Article: Ways people trying to do good accidentally make things worse, and how to avoid them

Article: Ways people trying to do good accidentally make things worse, and how to avoid them

Today’s release is the second experiment in making audio versions of our articles.

The first was a narration of Greg Lewis’ terrific problem profile on ‘Reducing global catastrophic biological risks’, which you can find on the podcast feed just before episode #74 - that is, our interview with Greg about the piece.

If you want to check out the links in today’s article, you can find those here.

And if you have feedback on these, positive or negative, it’d be great if you could email us at podcast@80000hours.org.

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#77 – Marc Lipsitch on whether we're winning or losing against COVID-19

#77 – Marc Lipsitch on whether we're winning or losing against COVID-19

In March Professor Marc Lipsitch — Director of Harvard's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics — abruptly found himself a global celebrity, his social media following growing 40-fold and journalist...

18 Mai 20201h 37min

#76 – Tara Kirk Sell on misinformation, who's done well and badly, & what to reopen first

#76 – Tara Kirk Sell on misinformation, who's done well and badly, & what to reopen first

Amid a rising COVID-19 death toll, and looming economic disaster, we’ve been looking for good news — and one thing we're especially thankful for is the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (CHS). ...

8 Mai 20201h 53min

#75 – Michelle Hutchinson on what people most often ask 80,000 Hours

#75 – Michelle Hutchinson on what people most often ask 80,000 Hours

Since it was founded, 80,000 Hours has done one-on-one calls to supplement our online content and offer more personalised advice. We try to help people get clear on their most plausible paths, the key...

28 Apr 20202h 13min

#74 – Dr Greg Lewis on COVID-19 & catastrophic biological risks

#74 – Dr Greg Lewis on COVID-19 & catastrophic biological risks

Our lives currently revolve around the global emergency of COVID-19; you’re probably reading this while confined to your house, as the death toll from the worst pandemic since 1918 continues to rise. ...

17 Apr 20202h 37min

Article: Reducing global catastrophic biological risks

Article: Reducing global catastrophic biological risks

In a few days we'll be putting out a conversation with Dr Greg Lewis, who studies how to prevent global catastrophic biological risks at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. Greg also wrote a new ...

15 Apr 20201h 4min

Emergency episode: Rob & Howie on the menace of COVID-19, and what both governments & individuals might do to help

Emergency episode: Rob & Howie on the menace of COVID-19, and what both governments & individuals might do to help

From home isolation Rob and Howie just recorded an episode on: 1. How many could die in the crisis, and the risk to your health personally. 2. What individuals might be able to do help tackle the coro...

19 Mar 20201h 52min

#73 – Phil Trammell on patient philanthropy and waiting to do good

#73 – Phil Trammell on patient philanthropy and waiting to do good

To do good, most of us look to use our time and money to affect the world around us today. But perhaps that's all wrong. If you took $1,000 you were going to donate and instead put it in the stock mar...

17 Mar 20202h 35min

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