I create effective, scalable educational programs. I want them to help people make better decisions, become more empathic, and more effective in their work (esp. their research). Iâm an awarded educator, receiving national awards, international senior fellowships, and the highest honour from my university. I also have a strong academic research background: Iâm Chief Investigator on $3.7m of competitive, industry-partnered research grants; have published in the Scimago #1 journals for psychology, applied psychology, ageing, paediatrics, education (three times, see #1, #2, #3), and sport science (twice, see #1 & #2); and my work is cited almost 4x the world average (according to InCites; all data as of June 2021).
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Yes all data and code are on the osf, but to my chagrin theyâre in spss. Yes good observation re the strawberry, and the imprecision around the outcome.
Our project took approximately 2 weeks FTE for 3 people (most was parallelisable). Probably the best reference class.
Richard I really love your writing, but as a parent I find it so hard to just sit and read stuff. 95% of the forumâs content I get via the podcast feeds. Now, I donât expect everyone to go full Experimental History or Joe Carlsmith and audio narrate each post, but unless youâre wanting to keep things on Substack turf, you might consider cross-posting the full thing here (like Benthamâs Bulldog did for the critique of the wired article). I donât ask this of everyone, so please consider this a compliment: I love your work and want it in my ears.[1]
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That sounded weirder than I meant it to
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Hanania gives some interesting arguments for why here: https://ââwww.richardhanania.com/ââp/ââeffective-altruism-thinks-youre-hitler
One lens to look at this is less through the âweâre all similarly qualifiedâ like the AMA but more through the âweâre working with the same valuesâ or âweâre working on similar problemsâ like the Institute of Public Administration Australia. These have no qualification requirements. Still they offer similar things to what ea communities try to do https://ââqld.ipaa.org.au/ââfor-individuals/ââ
These examples at the end are interesting and worth me mulling over. I do get the sense that Greenpeace or the NAACP would do many of the things you do
Thatâs a good point. All AMA members have to meet certain criteria. I can see how ââ8 week reading groupâ pales in comparison to a medical degree.
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Iâm interested in the authorsâ take on this question: Change my mind: EA national organisations should be âprofessional associationsâ not âcommunitiesâ
Iâll look into it. The census data part seems okay. Collecting a representative sample would be harder (e.g., literacy rates are lower, so I donât know how to estimate responses for those groups).
Thanks Peter. Fixed!
Thanks Seb. Iâm not that surprisedâpublic surveys in the Existential Risk Persuasion tournament were pretty high (5% for AI). I donât think most people are good at calibrating probabilities between 0.001% and 10% (myself included).
I donât have strong hypotheses why people âmostly supportâ something they also want treated with such care. My weak ones would be âpeople like technology but when asked about what the government should do, want them to keep them safe (remove biggest threats).â For example, Australians support getting nuclear submarines but also support the ban on nuclear weapons. I donât necessarily see this as a contradictionââkeep me safeâ priorities would lead to both. I donât know if our answers would have changed if we made the trade-offs more salient (e.g., hereâs what youâd lose if we took this policy action prioritising risks). Interested in suggestions for how we could do that better.
Itâd be easy for us to run in other countries. Weâll put the data and code online soon. If someoneâs keen to run the âget it in the hands of people who want to use itâ piece, we could also do the ârun the survey and make a technical report oneâ. Itâs all in R so the marginal cost of another country is low. Weâd need access to census data to do the statistical adjustment to estimate population agreement (but that should be easy to see if possible).
As a social scientist, these lists are very helpful, thank you team. Itâs useful to be able to point students and colleagues to open questions that are immediately decision-relevant.
Thanks for the support Ben. I love what giving multiplier are doing and we entertained the idea down here but we have more restrictive charity regranting laws down here. My understand is that giving multiplier can basically just forward re-grants to the donorâs target, but our read of the Aussie legislation is that weâd need to formally partner with every charity that a donor would want to choose.
Our strategy for marketing to non-EAs is to partner with Giving Green to support a Manager of Climate Giving for Giving Green Australia. Basically, we work closely with Jack whoâs job is to both evaluate Australian options but also to market and fundraise around effective climate giving in Australia. Weâre also planning to hire a fundraiser and marketer for EAA.
Just wanted to +1 the appreciation for all your work over the years JJ
Thanks to all who attended this event. Such a great turnout. For more information about EAAE, or to donate, go to http://ââeaa.org.au/ââenvironment
my pledge pin is my most expensive possession I own...
Omg Iâd never done those maths đŹ
Good video Peter. Agree itâs a good introduction for a wide audience. Thanks for signal boosting.
Thank you!
Amazing. Thank you!