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Longtermism
Long-term future
Criticism of effective altruist causes
Criticism of longtermism and existential risk studies
AI skepticism
Flourishing futures
Anthropics
Speeding up development
Extraterrestrial intelligence
Trajectory change
Immigration reform
Transhumanism
202 posts
Cause prioritization
Global priorities research
ITN framework
Global Priorities Institute
Neglectedness
Diminishing returns
Tractability
Room for more funding
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"Long-Termism" vs. "Existential Risk"
Scott Alexander
8mo
83
238
Counterarguments to the basic AI risk case
Katja_Grace
2mo
22
228
Response to Recent Criticisms of Longtermism
ab
1y
32
190
Why I am probably not a longtermist
Denise_Melchin
1y
48
183
The Future Might Not Be So Great
Jacy
5mo
118
149
'Longtermism'
William_MacAskill
3y
58
137
The Bioethicists are (Mostly) Alright
Devin Kalish
11mo
61
134
Response to Torres’ ‘The Case Against Longtermism’
HaydnBelfield
1y
77
128
There's Lots More To Do
Jeff Kaufman
3y
30
125
Why the expected numbers of farmed animals in the far future might be huge
Fai
9mo
22
114
Towards a Weaker Longtermism
Davidmanheim
1y
73
109
[edited] Inequality is a (small) problem for EA and economic growth
Karthik Tadepalli
4mo
28
108
The AI Messiah
ryancbriggs
7mo
40
99
Open Philanthropy Shallow Investigation: Civil Conflict Reduction
Lauren Gilbert
8mo
12
279
Messy personal stuff that affected my cause prioritization (or: how I started to care about AI safety)
Julia_Wise
7mo
14
229
Longtermist EA needs more Phase 2 work
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
36
194
Some personal thoughts on EA and systemic change
CarlShulman
3y
17
162
Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils
David Thorstad
4mo
51
140
A cause can be too neglected
saulius
2y
18
129
2-week summer course in "economic theory and global prioritization": LMK if interested!
trammell
1y
17
116
What do we want the world to look like in 10 years?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
3
113
Interesting vs. Important Work - A Place EA is Prioritizing Poorly
Davidmanheim
4mo
54
111
An introduction to global priorities research for economists
David Rhys Bernard
2y
6
110
The ITN framework, cost-effectiveness, and cause prioritisation
John G. Halstead
3y
20
107
If you value future people, why do you consider near term effects?
Alex HT
2y
78
101
Against immortality?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
7mo
41
100
We can do better than argmax
Jan_Kulveit
2mo
37
100
How good is The Humane League compared to the Against Malaria Foundation?
Stephen Clare
2y
30