“The anti-fragile culture” by lincolnq
How to prevent infighting, mitigate status races, and keep your people focused. Cross-posted from my Substack. Organizational culture changes rapidly at scale. When you add new people to an org, the...
27 Aug 202519min
[Linkpost] “Most of the World Is an Adorably Suffering, Debatably Conscious Baby” by Jack_S🔸
This is a link post. There are some moments of your life when the reality of suffering really hits home. Visiting desperately poor parts of the world for the first time. Discovering what factory farmi...
27 Aug 202519min
“New Spanish-language book on “classical EA”” by Pablo Melchor 🔸
My new book, Altruismo racional, is now on presale. It is my attempt at presenting a compelling case for a particular strand of "classical EA"[1]: one that emphasizes caring deeply about global health...
21 Aug 202511min
“Not inevitable, not impossible” by LewisBollard
Note: This post was crossposted from the Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on thi...
20 Aug 20257min
“PSA for vegan donors: GiveWell not ruling out animal-based aid” by AdamA
I’m a long-time GiveWell donor and an ethical vegan. In a recent GiveWell podcast on livelihoods programs, providing animals as “productive assets” was mentioned as a possible program type. After reac...
18 Aug 20251min
“A big milestone: 10,000 10% pledgers!” by Giving What We Can🔸
Giving What We Can has reached 10,000 🔸10% pledgers! We see this as an important milestone on the road to a cultural norm, and we’ve made a video to celebrate: If you’re a 🔸10% or 🔹Trial pledger, w...
14 Aug 20251min
[Linkpost] “Of Marx and Moloch: How My Attempt to Convince Effective Altruists to Become Socialists Backfired Completely” by LennoxJohnson
This is a link post. This is a personal essay about my failed attempt to convince effective altruists to become socialists. I started as a convinced socialist who thought EA ignored the 'root causes' ...
14 Aug 20252min
“Should we aim for flourishing over mere survival? The Better Futures series.” by William_MacAskill, Forethought
Today, Forethought and I are releasing an essay series called Better Futures, here.[1] It's been something like eight years in the making, so I’m pretty happy it's finally out! It asks: when looking t...
6 Aug 20259min
