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Peter Eckersley (1979-2022)
Gavin
3mo
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Critiques of EA that I want to read
abrahamrowe
6mo
86
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EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
56
401
"Long-Termism" vs. "Existential Risk"
Scott Alexander
8mo
83
385
My take on What We Owe the Future
elifland
3mo
51
381
Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
377
Are you really in a race? The Cautionary Tales of Szilárd and Ellsberg
HaydnBelfield
7mo
37
374
A Letter to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
John G. Halstead
27d
56
362
Announcing Alvea—An EA COVID Vaccine Project
kyle_fish
10mo
25
359
Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)
ASB
11mo
72
326
Pre-Announcing the 2023 Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest
Jason Schukraft
29d
18
319
Overreacting to current events can be very costly
Kelsey Piper
2mo
71
318
Climate Change & Longtermism: new book-length report
John G. Halstead
3mo
159
311
Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis
JoelMcGuire
4mo
35
639
We must be very clear: fraud in the service of effective altruism is unacceptable
evhub
1mo
90
620
The FTX Future Fund team has resigned
Nick_Beckstead
1mo
290
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Some comments on recent FTX-related events
Holden Karnofsky
1mo
77
482
EA and the current funding situation
William_MacAskill
7mo
196
458
My takes on the FTX situation will (mostly) be cold, not hot
Holden Karnofsky
1mo
21
444
Open Phil is seeking applications from grantees impacted by recent events
Bastian_Stern
1mo
19
439
IMPCO, don't injure yourself by returning FTXFF money for services you already provided
EliezerYudkowsky
1mo
43
399
Why you’re not hearing as much from EA orgs as you’d like
Shakeel Hashim
1mo
42
392
Bad Omens in Current Community Building
Theo Hawking
7mo
134
390
Free-spending EA might be a big problem for optics and epistemics
George Rosenfeld
8mo
190
382
Moderator Appreciation Thread
Ben_West
1mo
9
376
The relative silence on FTX/SBF is likely the result of sound legal advice
Tyler Whitmer
29d
52
373
Power dynamics between people in EA
Julia_Wise
6mo
14
366
Announcing my retirement
Aaron Gertler
1y
28