“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
“Marginally More Effective Altruism” by AppliedDivinityStudies
There's a huge amount of energy spent on how to get the most QALYs/$. And a good amount of energy spent on how to increase total $. And you might think that across those efforts, we are succeeding in ...
11 Sep 20257min
“My TED Talk” 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...
7 Sep 202510min
“Consider thanking whoever helped you” by Kevin Xia 🔸
TL;DR: If a (meta) org had a meaningful impact on you (in line with what they hope to achieve), you should probably tell them. It is essential for their impact reporting, which is essential for them t...
5 Sep 20256min
