Cross-Cause Model. We’re currently working on tools to help EAs decide how they should allocate resources within portfolios of different causes, and to how to use a moral parliament approach to allocate resources given metanormative uncertainty.

The Surveys and Data Analysis Team primarily works on private commissions for core EA movement and longtermist orgs, where we provide:

Formerly, I also managed our Wild Animal Welfare department and I’ve previously worked for Charity Science, and been a trustee at Charity Entrepreneurship and EA London.

My academic interests are in moral psychology and methodology at the intersection of psychology and philosophy.

Do­ing Pri­ori­ti­za­tion Better

arvommApr 16, 2025, 9:53 AM
121 points
14 comments19 min readEA link

EA Sur­vey 2024: What Helps Peo­ple Have an Im­pact and Con­nect with Other EAs

Willem SleegersApr 14, 2025, 12:58 PM
43 points
5 comments11 min readEA link

EA Sur­vey 2024: How Peo­ple Get In­volved in EA

Willem SleegersMar 24, 2025, 12:38 PM
86 points
19 comments13 min readEA link

Beyond Ex­tinc­tion: Re­vis­it­ing the Ques­tion and Broad­en­ing Our View

arvommMar 17, 2025, 4:03 PM
36 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

EA Sur­vey 2024: Demographics

Willem SleegersFeb 28, 2025, 10:39 AM
108 points
14 comments11 min readEA link

Meta Co­or­di­na­tion Fo­rum (2024) /​ Ta­lent Need Survey

David_MossJan 29, 2025, 10:16 AM
91 points
14 comments19 min readEA link

Strate­gic Direc­tions for a Digi­tal Con­scious­ness Model

Derek ShillerDec 10, 2024, 7:33 PM
41 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

Please Take the EA Sur­vey 2024

Willem SleegersDec 9, 2024, 1:52 PM
120 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Pulse 2024: At­ti­tudes to­wards ar­tifi­cial intelligence

Jamie ENov 27, 2024, 11:33 AM
62 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Pulse 2024: En­gage­ment in and per­cep­tions of im­pact­ful char­i­ta­ble giving

Jamie ENov 27, 2024, 11:33 AM
53 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Pulse 2024: Aware­ness and per­cep­tions of effec­tive altruism

Jamie ENov 27, 2024, 11:33 AM
115 points
19 comments7 min readEA link

Pulse 2024: Public at­ti­tudes to­wards char­i­ta­ble cause areas

Jamie ENov 27, 2024, 11:32 AM
38 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Re­source Allo­ca­tion: A Re­search Agenda

arvommNov 14, 2024, 3:34 PM
44 points
7 comments33 min readEA link

The Welfare of Digi­tal Minds: A Re­search Agenda

Derek ShillerNov 11, 2024, 12:58 PM
53 points
1 comment31 min readEA link

Test­ing Fram­ings of EA and Longtermism

Jamie ENov 7, 2024, 11:58 AM
146 points
13 comments13 min readEA link

Valu­ing Im­pacts Across Species: A Re­search Agenda

Bob FischerNov 4, 2024, 11:55 AM
45 points
1 comment22 min readEA link

Bri­tish pub­lic per­cep­tion of ex­is­ten­tial risks

Jamie EOct 25, 2024, 2:37 PM
58 points
8 comments10 min readEA link

What do RP’s tools tell us about giv­ing $100m to AW or GHD?

Hayley ClatterbuckOct 7, 2024, 8:41 PM
167 points
21 comments9 min readEA link

Time prefer­ences for im­pact in the EA com­mu­nity (data from the 2023 EA Sur­vey Sup­ple­ment)

Jamie EAug 12, 2024, 2:59 PM
47 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

AMA: Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Wor­ld­view In­ves­ti­ga­tion Team

Bob FischerJul 31, 2024, 10:34 AM
65 points
43 comments1 min readEA link