EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

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…

About this Funding Opportunity

We are a group of donors looking to support cost-effective and high-impact farmed animal welfare and protection nonprofits, particularly during a critical growth phase…

People often tell me that they wish they had more insight into what I actually do in my role on the Community Health team. I’ve finally gotten around to writing something thanks to @Dion🔸 , who has …

I donate money each month. The money is gone. The end.
While this is essentially what the 10% Pledge boils down to, it's been a surprisingly intense and exciting journey psychologically. As I just h…

TLDR: A story from Childhood, to Medicine, to Effective Altrusim, to managing our Non-Profit OneDay Health

I don’t think I can add much to the incredible career advice from this week, so, I though…

And other ways to make event content more valuable.

I organise and attend a lot of conferences, so the below is correct and need not be caveated based on my experience, but I could be missing some a…

This is Part 1 of a multi-part series, shared as part of Career Conversations Week. The views expressed here are my own and don't reflect those of my employer.

TL;DR:

Building an EA-aligned career s…

Warning: Discussions of extreme pain and suffering.

In the US, one QALY is valued at around $100,000–$150,000 [1]. In the UK, a WELLBY is valued at £13,000 [2]. Such thresholds help governments and …