“Positive effects of EA on mental health” by Julia_Wise🔸, Catherine Low🔸, Charlotte Darnell
Mental illness (including struggles that don’t meet a specific diagnosis) is a serious public health burden that affects a large proportion of people. This is true within EA as well as in the general ...
5 Juni 20258min
“Rescaling and The Easterlin Paradox (2.0)” by Charlie Harrison
Around 1 month ago, I wrote a similar Forum post on the Easterlin Paradox. I decided to take it down because: 1) after useful comments, the method looked a little half-baked; 2) I got in touch with tw...
4 Juni 202514min
“Revamped effectivealtruism.org” by Agnes Stenlund 🔸
We’ve redesigned effectivealtruism.org to improve understanding and perception of effective altruism, and make it easier to take action. View the new site → I led the redesign and will be writing in t...
28 Maj 20255min
“Don’t update too much from EA community involvement” by Catherine Low🔸
Summary While many people and organisations in the EA community can be great connections, don't assume that just because a person has been in the EA community for a long time, they'll be a good fit f...
25 Maj 20255min
″“Most painful condition known to mankind”: A retrospective of the first-ever international research symposium on cluster headache” by Alfredo Parra 🔸
Article 5 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Obviously, no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." OK, it doesn’t actually...
24 Maj 202520min
“Why I am Still Skeptical about AGI by 2030” by James Fodor
Introduction I have been writing posts critical of mainstream EA narratives about AI capabilities and timelines for many years now. Compared to the situation when I wrote my posts in 2018 or 2020, LLM...
23 Maj 202512min
“Better Air Purifiers” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Are you looking for a project where you could substantially improve indoor air quality, with benefits both to general health and reducing pandemic risk? I've written a bunch about air purifiers ...
18 Maj 20255min
“The Daily Show did a segment on EA and Shrimp Welfare Project” by jordanve🔸
First published: May 16th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LeCJqzdHZZB3uBhZg/the-daily-show-did-a-segment-on-ea-and-shrimp-welfare -...
17 Maj 202530s
