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Personal reflections on FTX
William_MacAskill
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Probably Good is looking for a CEO / Executive Director!
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Future of Humanity Institute 2005-2024: Final Report
Pablo
Pablo
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Development through Economic Growth — a report commissioned by Open Philanthropy
Open Philanthropy
Open Philanthropy
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Staged release
Zach Stein-Perlman
Zach Stein-Perlman
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Healthier Hens Y2.5 update and new avenues
lukasj10
lukasj10
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Isaac_Esparza
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Day in the Life: Anna Maybach Sullivan
Open Philanthropy
Open Philanthropy
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How good it is to donate and how hard it is to get a job
Elijah Persson-Gordon
Elijah Persson-Gordon
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Should we Maximize the Geometric Expectation?
A.H.
A.H.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Announces Expansion of U.S. AI Safety Institute Leadership Team [and Paul Christiano update]
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Phib
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Understanding FTX's crimes
FTXwatcher
FTXwatcher
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What should the EA community learn from the FTX / SBF disaster? An in-depth discussion with Will MacAskill on the Clearer Thinking podcast
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Quick Update on Leaving the Board of EV
Rebecca Kagan
Rebecca Kagan
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State of Global Development & EA (2024)
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DavidNash
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Day in the Life: Abhi Kumar
Open Philanthropy
Open Philanthropy
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The Centre for Effective Altruism is spinning out of the Centre for Effective Altruism
OllieBase
OllieBase
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Demonstrate and evaluate risks from AI to society at the AI x Democracy research hackathon
Esben Kran
Esben Kran
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Bart Bussmann
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Jason Hoelscher-Obermaier
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Jord
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Writing about my job on Open Philanthropy's Global Aid Policy program + related career opportunities
Sam Anschell
Sam Anschell
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[April Fools' Day] Introducing Open Asteroid Impact
Linch
Linch
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Austin
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Essay competition on the Automation of Wisdom and Philosophy — $25k in prizes
Owen Cotton-Barratt
Owen Cotton-Barratt
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AI Impacts
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We're hiring a Writer to join our team at Our World in Data
Charlie Giattino
Charlie Giattino
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Things EA Group Organisers Need To Hear
Kenneth_Diao
Kenneth_Diao
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The responsiveness of aquatic animal supply
MichaelStJules
MichaelStJules
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Research summary: The evolution of nociception in arthropods
abrahamrowe
abrahamrowe
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Rethink Priorities
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Excerpts From The EA Talmud
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander
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Maternal Health Initiative is Shutting Down
Ben Williamson
Ben Williamson
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Sarah Eustis-Guthrie
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EA is now scandal-constrained
Guy Raveh
Guy Raveh
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Conferences are great for scientific entrepreneurs
JP Addison
JP Addison
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Day in the Life: Alex Bowles
Open Philanthropy
Open Philanthropy
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Partial value takeover without world takeover
Katja_Grace
Katja_Grace
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Cooperative AI: Three things that confused me as a beginner (and my current understanding)
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C Tilli
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How you can help right now to introduce ideas of effective giving to young people
Adam Steinberg
Adam Steinberg
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EA "Worldviews" Need Rethinking
Richard Y Chappell
Richard Y Chappell
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What novel, actionable advice does longtermism offer?
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Yarrow B.
Yarrow B.
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New video: You're richer than you realise
GraceAdams
GraceAdams
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Giving What We Can
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Killing the moths
Bella
Bella
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Why hasn't EA done an SBF investigation and postmortem?
RobBensinger
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The Rationale-Shaped Hole At The Heart Of Forecasting
dschwarz
dschwarz
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FutureSearch
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Lawrence Phillips
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hnykda
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Peter Mühlbacher
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Help GiveWell test a new research work trial
Alex Cohen
Alex Cohen
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Dear EA, please be the reason people like me will actually see a better world. Help me make some small stride on extreme poverty where I live -- by the end of 2024.
Anthony Kalulu, a rural farmer in eastern Uganda.
Anthony Kalulu, a rural farmer in eastern Uganda.
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To what extent & how did EA indirectly contribute to financial crime - and what can be done now? One attempt at a review
AnotherAnonymousFTXAccount
AnotherAnonymousFTXAccount
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Can we help individual people cost-effectively? Our trial with three sick kids
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NickLaing
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A Gentle Introduction to Risk Frameworks Beyond Forecasting
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pending_survival
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NunoSempere
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AIM’s new guide to launching a high-impact non-profit policy organization
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CE
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Announcing Mandatory Draft Amnesty Day (April 2nd)
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tobytrem
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{Book Summary} The Art of Gathering
Tristan Williams
Tristan Williams
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Mediocre EAs: career paths and how do they engage with EA?
Q
mikbp
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A trilogy on anti-philanthropic misdirection
Richard Y Chappell
Richard Y Chappell
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The Scale of Fetal Suffering in Late-Term Abortions
Ariel Simnegar
Ariel Simnegar
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UK moves toward mandatory animal welfare labelling
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