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Peter Eckersley (1979-2022)
Gavin
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"Long-Termism" vs. "Existential Risk"
Scott Alexander
8mo
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Critiques of EA that I want to read
abrahamrowe
6mo
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EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
Holden Karnofsky
3mo
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Are you really in a race? The Cautionary Tales of Szilárd and Ellsberg
HaydnBelfield
7mo
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Growth and the case against randomista development
Hauke Hillebrandt
2y
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Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
376
Announcing Alvea—An EA COVID Vaccine Project
kyle_fish
10mo
25
372
Leaning into EA Disillusionment
Helen
5mo
59
372
Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)
ASB
11mo
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My take on What We Owe the Future
elifland
3mo
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A Letter to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
John G. Halstead
27d
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The Welfare Range Table
Bob Fischer
1mo
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Major UN report discusses existential risk and future generations (summary)
finm
1y
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We must be very clear: fraud in the service of effective altruism is unacceptable
evhub
1mo
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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
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EA and the current funding situation
William_MacAskill
7mo
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Free-spending EA might be a big problem for optics and epistemics
George Rosenfeld
8mo
190
530
Bad Omens in Current Community Building
Theo Hawking
7mo
134
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IMPCO, don't injure yourself by returning FTXFF money for services you already provided
EliezerYudkowsky
1mo
43
447
500 Million, But Not A Single One More
jai
8y
21
431
The FTX crisis highlights a deeper cultural problem within EA - we don't sufficiently value good governance
Fods12
1mo
55
429
EA for dumb people?
Olivia Addy
5mo
160
416
My mistakes on the path to impact
Denise_Melchin
2y
70
414
Open Phil is seeking applications from grantees impacted by recent events
Bastian_Stern
1mo
19
401
My takes on the FTX situation will (mostly) be cold, not hot
Holden Karnofsky
1mo
21
398
Power dynamics between people in EA
Julia_Wise
6mo
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