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What is the current most representative EA AI x-risk argument?
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Matthew_Barnett
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Should 80,000 Hours be more transparent about how they rank problems and careers?
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Vasco Grilo
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Should the forum be structured such that the drama of the day doesn't occur on the front page?
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Chris Leong
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Should I patent my cultivated meat method?
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Michelle Hauser
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How have you become more hard-working?
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Chi
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Why isn't there a charity evaluator for longtermist projects?
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BrownHairedEevee
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Who should we interview for The 80,000 Hours Podcast?
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Luisa_Rodriguez
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I'm interviewing Carl Shulman — what should I ask him?
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Robert_Wiblin
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I'm interviewing the co-Founder of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project, Lucia Coulter. What should I ask her?
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Robert_Wiblin
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What would it look like for AIS to no longer be neglected?
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Rockwell
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High impact charities in Gaza or Israel?
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JoelMcGuire
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How does AI progress affect other EA cause areas?
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Luis Mota Freitas
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How would your project use extra funding? (Marginal Funding Week)
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Lizka
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What are the best examples of object-level work that was done by (or at least inspired by) the longtermist EA community that concretely and legibly reduced existential risk?
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Ben Snodin
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Predictive Performance on Metaculus vs. Manifold Markets
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nikos
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Do you think decreasing the consumption of animals is good/bad? Think again?
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Vasco Grilo
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What, exactly, did SBF do?
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bern
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How much funging is there with donations to different EA animal charities?
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Brian_Tomasik
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Should we push for a rapid malaria vaccine rollout?
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Nathan Young
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Here's a comprehensive fact sheet of almost all the ways animals are mistreated in factory farms
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Omnizoid
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What are work practices that you’ve adopted that you now think are underrated?
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Lizka
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How come there isn't that much focus in EA on research into whether / when AI's are likely to be sentient?
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callum
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What are the biggest conceivable wins for animal welfare by 2025?
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Nathan Young
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Strongest real-world examples supporting AI risk claims?
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rosehadshar
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AI strategy career pipeline
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Zach Stein-Perlman
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What's the justification for EA being so elitist?
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Stan Pinsent
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Alignment & Capabilities: What's the difference?
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[anonymous]
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Let's celebrate some wins
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Nathan Young
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What is the point of EA outreach?
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Caitlin Borke
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Why is EA so enthusiastic about forecasting?
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Luis Mota Freitas
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How many people are neartermist and have high P(doom)?
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Sanjay
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Whose actions are you thankful for?
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Nathan Young
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I'm interviewing Jan Leike, co-lead of OpenAI's new Superalignment project. What should I ask him?
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Robert_Wiblin
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To donate or not to donate [a lobe of my liver]?
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Kyle J. Lucchese
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Where would I find the hardcore totalizing segment of EA?
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Peter Berggren
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Can we evaluate the "tool versus agent" AGI prediction?
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Ben_West
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Who does work you are thankful for?
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Nathan Young
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If your AGI x-risk estimates are low, what scenarios make up the bulk of your expectations for an OK outcome?
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Greg_Colbourn
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Is The Freedom Fund still the best charity addressing human trafficking / modern slavery, and why is this cause area not of more interest to EA?
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Brain_in_a_Vat
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(Where) Does animal x-risk fit?
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[anonymous]
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[Atlas Fellowship] Why do 100 high-schoolers need $50k each from Open Philanthropy?
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Sparcalum2
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What longtermist projects would you like to see implemented?
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Buhl
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Are GiveWell's malaria charity recommendations up to date?
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JSWinchell
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Why won’t nanotech kill us all?
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Yarrow B.
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Nuclear safety/security: Why doesn't EA prioritize it more?
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Rockwell
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Should you leave bad reviews on low quality vegan restaurants?
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Tristan Williams
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I'm interviewing Santosh Harish (Open Phil's 'South Asian Air Quality' Program Officer). What should I ask him?
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Robert_Wiblin
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Where should I give to help prevent nuclear war?
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Luke Eure
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Talking about EA with friend who has an intellectual disability — any advice?
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Hayven Frienby
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If EAs Should Invest, What Should We Invest In?
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Nicholas Kruus
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Forum + LW relationship: What is the effect?
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Rockwell
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Which organisation is most effective for the the marginal $ right now? (your opinions)
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Nathan Young
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Could someone help me understand why it's so difficult to solve the alignment problem?
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Jadon Schmitt
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Why haven't we been destroyed by a power-seeking AGI from elsewhere in the universe?
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Jadon Schmitt
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Veg*ns, what supplements do you take?
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Stephen Clare
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What improvements should be made to improve EA discussion on heated topics?
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Ozzie Gooen
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Is iGEM really concerned with biosecurity? Remaining doubts after a shallow investigation
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Ramiro
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What's your standard for good work performance?
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Chi
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AI+bio cannot be half of AI catastrophe risk, right?
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Ulrik Horn
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Anyone tried to monetize a hobby with the intent of ETG?
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warrenjordan
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Would it make sense for EA funding to be not so much focused on top talent?
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Franziska Fischer
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Why are we not talking more about the metacrisis perspective on existential risk?
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alexherwix
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Is there an online group that gathers people interested in the intersection of EA and left-wing or progressive thought?
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Joseph Quevedo
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What's happening with the EVF trustee recruitment?
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Arepo
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Hi Effective Altruism community, Having absorbed insights from "80,000 Hours," a resource primarily tailored to the United States, I'm eager to adapt its income and happiness considerations for India. Can you please help me?
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Mohit Gaur
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What do you think the vision is behind our biggest critics?
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aprilsun
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Debates at EAGxNYC
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Kaleem
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Bill prohibiting the use of QALYs in US healthcare decisions?
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gordoni
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Who should we give books on AI X-risk to?
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yanni
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What do y'all think of pay gaps in EA?
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JohnSnow
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I've just got a senior position at an EA affiliated org. Where can I find a mentor?
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Sentient Toucan
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What posts does the EA Forum appreciate, and what posts does it need more of?
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Nicholas Kruus
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Has anyone tried to roughly quantify how many animal lives can be saved per dollar donated?
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Luke Eure
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What new psychology research could best promote AI safety & alignment research?
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Geoffrey Miller
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Do people have a form or resources for capturing indirect interpersonal impacts?
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PeterSlattery
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Sanity check - effectiveness/goodness of Trans Rescue?
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David D
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How did our historical moral heroes deal with severe adversity and/or moral compromise?
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Linch
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I'm interviewing Bryan Caplan. What should I ask him?
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Robert_Wiblin
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On what basis did Founder's Pledge disperse $1.6 mil. to Qvist Consulting from its Climate Change Fund?
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Kieran.M
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Concerns about AI safety career change
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mmKALLL
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Is anyone looking into genocide in Sudan?
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DPiepgrass
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Am I taking crazy pills? Why aren't EAs advocating for a pause on AI capabilities?
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yanni kyriacos
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What's an excellent animal ethics and welfare science syllabus/reading list?
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Yi-Yang
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Advice for an alcoholic EA
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anotherburneraccountsorry
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What concrete question would you like to see debated? I might organise some debates.
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Nathan Young
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Best project management software for research projects and labs?
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PeterSlattery
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Should Twitter have prediction markets in Community Notes?
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Nathan Young
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How effective are the "Best Charities by Cause" organizations recommended by Charity Navigator?
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Max Pietsch
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What's the current state of COVID-19 in the developing world?
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BrownHairedEevee
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Possible changes to EA, a big upvoted list
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Nathan Young
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Recommendations for charities for animal suffering offsets?
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rajlego
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Is anyone working on safe selection pressure for digital minds?
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WillPearson
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Careers advocating for open borders (or helping more people migrate)?
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Amber Dawn
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What advice would you give someone who wants to avoid doxing themselves here?
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Throwaway012723
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Is There a Project Tracking System in EA?
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Aaron Graifman
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Looking for someone dealing with the FTX "clawbacks" etc.
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hnykda
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How much should you be expecting to earn in order to consider ETG?
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jknowak
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Should Our World in Data discuss wild animal welfare in the context of nature conservation?
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Vasco Grilo
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Are there cause priortizations estimates for s-risks supporters?
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jackchang110
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What are good "translated arguments" or arguments in need of translation?
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ChanaMessinger
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