Hello! I’ve been around EA since 2019! I was trying to choose a thesis topic and stumbled across Effective Thesis, which led to 80,000 hours, which led to hanging out a little with the Beijing chapter… you get the picture. Things have escalated since then (in a good way, ha!) and now I’m making a formal account here.
I just started as the Research Coordinator at EA for Christians, where I support community building and research around the intersection of Christian theology and EA. I’ll be starting my Master of Divinity in NYC this September. (MDiv’s a...
This is a great post. Further, some completed basic research in the humanities/social sciences could provide useful insights for longtermism without the need to complete any original research. For example, reading through some historical case studies and synthesizing potential takeaways for longtermism.
Notably, research for longtermism can easily overlap with other cause areas, such as reducing existential risk or catastrophes. There’s low-hanging fruit here.
I’m currently working (Summer 2021) with Effective Altruism for Christians on inc... (read more)