“animal welfare has an evidence problem” by matthes
Why I stopped donating to animal welfare charities but feel more motivated than ever to redirect money and talent to the cause. I have wanted to write this post for a while. It is an uncomfortable thi...
6 Kesä 26min
“After making sure we don’t all die, this should be the first priority” by Yaqi Grover
A new article went viral on Twitter today: Nan Ransohoff's "The Third Wave of American Philanthropy" (link). Worth reading first. Nan is right about the shape of what's coming: hundreds of billions in...
31 Touko 6min
“My disagreements with CEA’s approach to stewarding EA” by hbesceli
[Cross posted from my substack] In their EA Forum post last year, CEA described their ‘principles-first approach to stewardship of the EA community’. I'm a big fan of principles-first stewardship in ...
29 Touko 27min
“Donating 80% While It Still Counts” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Julia and I had been giving half since 2014, but in 2025 we drew on our savings to donate 81%. It looks to us like we're in a critical window for keeping the introduction of very powerful AI systems f...
27 Touko 11min
“Why now might be the best time ever to start an animal charity” by Aidan Alexander, Aaron Boddy🔸, Ambitious Impact
TL;DR: AIM is running its first incubation round focused exclusively on animal welfare, in partnership with Aaron Boddy (co-founder of Shrimp Welfare Project). It'll run in early 2027, and we’re on th...
26 Touko 7min
“Announcing the Rethink Priorities Cross-Cause Fund” by Rethink Priorities
TL;DR Today, based on our multi-year prioritization research, we launch the Rethink Priorities Cross-Cause Fund (CCF). The fund pools donors’ contributions and allocates them to high-impact giving fun...
22 Touko 33min
“The AIs seem like EAs — a quick look at two prompts” by trammell
Overview When asked about how they would give away money, or about how to have a moral career, the leading LLMs typically give answers in an EA spirit, and informed by thinking from people and organiz...
17 Touko 8min
