EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)

[Linkpost] “The Scaling Paradox” by Toby_Ord

This is a link post. AI capabilities have improved remarkably quickly, fuelled by the explosive scale-up of resources being used to train the leading models. But if you examine the scaling laws that i...

30 Jan 16min

“Why Isn’t EA at the Table When $121 Billion Gets Allocated to Biodiversity Every Year?” by David Goodman

There is an insane amount of money being thrown around by international organizations and agreements. Nobody with any kind of power over these agreements is asking basic EA questions like: "What are t...

29 Jan 9min

“If EA ruled the world, career advisors would tell some people to work for the postal service” by Toby Tremlett🔹

EA thinking is thinking on the margin. When EAs prioritise causes, they are prioritising causes given the fact that they only control their one career, or, sometimes, given that they have some influen...

29 Jan 1min

“5 ways to better charity work in 2026” by NickLaing

I've started a substack, so a few more people might encounter my spicy takes - I'll still mostly be here. USAID is gone. Direct country aid to low income countries is down 25%. So now's a great time ...

27 Jan 15min

“Reflections on FarmKind’s January media campaign” by Aidan Alexander, ThomNorman

Summary In January 2025, FarmKind ran a provocative media campaign which used controversial media messaging and materials to promote ‘offsetting’ as an option for individuals who are concerned about f...

24 Jan 31min

“Announcing All the Lives You Can Change” by JDBauman, dominicroser, DavidZhang

Summary Our new book, All the Lives You Can Change: Effective Altruism for Christians, will be published in April 28 2026 The book introduces effective altruism–style thinking to a Christian audience...

19 Jan 8min

“Is EA underfunding animal advocacy according to our own preferences?” by ElliotTep

TL;DR When surveyed, the EA community and leaders think ~18-24% of resources should go towards animal advocacy. The actual figure is about 7%. We as the EA ecosystem are putting less resources (money...

14 Jan 7min

“Why I Donate: A Personal Story” by Stien

Thank you At EAGx Amsterdam, I shared most of this as a talk. I was afraid I'd run out of time, so I decided to do things backwards and start with the thank you. I did not want to miss the most import...

12 Jan 19min