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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
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Counterarguments to the basic AI risk case
Katja_Grace
2mo
22
258
Response to Recent Criticisms of Longtermism
ab
1y
32
182
Why I am probably not a longtermist
Denise_Melchin
1y
48
160
Concerns with the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
Larks
9mo
38
159
The Bioethicists are (Mostly) Alright
Devin Kalish
11mo
61
140
There's Lots More To Do
Jeff Kaufman
3y
30
126
Future Matters #0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund
Pablo
9mo
20
126
Response to Torres’ ‘The Case Against Longtermism’
HaydnBelfield
1y
77
123
Open Philanthropy Shallow Investigation: Civil Conflict Reduction
Lauren Gilbert
8mo
12
120
The Fermi Paradox has not been dissolved
Fods12
2y
15
118
On future people, looking back at 21st century longtermism
Joe_Carlsmith
1y
13
118
Summarizing the comments on William MacAskill's NYT opinion piece on longtermism
West
3mo
11
115
"Disappointing Futures" Might Be As Important As Existential Risks
MichaelDickens
2y
18
245
Messy personal stuff that affected my cause prioritization (or: how I started to care about AI safety)
Julia_Wise
7mo
14
239
Longtermist EA needs more Phase 2 work
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
36
202
Some personal thoughts on EA and systemic change
CarlShulman
3y
17
152
Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils
David Thorstad
4mo
51
144
The ITN framework, cost-effectiveness, and cause prioritisation
John G. Halstead
3y
20
144
A cause can be too neglected
saulius
2y
18
134
What do we want the world to look like in 10 years?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
3
122
We can do better than argmax
Jan_Kulveit
2mo
37
121
2-week summer course in "economic theory and global prioritization": LMK if interested!
trammell
1y
17
119
What is going on in the world?
Katja_Grace
1y
25
116
A bunch of new GPI papers
Pablo
3y
6
113
Against immortality?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
7mo
41
111
Interesting vs. Important Work - A Place EA is Prioritizing Poorly
Davidmanheim
4mo
54
107
Assessing the case for population growth as a priority
Charlotte
1mo
7