Podcast Episodes

“The EA case for an EA Group House + how to start one (its easy!)” by Jen baik

I started 2 EA(ish) group houses now, so I figured there's an opportunity to share my experience and how you too can start one!

There's a whole subs…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“AMA: Svetha Janumpalli, CEO and Founder of New Incentives” by Svetha Janumpalli

I'm Svetha Janumpalli, founder and CEO of New Incentives. We run a conditional cash transfer program in northern Nigeria that provides small incenti…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Effective Altruism focused on bednets while a malaria vaccine was stuck for 35 years. The case for Abundance.” by abiolvera

This post was cross-posted from Positive Sum by the Forum team. The author notes: I'm not saying every abundance goal meets this bar, e.g. high spee…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“I made a graphic of the expanding moral circle - free to use” by Trevor Woolley

The "expanding moral circle" -- the idea that moral concern has (or, at least, should) widened over time from family, to community, to nation, to al…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Surviving Mirror Life: A Manual for Resilience in Buildings: Introduction to the threat, concepts and scenario parameters” by JesseSmith

Epistemic certainty: Obviously loads of uncertainty on mirror life risks and the degree to which we'd have to pressurize buildings or filter outdoor…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“We grew ~10x last year, and are now planning for the next 10x” by Probably Good

Hey folks! We’ve recently done an internal impact assessment and thought it would be helpful to share its highlights. (Due to capacity constraints, …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“New Book — Compassionate Purpose: Personal Inspiration for a Better World” by Magnus Vinding

“How are we to live, in a world in which there is so much unnecessary suffering? Magnus Vinding looks unflinchingly at that question, and gives an a…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Goodmaxxing” by Bentham’s Bulldog, William_MacAskill

(Crosspost).

If you’re young and online, you’re probably maxxing something.

Maybe you’re looksmaxxing: trying to maximize your hotness (e.g. by hitt…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“AIM’s new charity taxonomy” by Aidan Alexander, Morgan Fairless, Ambitious Impact

0. I don't work at AIM.. why care about this?

This taxonomy is written from AIM's perspective, but it may be helpful more broadly:

1 month, 2 weeks ago

“If You Do One Thing for Animals This Year, Do This” by Becca Rogers

There is a short window to prevent a US bill that would overturn decades of animal welfare progress. This is arguably the most consequential piece o…

1 month, 2 weeks ago