Luke Freeman 🔸

In­side the AISI: Jobs, Im­pact, and How to Ap­ply (Jan­uary)

In­side the AISI: Jobs, Im­pact, and How to Ap­ply (De­cem­ber)

Join the Found­ing Team: Aus­tralia’s AI Safety Institute

Help Shape Aus­tralia’s Na­tional Se­cu­rity Future

• Luke Freeman 🔸 2 Apr 2025 7:24 UTC

  8 points

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  on: In­tro­duc­ing The Spend­ing What We Must Pledge

  Best. FAQ. Ever. 💸💸💸

Aus­trali­ans for AI Safety Launches New Elec­tion Cam­paign — Here’s How You Can Help

• Luke Freeman 🔸 29 Dec 2024 22:15 UTC

  6 points

  0 ∶ 0

  on: Dona­tion Cel­e­bra­tion Post

  Giving What We Can, Good Food Institute

• Luke Freeman 🔸 18 Nov 2024 7:10 UTC

  10 points

  3 ∶ 0

  on: An­nounc­ing Sjir Hoeij­mak­ers as the new CEO of Giv­ing What We Can

  Congratulations to Sjir! I’m thrilled for you, the GWWC team, and the EG community! I’m excited to see where you take the organisation and how it grows under your stewardship. Your incredible competence and deep commitment to effective giving were evident in the time we worked together and will serve you well in this role.

  A big thanks to the boards and especially the CEO search committee for all their careful work in this selection process. I know how much time and attention went into making such an important decision. The thoroughness of your approach and the broad stakeholder engagement speaks volumes about your commitment to finding the right leader for GWWC’s next chapter 🙌

• Luke Freeman 🔸 31 Oct 2024 16:36 UTC

  23 points

  5 ∶ 0

  on: Reflec­tions and les­sons from Effec­tive Ventures

  Thank you for writing this comprehensive and candid post. As the ED/​CEO of GWWC during this period, I deeply appreciate the transparency about both the challenges faced for us all during that period and reforms implemented. Some of the decisions, like the restrictive communications policy, were undoubtedly difficult and had real costs for the community, but I believe you and the team navigated an incredibly complex situation with integrity, putting in place important governance improvements while managing serious (and often unknown or unclear) legal risks.

  I’m particularly grateful for the clear explanation of the trade-offs involved in various decisions. The section on crisis preparation really resonated with my experience—it’s so much harder and more expensive to implement reforms during a crisis than to build robust systems proactively. The lessons around valuing operational experience, investing in capacity early, and carefully considering organisational risk profiles are especially valuable for other EA organisations.

  While the FTX situation created immense challenges, I believe there’s a silver lining in how it led to governance improvements across the ecosystem. The EV team’s support during the spin-out process helped organisations like GWWC establish robust governance frameworks and operational systems from day one. Thanks to their guidance and the lessons captured here, I expect many of the spin-out organisations to emerge as particularly well-governed and resilient institutions.

  I particularly want to acknowledge the immense effort of everyone who worked to reform EV during this period—both the visible leadership and the many staff members who put in long hours behind the scenes. This kind of operational and governance work isn’t always celebrated in EA, but it’s essential for building trustworthy institutions that can effectively pursue our shared goals.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Step­ping down from GWWC: So long, and thanks for all the shrimp

Profit for Good: Driv­ing So­cial Im­pact with En­trepreneur­ship and Philanthropy

Profit for Good: Driv­ing So­cial Im­pact with En­trepreneur­ship and Philanthropy

• Luke Freeman 🔸 27 May 2024 1:35 UTC

  2 points

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  in reply to: Rebecca Herbst’s comment on: Re­becca Herbst’s Quick takes

  Big plus one here 🥰

Syd­ney Trivia Night: Hosted by Giv­ing What We Can and Effec­tive Altru­ism Australia

• Luke Freeman 🔸 11 Feb 2024 21:55 UTC

  3 points

  1 ∶ 0

  on: A Kind­ness Equa­tion ~ should I give to char­ity or vol­un­teer?

  Nice! I enjoyed how accessible and friendly this is!

Where are the GWWC team donat­ing in 2023?

• Luke Freeman 🔸 18 Dec 2023 22:22 UTC

  2 points

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  in reply to: David_Moss’s comment on: An­nounc­ing Sur­veys on Com­mu­nity Health, Causes, and Harassment

  Thanks! Found it (yep, was in spam unfortunately).

• Luke Freeman 🔸 18 Dec 2023 9:31 UTC

  4 points

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  on: An­nounc­ing Sur­veys on Com­mu­nity Health, Causes, and Harassment

  Thanks team! I can’t keep track of which email address I’ve used from year to year on the surveys, do you plan to send an email to those who filled in the previous surveys with a link to fill it in again which pre-fills the email address? That’d be wonderful if so 🙌

GWWC is spin­ning out of EV

• Luke Freeman 🔸 13 Dec 2023 21:24 UTC

  2 points

  3 ∶ 0

  in reply to: Lorenzo Buonanno🔸’s comment on: Lorenzo Buo­nanno’s Shortform

  That’s fantastic!! Great to see, thanks for sharing!