![[Linkpost] “The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk” by ASB](https://cdn.podme.com/podcast-images/E49A75B9B5FE30D58408D946D761A6BB_small.jpg)
[Linkpost] “The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk” by ASB
This is a link post. Biological risks are more severe than has been widely appreciated. Recent discussions of mirror bacteria highlight an extreme scenario: a single organism that could infect and kil...
28 Loka 202517min

“Entertainment for EAs” by Toby Tremlett🔹
I’ve used the phrase “entertainment for EAs” a bunch to describe a failure mode that I’m trying to avoid with my career. Maybe it’d be useful for other people working in meta-EA, so I’m sharing it her...
24 Loka 20252min

“Canva to donate $100M over 4 years to GiveDirectly” by MartinBerlin
All quotes are from their blog post "Why we chose to invest another $100 million in cash transfers", highlights are my own: Today, we’re announcing a new $100 million USD commitment over the next fou...
24 Loka 20252min

“My EA Senescence” by Michael_PJ
I have some claim to be an “old hand” EA:[1] I was in the room when the creation Giving What We Can was announced (although I vacillated about joining for quite a while) I first went to EA Global in ...
21 Loka 20255min

“You should probably track your time (and it just got easier)” by Christoph Hartmann 🔸
TLDR EA is a community where time tracking is already very common and yet most people I talk to don't because It's too much work (when using toggl, clockify, ...) It's not accurate enough (when usin...
20 Loka 20254min

“Experts & markets think authoritarian capture of the US looks distinctly possible” by LintzA
The following is a quick collection of forecasting markets and opinions from experts which give some sense of how well-informed people are thinking about the state of US democracy. This isn't meant to...
15 Loka 20255min

“Your Sacrifice Portfolio Is Probably Terrible” by Midtermist12
or Maximizing Good Within Your Personal Constraints Note: The specific numbers and examples below are approximations meant to illustrate the framework. Your actual calculations will vary based on your...
13 Loka 202513min

“Effective altruism in the age of AGI” by William_MacAskill
This post is based on a memo I wrote for this year's Meta Coordination Forum. See also Arden Koehler's recent post, which hits a lot of similar notes. Summary The EA movement stands at a crossroads. ...
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