I think it's fair to see ALDF playing an important part in the animal protection ecosystem (I agree with this!) but I would not feel comfortable recommending a charity based on the amount of information available. I don't have time to respond in detail, but here are some questions that I would need answered:
How do they prioritize their cases or work more broadly? I question this because of their companion animal work, like paying for this puppy's leg surgery. Is their lack of transparency acceptable for a recommended charity?
~60% of the litigation work on farmed animal issues is a piece of information, but what does that mean? # of cases? hours of litigation staff time? What is the avg number of affected animals for each case, both directly and EV for precedent set? I've learned that relying on a single number can be misleading if the inputs and context aren't clear.
How much staff time is litigation vs. other programs?
Again, I am glad they exist and appreciate their place in building and providing credibility to the animal law sector. Many of their wins are significant! They also appeal to a more right-leaning audience which is helpful in keeping animal issues bipartisan. I just don't feel certain that enough of their 16M annual budge goes towards effective animal work.
Fwiw Metaculus has an AI Forecasting Benchmark Tournament. The Q3 contest ends soon, but another should come out afterwards and it would be helpful to see how 539 performs compared to the other bots.
Considering it’s EAF's marginal funding week (starting tomorrow!), I’m curious on how you plan to use additional donations. It's nice to see that you've started thinking about the rest of the FY and listed 3 points of focus -- but will those happen with or without my donation? And what would happen if you don't reach the £280k shortfall fundraising target?
Yes, I did see that the linked newsletter contains information. But that wasn't my point, I was trying to articulate that I believe the actual body copy of a post should have information that is reflective of the post title (and ideally helpful).
It sounds like we also have differ in how we want an EA Forum post to be presented. I would expect that if one wants to help people acheive a work-life balance by giving them helpful information, then they would have the info presented in an easy-to-read way in the actual EAF post. I think that would be particularly relevant considering many of the tips in the newsletter are repetitive. Quick hack might be to toss the newsletter copy into GPT, churning out a short summary in form of bulleted list so you don't have to struggle with formatting. If that is still too much of a hassle, then maybe it would be more appropriate for your newsletter link to be a Quick Take instead of a post?
I just really appreciate the EAF and want to encourage healthy norms.
I think that maintaining a healthy work-life balance is really important, and I'm thankful that you (and the other folks) are thinking hard about how to help encourage that!
However I did downvote because this post feels sort of clickbaity. The post title says there are tips, but your post copy doesn't actually contain any. Also I think I've mentioned it before but I don't think everyone knows what EASE stands for, and it isn't explained in the post either.
I think it's fair to see ALDF playing an important part in the animal protection ecosystem (I agree with this!) but I would not feel comfortable recommending a charity based on the amount of information available. I don't have time to respond in detail, but here are some questions that I would need answered:
Again, I am glad they exist and appreciate their place in building and providing credibility to the animal law sector. Many of their wins are significant! They also appeal to a more right-leaning audience which is helpful in keeping animal issues bipartisan. I just don't feel certain that enough of their 16M annual budge goes towards effective animal work.
Just a friendly flag that winter is during different months depending on what hemisphere you are in:)
There are several talks that aim to provide frameworks and considerations when approaching career choice.
Career-related talks:
Cause area-specific career talks:
Several interactive workshops that are available to EAGxVirtual 2024 attendees only:
There is an AI, Animals, & Digital Minds conference that's being planned in the Bay Area for earlyish 2025! Updates will be announced in the AI & Animals newsletter.
Fwiw Metaculus has an AI Forecasting Benchmark Tournament. The Q3 contest ends soon, but another should come out afterwards and it would be helpful to see how 539 performs compared to the other bots.
Considering it’s EAF's marginal funding week (starting tomorrow!), I’m curious on how you plan to use additional donations. It's nice to see that you've started thinking about the rest of the FY and listed 3 points of focus -- but will those happen with or without my donation? And what would happen if you don't reach the £280k shortfall fundraising target?
Why should someone donate to The Humane League UK (THL UK) instead of The Humane League (THL)?
Yes, I did see that the linked newsletter contains information. But that wasn't my point, I was trying to articulate that I believe the actual body copy of a post should have information that is reflective of the post title (and ideally helpful).
It sounds like we also have differ in how we want an EA Forum post to be presented. I would expect that if one wants to help people acheive a work-life balance by giving them helpful information, then they would have the info presented in an easy-to-read way in the actual EAF post. I think that would be particularly relevant considering many of the tips in the newsletter are repetitive. Quick hack might be to toss the newsletter copy into GPT, churning out a short summary in form of bulleted list so you don't have to struggle with formatting. If that is still too much of a hassle, then maybe it would be more appropriate for your newsletter link to be a Quick Take instead of a post?
I just really appreciate the EAF and want to encourage healthy norms.
Here's the info & registration link for RP's Shrimp Farming webinar (ty Ben for posting it on the EA Forum!)
I think that maintaining a healthy work-life balance is really important, and I'm thankful that you (and the other folks) are thinking hard about how to help encourage that!
However I did downvote because this post feels sort of clickbaity. The post title says there are tips, but your post copy doesn't actually contain any. Also I think I've mentioned it before but I don't think everyone knows what EASE stands for, and it isn't explained in the post either.