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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
264
Counterarguments to the basic AI risk case
Katja_Grace
2mo
22
243
Response to Recent Criticisms of Longtermism
ab
1y
32
186
Why I am probably not a longtermist
Denise_Melchin
1y
48
148
The Bioethicists are (Mostly) Alright
Devin Kalish
11mo
61
134
There's Lots More To Do
Jeff Kaufman
3y
30
130
Response to Torres’ ‘The Case Against Longtermism’
HaydnBelfield
1y
77
129
The Future Might Not Be So Great
Jacy
5mo
118
126
Concerns with the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill
Larks
9mo
38
124
'Longtermism'
William_MacAskill
3y
58
111
Open Philanthropy Shallow Investigation: Civil Conflict Reduction
Lauren Gilbert
8mo
12
109
Future Matters #0: Space governance, future-proof ethics, and the launch of the Future Fund
Pablo
9mo
20
107
Why the expected numbers of farmed animals in the far future might be huge
Fai
9mo
22
106
Summarizing the comments on William MacAskill's NYT opinion piece on longtermism
West
3mo
11
262
Messy personal stuff that affected my cause prioritization (or: how I started to care about AI safety)
Julia_Wise
7mo
14
234
Longtermist EA needs more Phase 2 work
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
36
198
Some personal thoughts on EA and systemic change
CarlShulman
3y
17
157
Existential risk pessimism and the time of perils
David Thorstad
4mo
51
142
A cause can be too neglected
saulius
2y
18
127
The ITN framework, cost-effectiveness, and cause prioritisation
John G. Halstead
3y
20
125
What do we want the world to look like in 10 years?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
8mo
3
125
2-week summer course in "economic theory and global prioritization": LMK if interested!
trammell
1y
17
112
Interesting vs. Important Work - A Place EA is Prioritizing Poorly
Davidmanheim
4mo
54
111
We can do better than argmax
Jan_Kulveit
2mo
37
107
Against immortality?
Owen Cotton-Barratt
7mo
41
104
A bunch of new GPI papers
Pablo
3y
6
101
What is going on in the world?
Katja_Grace
1y
25
100
Assessing the case for population growth as a priority
Charlotte
1mo
7