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Astral Codex Ten Meetup Spring 2024
Why is there no “Science” as default option under “Do you watch YouTube videos on any of these broad topics?”?
Good catch! This series used to have a registration form, but this event is open. “Enable RSVPs” is not checked, that’s why you can’t “join” here on the forum.
Do the rules of P4A allow GiveWell? I remember it being unclear last year whether funds / regrantors were eligible.
EA Berlin University Meetup
Thanks for sharing!
Are the numbers comparable to GiveWell, or is one of them more conservative? One data point could be Malaria. Is the Benefit-to-cost ratio GiveWell calculates for e.g. AMF around 48 as well?
Malaria
Paper: Benefits and Costs of Scaling up Coverage and Use of Insecticide Treated Nets.
Benefit-to-cost ratio: 48.
Investment:
>Scale up coverage of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets coverage to 10 percentage points above the 2019 level. Use of chlorfenapir to offset insecticide resistance and social and behavioral change communication to increase the usage including hang-up campaigns.
EA Berlin Talk & Community Meetup
I assume and (ChatGPT agrees) that it’s the tedious, unglamorous, and labor-intensive work. It probably comes from the Germany “schleppen” which is “heavy lifting”.
I’d also like to point out that the Effektiv Spenden co-working office (TEAMWORK) is a place where many EAs work and is available for EA meetups and events outside of office hours. The impact of this is difficult to quantify, but potentially significant and not accounted for when looking at donations alone.
Is there a way to donate in a tax-deductible way from Germany via Effektiv Spenden? Is that too late to set up?
The next workshop with @Glenn Gregor goes into a wholly different direction: Radically improving mental health through effective emotional work.
Join us on Dec 11 (Mon).
A New Paradigm For Emotional Work And Mental Health
An EA’s guide to Berlin
I advise against trying to read 1/day blindly, since there are monsters like A Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation (nearly 17k words), one needs to set aside time for.
The next workshop with @Manuel Allgaier has been scheduled for Nov 27 (Mon): AI Risk Scenario Roleplay (repeat from EAGxBerlin)
I’d love to see you there!
AI Risk Scenario Roleplay (repeat from EAGxBerlin)
Yes/No debate #2: Is it OK to eat meat? (German)
The next workshop with @nina antonyuk has been scheduled for Oct 16 (Mon): Why we’re bad at predicting what will make us happy
I’d love to see you there!
I think it would still make sense to add it because I assume many people (like me) will add it manually anyway, giving you more free-text to analyze. :)