“Taking ethics seriously, and enjoying the process” by kuhanj
Here's a talk I gave at an EA university group organizers’ retreat recently, which I've been strongly encouraged to share on the forum. I'd like to make it clear I don't recommend or endorse everythin...
8 Okt 202554min
“Charity Entrepreneurship is bottlenecked by a lack of great animal founders” by Ben Williamson, Amalie Farestvedt 🔸
TL;DR - AIM's applicants skew towards global health & development. We’ve recommended four new animal welfare charities, have the capacity to launch all four, but expect to struggle to find the talent ...
1 Okt 202510min
“Cultivated Meat: A Wakeup Call for Optimists” by CianHamilton
Summary: Consumers rejected genetically modified crops, and I expect they will do the same for cultivated meat. The meat lobby will fight to discredit the new technology, and as consumers are already ...
1 Okt 202526min
“Why I think capacity building to make AGI go well should include spreading EA-style ideas and helping people engage with EA” by Arden Koehler
Note: I am the web programme director at 80,000 Hours and the view expressed here currently helps shape the web team's strategy. However, this shouldn't be taken to be expressing something on behalf o...
26 Sep 202516min
“Moving to a hub, getting older, and heading home” by ElliotTep
Intro and summary “How many chickens spared from cages is worth not being with my parents as they get older?!” - Me, exasperated (September 18, 2021) This post is about something I haven’t seen discus...
25 Sep 202511min
“Student group organising is hard and important” by Bella
It's been several years since I was an EA student group organiser, so please forgive any part of this post which feels out of touch (& correct me in comments!) Wow, student group organising is hard. A...
18 Sep 20253min
“Rejected from all the “EA” Jobs you applied for - What to do now?” by guneyulasturker 🔸
Hi, have you been rejected from all the 80K listed EA jobs you’ve applied for? It sucks, right? Welcome to the club. What might be comforting is that you (and I) are not alone. EA Job listings are ext...
15 Sep 202510min
“How cost-effective are AI safety YouTubers?” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸, Austin
Early work on ”GiveWell for AI Safety” Intro EA was founded on the principle of cost-effectiveness. We should fund projects that do more with less, and more generally, spend resources as efficiently a...
14 Sep 202517min
