Disclaimer: This blog post focuses on a new piece of research from Rethink Priorities. I was not involved with the funding or execution of this research, and therefore write this piece merely as a consumer. However, I am the Executive Director of Giving Green and a board member of Rethink Priorities, and acknowledge that these affiliations may bias my...
Michael Nielsen has a beautiful new essay on moral imagination: the ability humans have to 'develop and transmit new notions of good action, indeed, even new kinds of good'.
As examples, he gives:
* Hammurabi's creation of a code of laws (in 1754 BCE) and his justification of his rule not in terms of divine or hereditary right, but by the delivery of justice to his citizens.
* St Gregory of Nyssa's...
Epistemic status: Speculation from two decently informed advocates armed with anecdata.
Note on process: After having some version of this conversation several times and saying, “we should probably write about this publicly,” we took the less heroic route: we recorded one of our conversations, fed the transcript into an LLM, and then substantially revised the structure, substance, and framing ourselves. We will not be sharing the transcript, as it is in...
TARA Round 1, 2026 — Last call: 9 Spots Remaining
𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 ~𝟳𝟱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 across 6 APAC cities for TARA's first round this year. Applications were meant to close in January, but we have room for 9 more people in select cities.
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Manila, Tokyo & Singapore
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: → Apply by March 1 (AOE) → Attend the March 7 icebreaker → Week 1 begins March 14
TARA is a 14-week, part-time technical AI safety program delivering the ARENA curriculum through weekly Saturday sessions. It's designed for people who can't relocate or pause their careers for full-time programs.
Apply here: https://www.taraprogram.org/