Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“Why I’m Skeptical of Air Filters for Infection Prevention” by Alastair Fraser-Urquhart
Air Filters for Infection
Air filters are often proposed as a simple, scalable way to reduce the spread of respiratory infections. The underlying log…
2 months, 1 week ago
“Philanthropy Needs Ambitious Projects Immediately” by Bentham’s Bulldog
Crosspost.
Billions of dollars in philanthropic funding is coming down the pipeline, and we’re not ready for it.
Nan Ransohoff recently released a …
2 months, 1 week ago
“How We’re Searching for the Best Ways to Help in 2026” by GiveWell
This post was originally published on the GiveWell blog. You can view the original version here.
This year, our research team is focused on two prim…
2 months, 1 week ago
“College students: You should run a virtual summer EA Intro Fellowship ASAP. Here’s how!” by SarahBluhm
TL;DR: You should run a virtual summer Intro Program if you're in college. It's an easy way to boost an existing group or (re)start one. Most of the…
2 months, 1 week ago
“My disagreements with CEA’s approach to stewarding EA” by hbesceli
[Cross posted from my substack]
In their EA Forum post last year, CEA described their ‘principles-first approach to stewardship of the EA community’…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Profit for Good 390 page Research Compilation” by Brad West🔸
I have linked below my recent version of my research compilation on Profit for Good businesses and the Charitable Ownership Advantage thesis. I have…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Are Mythos’ Cyber Capabilities Overstated? - Yes and No” by Muhan Luo🔸
TL;DR: Anthropic restricted access to Claude Mythos Preview, citing a major leap in vulnerability discovery and exploitation capability. I review th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Announcing the Africa Jobs Fund” by Benh713
We intend to mobilise 100 million dollars of philanthropic capital towards export manufacturing and international labour mobility to double the life…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
[Linkpost] “Does disaster frequency follow power laws? It’s complicated” by titotal
This is a link post.
Disclaimer: This is a huge topic, and I’m barely scratching the surface here. I’m not an expert on these subjects, and am mostly…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Donating 80% While It Still Counts” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Julia and I had been giving half since 2014, but in 2025 we drew on our savings to donate 81%. It looks to us like we're in a critical window for ke…
2 months, 2 weeks ago