EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)

“Why Did Elon Musk Just Offer to Buy Control of OpenAI for $100 Billion?” by Garrison

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. This is the full text of a post from "The Obsolete Newsletter," a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geo...

“Leadership change at the Center on Long-Term Risk” by JesseClifton, Tristan Cook, Mia_Taylor

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR) does research and community building aimed at reducing s-risk. Jesse Clifton is stepping down as CLR's Executive ...

“Climate Change Is Worse Than Factory Farming” by EA Forum Team

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Note: This post was crossposted from the United States of Exception Substack by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The...

“The Game Board has been Flipped: Now is a good time to rethink what you’re doing” by LintzA

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction Several developments over the past few months should cause you to re-evaluate what you are doing. These include: Updates toward short t...

“The Upcoming PEPFAR Cut Will Kill Millions, Many of Them Children” by Omnizoid

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Edit 1/29: Funding is back, baby! Crossposted from my blog. (This could end up being the most important thing I’ve ever written. Please like and ...

“GiveWell raised less than its 10th percentile forecast in 2023” by Rasool

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2023[1] GiveWell raised $355 million - $100 million from Open Philanthropy, and $255 million from other donors. In their post on 10th April 2023, ...

“In defense of the certifiers” by LewisBollard

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Note: This post was crossposted from the Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. T...

“Preparing Effective Altruism for an AI-Transformed World” by Tobias Häberli

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In recent years, many in the Effective Altruism community have shifted to working on AI risks, reflecting the growing consensus that AI will profound...

“What are we doing about the EA Forum? (Jan 2025)” by Sarah Cheng 🔸

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This post is my personal perspective. I’m sure that my colleagues on the Forum Team and at CEA disagree with parts of this. However, since I am the...

“What I’m celebrating from EA and adjacent work in 2024” by Emma Lou

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As 2024 draws to a close, I’m reflecting on the work and stories that inspired me this year: those from the effective altruism community, those I f...

“Voluntary Salary Reduction” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Until recently I thought Julia and I were digging a bit into savings to donate more. With the tighter funding climate for effective altruism we ...

“Your 2024 EA Forum Wrapped” by Sarah Cheng 🔸, Agnes Stenlund, Ollie Etherington, Toby Tremlett🔹

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time once again for EA Forum Wrapped 🎁, a summary of how you used the Forum in 2024 [1].Open your EA Forum Wrapped Thank you for being a part...

“The ugly sides of two approaches to charity” by Julia_Wise🔸

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cross-posted from Otherwise. Most EAs won't find these arguments new. Last month, Emma Goldberg wrote a NYT piece contrasting effective altruism with...

“Max Chiswick (1985–2025)” by Gavin

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Poker pro, art collector, photographer, investor, AI researcher, chronic website creator, endless traveller, and omnipresent volunteer in nascent thi...

“Thoughts on Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman” by Patrick Gruban 🔸

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I can’t recall the last time I read a book in one sitting, but that's what happened with Moral Ambition by bestselling author Rutger Bregman. I rea...

“Will a food carbon tax lead to more animals being slaughtered? A quantitative model” by Soemano Zeijlmans

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does a food carbon tax increase animal deaths and/or the total time of suffering of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish? Theoretically, this is possible, ...

“Launching Screwworm-Free Future – Funding and Support Request” by lroberts, johantang🔸, bruce, diegoexposito, Nia, MathiasKB🔸, Aaron Bergman, Johannes Pichler 🔹, Ramiro

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TL;DR Screwworm Free Future is a new group seeking support to advance work on eradicating the New World Screwworm in South America. The New Wor...

“Funding Diversification for Mid-Large EA Organizations is Nearly Impossible in the Short-Medium Term” by MarcusAbramovitch

28 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary There's a near consensus that EA needs funding diversification but with Open Phil accounting for ~90% of EA funding, that's just not possible...

“Ten big wins in 2024 for farmed animals” by LewisBollard

28 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Note: This post was crossposted from the Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. T...

“It looks like there are some good funding opportunities in AI safety right now” by Benjamin_Todd

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. The AI safety community has grown rapidly since the ChatGPT wake-up call, but available funding doesn’t seem to have kept pace....

“Alignment Faking in Large Language Models” by Ryan Greenblatt

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you tell Claude it is being trained to do something it doesn't want to do? We (Anthropic and Redwood Research) have a new paper dem...

“There is no sorting hat in EA” by ElliotTep

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary My sense is some EAs act like/hope they will be assigned the perfect impactful career by some combination of 80,000 Hours recommendations (a...

“Nigeria’s Missing 50 Million People” by DavidNash

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary Nigeria's official population (~220-230 million) may be significantly inflated and could be closer to 170 million This overcount is likely d...

“My experience with the Community Health team at CEA” by frances_lorenz

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary This post shares my personal experience with CEA's Community Health team, focusing on how they helped me navigate a difficult situation in 20...

“My experience with the Community Health team at CEA” by fran

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary This post shares my personal experience with CEA's Community Health team, focusing on how they helped me navigate a difficult situation in 20...

“Gwern on creating your own AI race and China’s Fast Follower strategy.” by Larks

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Gwern recently wrote a very interesting thread about Chinese AI strategy and the downsides of US AI racing. It's both quite short...

“Technical Report on Mirror Bacteria: Feasibility and Risks” by Aaron Gertler 🔸

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Science just released an article, with an accompanying technical report, about a neglected source of biological risk. From the ab...

“EA Forum audio: help us choose the new voice” by peterhartree, TYPE III AUDIO

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re thinking about changing our narrator's voice.There are three new voices on the shortlist. They’re all similarly good in terms of comprehens...

Podcast and transcript: Allan Saldanha on earning-to-give

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Me and Allan recorded this podcast on Tuesday 10th December, based on the questions in this AMA. I used Claude to edit the transcript, but I've read o...

“Where I Am Donating in 2024” by MichaelDickens

07 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary It's been a while since I last put serious thought into where to donate. Well I'm putting thought into it this year and I'm changing my mind...

“I’m grateful for you” by Sarah Cheng 🔸

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I recently wrote up some EA Forum-related strategy docs for a CEA team retreat, which meant I spent a bunch of time reflecting on the Forum and why I ...

“Still donating half” by Julia_Wise🔸

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Crossposted from Otherwise My husband and I were donating about 50% of our income until two years ago, when he took a significant pay cut to work at...

“Factory farming as a pressing world problem” by 80000_Hours, Benjamin Hilton

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. 80,000 Hours recently updated our problem profile on factory farming, and we now rank it among the most pressing problems in the ...

“Bequest: An EA-ish TV show that didn’t make it” by Keiran Harris 🔸

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, I’m the producer of The 80,000 Hours Podcast, and a few years ago I interviewed AJ Jacobs on his writing, and experiments, and EA. An...

“GWWC’s 2024 evaluations of evaluators” by Giving What We Can, Aidan Whitfield🔸, Sjir Hoeijmakers🔸

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction The Giving What We Can research team is excited to share the results of our 2024 round of evaluations of charity evaluators and grantmak...

“Research report: ‘Meaningfully reducing consumption of meat and animal products is an unsolved problem: A meta-analysis’” by Seth Ariel Green, Benny Smith, MMathur

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This post summarizes the main findings of a new meta-analysis from the Humane and Sustainable Food Lab. We analyze the most rigorous randomized contr...

“How I Improved my Wellbeing” by jessica_mccurdy

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TL;DR In late summer 2023, I realized my mental health was the biggest barrier to achieving my goals. Over the next six months, I made it a priority,...

“How I Improved my Wellbeing” by Jessica McCurdy🔸

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TL;DR In late summer 2023, I realized my mental health was the biggest barrier to achieving my goals. Over the next six months, I made it a priority,...

“Support Critical Research on Insect Welfare” by Bob Fischer

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re far from certain that insects are sentient. But with over a trillion insects farmed annually, the welfare impacts are staggering if they can...

[Linkpost] “Announcing Sjir Hoeijmakers as the new CEO of Giving What We Can” by Giving What We Can

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Dear Giving What We Can community, We are writing to share exciting news: on Tuesday the 11th of November, the boards unanimously...

“Why you should allocate more of your donation budget to effective giving organisations” by Luke Moore 🔸

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This post is written in my personal capacity, but is based on insights that I’ve gained through my work as Effective Giving Global Coordinator and ...

“Bad omens for US farmed animal policy work?” by Tyler Johnston

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Disclaimer: This is a weak take — mostly based on anecdotes and vibes — but I thought it's worth sharing nonetheless, even if only as a means of...

“Testing Framings of EA and Longtermism” by David_Moss, Jamie E

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rethink Priorities has been conducting a range of surveys and experiments aimed at understanding how people respond to different framings of Effectiv...

“EA Animal Welfare Fund: 2024 Review, Changes, and Plans” by KarolinaSarek🔸

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Overview  With Marginal Funding Week, we want to share key updates on the EA Animal Welfare Fund (AWF). We'll cover what we've accomplished so f...

“Consider donating to whoever helped you” by OllieBase

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I work for CEA, but this post isn’t intended as a fundraising post for CEA. The main beneficiaries I want to direct readers to are e.g. EA groups a...

“Consider donating to whoever helped you” by OllieRodriguez

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I work for CEA, but this post isn’t intended as a fundraising post for CEA. The main beneficiaries I want to direct readers to are e.g. EA groups a...

“Fund Causes Open Phil Underfunds (Instead of Your Most Preferred Causes)” by Ariel Simnegar 🔸

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Key Takeaways Optimizing your giving's effect on "EA's portfolio” implies you should fund the causes your value system thinks are most underfunded...

“Expectations Scale with Scale – We Should Be More Scope-Sensitive in Our Funding” by Joey 🔸

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TLDR: The shortest version of this argument is very simple: your expectations for an organization should be higher where their budget and staff size ...

“Quantifying the Global Burden of Extreme Pain from Cluster Headaches” by Alfredo Parra 🔸

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: This post discusses statistics about extreme pain that may be distressing. While cluster headaches are a neglected, high-impact issue, unders...

“What I wish I had said about FTX” by AppliedDivinityStudies

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The failure rate is not 0 The base rate of failure for startups is not 0: Of the 6000 companies Y Combinator has funded, only ~16 are public. This is...

“Visualizing EA ideas” by Alex Savard 🔸

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary The written word dominates EA discourse but visuals have a unique power in communicating ideas that seems quite underleveraged in this commun...

“Reflections and lessons from Effective Ventures” by Zachary Robinson🔸

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I became the CEO of EV US in January 2023. I worked alongside the EV US and UK teams, former EV UK CEO Howie Lempel, and current EV UK CEO Rob Gledhi...

“Tomorrow we fight for the future of one billion chickens.” by Molly Archer-Zeff

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the lives of chickens raised for food in the UK.  Tomorrow, The Humane League UK (THL UK)...

“Explaining the discrepancies in cost effectiveness ratings: A replication and breakdown of RP’s animal welfare cost effectiveness calculations” by titotal

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'd like to thank Derek Shiller from Rethink priorities for extensive discussions and looking over this post. Introduction I've been following the "a...

“RETROSPECTIVE ON EA NIGERIA SUMMIT: OUR SUCCESSES AND LEARNINGS” by EA Nigeria, Daniel Elabi, Adebayo Mubarak, Zakariyau Yusuf

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

EA Nigeria Summit was the first EA-related conference in Nigeria, and it took place from September 6th to 7th, 2024. The event saw a higher level of ...

“Multiplier Arguments are often flawed” by AGB 🔸

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Foreword Sadly, it looks like the debate week will end without many of the stronger[1] arguments for Global Health being raised, at least at the post...

“Criticism is sanctified in EA, but, like any intervention, criticism needs to pay rent” by Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I really loved this quick take from Lizka, especially this part: At the same time, trying to actually do anything is really hard.[4] Appreciation for...

“The default trajectory for animal welfare means vastly more suffering” by JamesÖz

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In summary, there are two important reasons why I believe it's more important to direct additional resources towards animal welfare over global healt...

“[Trigger warning: violence] Animal vs human welfare: sharing some personal reflections” by Forumite

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For many years, I devoted myself to improving human health and wellbeing. But then I shifted to working to prevent suffering for animals. In this pos...

“What do RP’s tools tell us about giving $100m to AW or GHD?” by Hayley Clatterbuck, arvomm, Bob Fischer, Derek Shiller, David_Moss

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intro Suppose you have $100M to give away. You are drawn to the many important opportunities to reduce animal suffering or address pressing issues in...

“Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)” by Lizka

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TLDR: I’ve recently started as a “Research Fellow” at Forethought (focusing on how we should prepare for a potential period of explosive growth...

“Appreciating Stable Support Roles at EA Orgs” by Amy Labenz

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I recently had a conversation with a teammate that made me reflect on a possible cultural issue within the EA community. This teammate had expressed ...

“Announcing Equal Hands — an experiment in democratizing effective giving.” by abrahamrowe

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TLDR: Sign up here to join a six-month experiment to democratize effective giving. The experiment establishes a community who agree to allocate chari...

“We can protect millions of kids from a global killer — without billions of dollars (Washington Post)” by Aaron Gertler 🔸

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. This WaPo piece announces the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future (PLF), a collaboration led by Open Philanthropy, USAID, and UNIC...

“Announcing the Lead Exposure Action Fund” by Alexander_Berger, Emily Oehlsen

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. One of Open Philanthropy's goals for this year is to experiment with collaborating with other funders. Today, we’re excited to ...

“My top 10 picks from 200 episodes of the 80k podcast” by JWS 🔸

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intro I think the 80,000 Hours Podcast is a great show. Despite the world of podcasts overflowing with content to choose from, it's reliably been a h...

“Stepping down from GWWC: So long, and thanks for all the shrimp” by Luke Freeman 🔸

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. It's a rare privilege to lead an organisation that embodies the very ideals that shaped your life. I’ve been fortunate to have ...

“I have stepped aside from my role as Executive Director because I think it will help more animals” by KirstyHenderson

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Summary During the last four years, our work for animals in Anima International faced several big challenges. I took on the role...

“Small simple way to promote effective giving while making people feel good” by DMMF

31 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm a big fan of small, underrated acts that can have outsized positive impact (both in terms EA and in life more generally). I'd like to share one s...

“My article in The Nation — California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry” by Garrison

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. I wrote an article on California AI safety bill SB 1047 for The Nation and the reaction from the AI industry, investors, and the ...

“CEA will continue to take a ‘principles-first’ approach to EA” by Zachary Robinson

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction I’m Zach, the new CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). As I step into my role, I want to explain the principles that I thin...

“The Tech Industry is the Biggest Blocker to Meaningful AI Safety Regulations” by Garrison

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. If you enjoy this, please consider subscribing to my Substack. My latest reporting went up in The Nation yesterday: It's about th...

“This chart is right. Most interventions don’t do much. (Cameroon experience)” by EffectiveHelp - Cameroon

17 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This chart is so right. The local charity environment in Cameroon is probably helping much less people than you imagine. We ran an effectiveness cont...

“Presenting five new effective giving initiatives” by CE, Ben Williamson

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction In May 2024, Ambitious Impact (AIM) ran a program to incubate new effective giving initiatives (EGIs) in partnership with Giving What We ...

“Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice” by Austin

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $1...

“FarmKind’s Illusory Offer” by Jeff Kaufman

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, one of the parts that makes me most disappointed is the steady creep of donati...

[Linkpost] “New video from Ali Abdaal (5.74m YT subscribers): Why I’m giving 10% of my income to charity (forever)” by Giving What We Can

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. This new video from Ali Abdaal (which we did not sponsor in any way) covers his decision to take the 10% Pledge back in 2019, and...

“Wild Animal Initiative has urgent need for more funding and more donors” by Cameron Meyer Shorb 🔸

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our room for more funding is bigger and more urgent than ever before. Our organizational strategy will be responsive both to the total amount raised ...

“On Owning Our EA Affiliation” by Alix Pham

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Someone suggested I name this post "What We Owe The Community": I think it's a great title, but I didn't dare use it... Views and mistakes my own. Wh...

“FarmKind (a new animal fundraising platform) is live – Please DON’T DONATE” by Aidan Alexander, ThomNorman

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

TL;DR FarmKind is a new effective giving platform dedicated to tackling factory farming We’ve just launched - www.farmkind.giving There are many w...

“Case-control survey of EAGx attendees finds no behavioural or attitudinal changes after six months” by Fods12

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Prepared by James Fodor and Miles Tidmarsh EAGxAustralia 2023 Committee Abstract EAGx conferences are an important component of the effective altruis...

“We need an independent investigation into how EA leadership has handled SBF and FTX” by AnonymousEAForumAccount

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary Rebecca Kagan believes “EA needs an investigation, done externally and shared publicly, on mistakes made in the EA community's relationship...

“Warren Buffett changes giving plans (for the worse)” by katriel

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Folks in philanthropy and development definitely know that the Gates Foundation is the largest private player in that realm by fa...

“Rethink Priorities’ Moral Parliament Tool” by Derek Shiller, arvomm, Bob Fischer, Hayley Clatterbuck

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Link to tool: https://parliament.rethinkpriorities.org (1 min) Introductory Video (6 min) Basic Features Video Executive Summary This post introduce...

“Destabilization of the United States: The top X-factor EA neglects?” by Yelnats T.J.

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights Destabilization could be the biggest setback for great power conflict, AI, bio-risk, and climate disruption. Polarization plays a role in...

“Against Aschenbrenner: How ‘Situational Awareness’ constructs a narrative that undermines safety and threatens humanity” by Gideon Futerman

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summary/Introduction Aschenbrenner's ‘Situational Awareness’ (Aschenbrenner, 2024) promotes a dangerous narrative of national securitisation. Thi...

“The Precipice Revisited” by Toby_Ord

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm often asked about how the existential risk landscape has changed in the years since I wrote The Precipice. Earlier this year, I gave a talk on ex...

“Most smart and skilled people are outside of the EA/rationalist community: an analysis” by titotal

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Introduction: The (highly interrelated) effective altruist and Rationalist communities are very small on a global scale. Therefor...

“Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard” by TracingWoodgrains

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this com...

“We’ve renamed the Giving What We Can Pledge” by Alana HF, Giving What We Can

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. The Giving What We Can Pledge is now the 🔸10% Pledge! We cover the why (along with our near-term plans and how you can help!)...

“80,000 hours should remove OpenAI from the Job Board (and similar EA orgs should do similarly)” by Raemon

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I haven't shared this post with other relevant parties – my experience has been that private discussion of this sort of thing is more paralyzing th...

“AMA: Beast Philanthropy’s Darren Margolias” by Beast Philanthropy, GiveDirectly

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From Darren Margolias: I'm the Executive Director of Beast Philanthropy, the charity founded by the world's most popular YouTuber MrBeast. We recent...

“Do What You Can (A Poem)” by ElliotTep

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Audio is here if you prefer. Hope you like it. I got something to offer, all I ask is your time. And forgiveness for the form: a cheesy rhyme. You’...

“Center for Effective Aid Policy has shut down” by MathiasKB🔸

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

May 2024 marked the last month of the Center for Effective Aid Policy. This post serves as the public post-mortem. I have strived for it to be intere...

“How can we get the world to talk about factory farming?” by LewisBollard

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. Note: This post was crossposted from the Open Philanthropy Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the au...

“Animal Welfare Fund: Payout recommendations from May 2022 to March 2024” by Linch, kierangreig, KarolinaSarek, Zoë Sigle, Neil_Dullaghan

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This payout report covers the Animal Welfare Fund's grantmaking from May 1 2022 to March 31st 2024 (23 months). It follows the previous March-April 2...

“Detecting Genetically Engineered Viruses With Metagenomic Sequencing” by Jeff Kaufman

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a link post. This represents work from several people at the NAO. Thanks especially to Dan Rice for implementing the duplicate junction detect...

“Announcing The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why” by jeffsebo

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hi all, just a short post to let you know that my next book, The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, is now available for preorder! Thi...

“Distancing EA from rationality is foolish” by Jan_Kulveit

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, I've noticed a growing tendency within EA to dissociate from Rationality. Good Ventures have stopped funding efforts connected with the rat...

“Ten minutes to speak up for ~4.5 million caged chickens” by Ben Stevenson

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(You can read this post as a Google Doc. You might find this easier to share with animal-sympathetic non-EAs. Also: I work at Rethink Priorities, but...