EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)31 Mar

“80,000 Hours is coming to bookstores in May” by Bella, 80000_Hours

Summary

We’re publishing our book, 80,000 Hours, with Penguin on 26 May.
It's an update of the 80,000 Hours career guide, with a full round of edits, new design, and new content discussing the effect of AI on career choice. We think it's now the best single entry point to our advice.
We hope publishing it will multiply the impact of our advice.
One quick way you could help is to preorder a copy (especially from a traditional retailer). It helps increase the chance we get on bestseller lists, and increases our expected reach. Preorder here.

The new book

It's called 80,000 Hours: How to Have a Fulfilling Career That Does Good. It covers all of our best advice for having a big, positive impact with your career.

It's being published by Penguin Random House on the 26th May in the US, and the 28th May in the UK.

Why did we decide to publish this book?

According to the EA Survey, 80,000 Hours has been the biggest single entry point into effective altruism, and our online career guide has consistently had an outsized impact compared to our other programmes.[1] We think it's probably the best content we’ve ever published [...]

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Outline:

(00:11) Summary

(00:52) The new book

(01:13) Why did we decide to publish this book?

(02:11) Whats new in this edition?

(03:47) How you can help

(04:45) FAQs

(10:48) Thank you

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First published:
March 24th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qbAg8fnAbJQE3SLe9/80-000-hours-is-coming-to-bookstores-in-may

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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