Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“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…
3 months, 1 week 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:
If you're startin…3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 1 week ago
[Linkpost] “Notes on equanimity from the inside” by stefan.torges
This is a link post.
I've always thought of myself as even-keeled and equanimous; that my mind is still. In hindsight, I had no idea what I was talki…
3 months, 1 week ago
“A new rationalist self-improvement book: the 12 Levers” by spencerg
I'm publishing a book that I think can fairly be described as a rationalist approach to self-improvement. Whereas many self-help books focus mainly …
3 months, 1 week ago
“How to actually give money away” by NickAllardice
This was originally posted here. It's written for an audience that's not deep in the weeds of EA giving theory/culture, but a few people suggested I…
3 months, 1 week ago
“Book Review: All the Lives You Can Change” by Bentham’s Bulldog
Crosspost.
(Reminder: the farm bill which is being voted on imminently would destroy most state level animal protections and be the worst law for f…
3 months, 1 week ago
“Celebrating 10 Years of EAGx” by Niki Kesseler
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of EAGx. On April 30, 2016, the very first EAGx events—EAGxBoston and EAGxBerkeley—were held simultaneously. A d…
3 months, 1 week ago
[Linkpost] “Open strategic questions for digital minds” by Lucius Caviola
This is a link post.
These are strategic questions about digital minds and AI welfare that I think are especially important, and where I’d like to se…
3 months, 1 week ago
“People really care about something they call nature” by Tandena Wagner
In this post I explore how much nature appears to matter to people. I attempt to show that this value is enduring across time and traditions and tha…
3 months, 1 week ago