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Rethink Priorities is a think tank dedicated to informing decisions made by high-impact organizations and funders. We work across various cause areas such as longtermism (including forecasting, AI governance, and nuclear risks), building effective altruism, animal welfare (for both farmed and wild animals), and global health and development.

Re­think Pri­ori­ties 2022 Mid-Year Up­date: Progress, Plans, Funding

Rethink Priorities26 Jul 2022 14:33 UTC
112 points
6 comments8 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: brain cell counts in Black Soldier Flies (Her­me­tia illu­cens; Diptera: Stra­tiomy­i­dae)

Rethink Priorities15 Aug 2022 23:44 UTC
67 points
2 comments14 min readEA link
(www.sciencedirect.com)

An­nounc­ing the Re­think Pri­ori­ties Spe­cial Pro­jects Program

Rethink Priorities21 Sep 2022 18:34 UTC
147 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Us­ing ar­tifi­cial in­tel­li­gence (ma­chine vi­sion) to in­crease the effec­tive­ness of hu­man-wildlife con­flict miti­ga­tions could benefit WAW

Rethink Priorities28 Oct 2022 16:23 UTC
47 points
7 comments32 min readEA link

How effec­tive are prizes at spurring in­no­va­tion?

Rethink Priorities1 Nov 2022 9:31 UTC
109 points
15 comments86 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Spe­cial Pro­jects Team is hiring

Rethink Priorities1 Nov 2022 16:09 UTC
63 points
4 comments6 min readEA link
(careers.rethinkpriorities.org)

Cli­mate re­search we­bi­nar by Re­think Pri­ori­ties on Tues­day, De­cem­ber 13 at 11 am EST

Rethink Priorities5 Dec 2022 20:25 UTC
46 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties is hiring: help sup­port and com­mu­ni­cate our work

Rethink Priorities9 Dec 2022 17:07 UTC
52 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(careers.rethinkpriorities.org)

The REDD+ frame­work for re­duc­ing de­foresta­tion and miti­gat­ing cli­mate change: overview, eval­u­a­tion, and cost-effectiveness

Rethink Priorities15 Dec 2022 23:50 UTC
38 points
9 comments70 min readEA link

Liveli­hood in­ter­ven­tions: overview, eval­u­a­tion, and cost-effectiveness

Rethink Priorities20 Jan 2023 20:05 UTC
90 points
8 comments45 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties is hiring an Events and Office Coordinator

Rethink Priorities2 Feb 2023 16:58 UTC
30 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.pinpointhq.com)

The Ex­is­ten­tial Risk Alli­ance is hiring mul­ti­ple Cause Area Leads

Rethink Priorities2 Feb 2023 17:10 UTC
20 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(careers.rethinkpriorities.org)

Wor­ld­view In­ves­ti­ga­tions Team: An Overview

Rethink Priorities25 Feb 2023 17:29 UTC
103 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Ex­po­sure to Lead Paint in Low- and Mid­dle-In­come Countries

Rethink Priorities14 Mar 2023 8:43 UTC
45 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Our re­search pro­cess: an overview from Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Global Health and Devel­op­ment team

Rethink Priorities20 Mar 2023 17:02 UTC
63 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Bet­ter weather fore­cast­ing: Agri­cul­tural and non-agri­cul­tural benefits in low- and lower-mid­dle-in­come countries

Rethink Priorities28 Apr 2023 16:25 UTC
41 points
6 comments3 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

An overview of the WHO Essen­tial Medicines List: pro­ce­dures, us­age, and po­ten­tial improvements

Rethink Priorities16 May 2023 19:02 UTC
22 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Fam­ily Em­pow­er­ment Me­dia: track record, cost-effec­tive­ness, and main uncertainties

Rethink Priorities12 Jun 2023 9:36 UTC
98 points
17 comments3 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

His­tor­i­cal Global Health R&D “hits”: Devel­op­ment, main sources of fund­ing, and impact

Rethink Priorities12 Jun 2023 12:46 UTC
56 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(rethinkpriorities.org)

Five Years of Re­think Pri­ori­ties: Im­pact, Fu­ture Plans, Fund­ing Needs (July 2023)

Rethink Priorities18 Jul 2023 15:59 UTC
108 points
3 comments16 min readEA link