EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

“The Antichrist probably presents as a great humanitarian, it's redistributive, it's an extremely great philanthropist, as an effective altruist, all of those kinds of things.” - Peter Thiel

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TL;DR

Calibrating your ambition is a skill. Overshooting can lead to burnout; undershooting can mean missed opportunities. The sweet spot lies in setting goals that stretch you a…

The Open Wing Alliance 2025 cage-free fulfillment report shows that 92% of cage-free egg commitments with deadlines of 2024 or earlier have been fulfilled, up from 89% last year.…

This morning I was looking into Switzerland's new animal welfare labelling law. I was going through the list of abuses that are now required to be documented on labels, and one of them made me do a …

This morning I was looking into Switzerland's new animal welfare labelling law. I was going through the list of abuses that are now required to be documented on labels, and one of them made me do a …

We’re excited to announce that we’ve reopened applications for the following Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program Cohorts:

• February 9th - April 5th 2026
• August - September 2026 (exact dates …

Hi all!

The Spring 2025 round of the Mental Health Funding Circle went well, and we're thrilled to be supporting seven organisations we believe are doing evidence-informed and deeply impactful work…

Today, Forethought and I are releasing an essay series called Better Futures, here.[1] It's been something like eight years in the making, so I’m pretty happy it's finally out! It asks: when looking…

Summary

• Countries
  • The USA (34.4%) and the UK (13.5%) remain the countries with the largest proportions of EA respondents. We observed that 32% of respondents came from Europe (excluding the UK), w…

Imagine waking up tomorrow in a world very different from our own. There is no society, nor do you have any friends or acquaintances. You must fend for yourself, acquiring your own food. Disease run…

This is a cross post written by Andy Masley, not me. I found it really interesting and wanted to see what EAs thought of his arguments.

This post was inspired by similar posts by Tyler Cowen and Fe…

AI is advancing incredibly fast. We might see AI systems that are better than most humans at many tasks within a few years. This would change things drastically for animals in factory farms, in the …

Below some meta-level / operational / fundraising thoughts around producing the SB-1047 Documentary I've just posted on Manifund (see previous Lesswrong / EAF posts on AI Governance lessons learned)…

Summary

• 💸 We’ve sent nearly $1b to people in poverty — next up: $5b by 2035 through smarter, faster, recipient-first programs in our mission to accelerate the end of extreme poverty.
• 🛠️ From cash f…

Tom will answer the questions in the comments between 7 and 9 pm UK time on August 6th.

Tom Ough is a Senior Editor at UnHerd, co-host of the Anglofuturism podcast, and the author of a new book, ‘Th…

Abstract

This post explores how emerging economic systems could lock in harmful defaults for animals and outlines a research agenda to identify opportunities and begin the groundwork for embedding a…

This is a post about my impact-focused career journey, with a few tentative lessons drawn out:

1. Unofficial work gets you hired
2. Even if an organisation has a need, they don’t always advertise it
3. You …

With all the current interest in finding and landing impactful roles, we’re excited to share a significantly revised version of our career guide!

Spanning 8 chapters, it covers topics like matching …

Highlights

I enjoyed Career Conversations Week, and I’m thankful to all who took part. There were so many great posts that many of them are under-read/ under-rated. So I’d highly recommend reading a …

Confidence Level: I’ve been an organizer at UChicago for over a year now with my co-organizer, Avik. I also started the UChicago Rationality Group, co-organized a 50-person Midwest EA Retreat, and h…