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"Long-Termism" vs. "Existential Risk"
Scott Alexander
8mo
83
499
Growth and the case against randomista development
Hauke Hillebrandt
2y
194
484
Peter Eckersley (1979-2022)
Gavin
3mo
9
465
Leaning into EA Disillusionment
Helen
5mo
59
441
Are you really in a race? The Cautionary Tales of Szilárd and Ellsberg
HaydnBelfield
7mo
37
440
Critiques of EA that I want to read
abrahamrowe
6mo
86
430
EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
390
Announcing Alvea—An EA COVID Vaccine Project
kyle_fish
10mo
25
389
Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
385
Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)
ASB
11mo
72
373
The case of the missing cause prioritisation research
weeatquince
2y
89
353
The Welfare Range Table
Bob Fischer
1mo
14
348
Announcing What We Owe The Future
William_MacAskill
8mo
36
331
Reducing long-term risks from malevolent actors
David_Althaus
2y
85
825
We must be very clear: fraud in the service of effective altruism is unacceptable
evhub
1mo
90
758
Some comments on recent FTX-related events
Holden Karnofsky
1mo
77
742
The FTX Future Fund team has resigned
Nick_Beckstead
1mo
290
720
Free-spending EA might be a big problem for optics and epistemics
George Rosenfeld
8mo
190
668
Bad Omens in Current Community Building
Theo Hawking
7mo
134
662
EA and the current funding situation
William_MacAskill
7mo
196
552
EA for dumb people?
Olivia Addy
5mo
160
545
500 Million, But Not A Single One More
jai
8y
21
536
After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation
EA applicant
3y
183
530
The FTX crisis highlights a deeper cultural problem within EA - we don't sufficiently value good governance
Fods12
1mo
55
519
Open EA Global
Scott Alexander
3mo
154
511
My mistakes on the path to impact
Denise_Melchin
2y
70
477
IMPCO, don't injure yourself by returning FTXFF money for services you already provided
EliezerYudkowsky
1mo
43
440
"Big tent" effective altruism is very important (particularly right now)
Luke Freeman
7mo
79