I co-founded EA Eindhoven (NL) and I am a mentor for other EA group organizers through UGAP. I was an intern for EA Virtual Programs (CEA) in the summer of 2023 and am currently working part-time as a contractor for them alongside my MSc in Chemical Engineering.
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Super interesting, thanks for putting this together! I’d also be curious about a comparison of the number of EAs per country normalized by country population (i.e., per capita data).
Yes I see what you mean, thanks for taking a look
There are 6 good examples on the front page of effectivealtruism.org and there are more on its page about impact (which was updated last on January 7, 2021, so maybe it could benefit from an update)
Thanks for sharing! One small thing: the link behind “This is a linkpost for” doesn’t work for me
The Existential Risk Observatory (based in the Netherlands) is doing projects in this direction. For an example, see here.
The EA Opportunities Board also has a list of EA and EA-adjacent organizations: https://ea-internships.pory.app/orgs
Maybe you can find some inspiration in this doc I made (under “quizzes” or “estimating important numbers”). I also recommend you ask questions like these in the EA Groups Slack!
re: Forecasting Guide: Juan Cambeiro and Michael Hewlett are launching a class on forecasting that is expected to have a pilot round in March 2023
If there is anyone who ends up making a reading group discussion guide or a list of discussion prompts (whether it’s comprehensive or not!), I’d love to check it out and add it to my collection of EA syllabi!
If there is anyone who ends up making a reading group discussion guide or a list of discussion prompts for this book (whether it’s comprehensive or not!), I’d love to check it out and add it to my collection of EA syllabi!
If there is anyone who ends up making a reading group discussion guide or a list of discussion prompts (whether it’s comprehensive or not!), I’d love to check it out and add it to my collection of EA syllabi!
I fixed it! Hope it’s helpful :)
Thanks for sharing this and I appreciate the attention to detail and completeness in your post. You’ve done amazing work. Best of luck in the new year!
I incorporated all of the links from the list above and many more in the syllabi collection of EA Eindhoven. Might also be interesting to check out :)
The CEA’s advice for group organizers also has some guidelines about what to do if journalists contact you, so that might be helpful.
If you want to do this, I think you should also be confident the money you save now and donate later will have an impact that is just as big as the money you would donate right now if you hadn’t saved it. I do not have a strong opinion on this myself, but if you think the current moment is especially influential (e.g. hinge of history hypothesis) and donations made right now could have an especially large impact, this might influence your decision.
This post explains a framework for thinking about these questions. It’s about AGI timelines but maybe the framework explained there could have wider applicability, and it also has a lot of references.
Nice post! I’m looking forward to the next posts.
One question: I’m wondering why you say EAs not taking a specific action because it might harm our reputation (e.g., coming across as too elitist) is a risk (under “Unwillingness to trade reputation for impact”), while at the same time saying that coming across as too elitist is a risk (under “Internal disenchantment”). To me, these things seem in conflict with each other.
The idea of selling books for a token sum is really interesting! I usually offer to loan books first indeed.
And I also definitely agree that EA people from different backgrounds can all add something. That’s also why I’m so excited about all the local groups that have popped up everywhere recently :).
Great, looking forward to it!