Podcast Episodes
Back to Search″(Big reveal) Introducing myself as a new host of the 80,000 Hours Podcast!” by Zershaaneh Qureshi
Hi everyone!
Over the last six months or so, those of you who listen to the 80,000 Hours Podcast might occasionally have heard an unfamiliar voice a…
2 weeks ago
“The Psychological Challenges of High-Impact Work - please participate in our survey!” by spencerg
At Clearer Thinking, we're running a collaboration survey about the psychological challenges of various kinds related to working on high-impact prob…
2 weeks ago
“Growth Research, a Methods Site, and SADs 2.0 (AIM Research Update)” by Morgan Fairless, Filip_Murar, vicky_cox, Ambitious Impact
We're looking at livelihoods research again (contribute ideas or reach out to support the team with your expertise), sharing our new methods site, a…
2 weeks ago
“What 100 Lives Is” by Bentham’s Bulldog
Crosspost.
The best charities save lives for a few thousand dollars. If you earn $100,000 per year and give away 10%, you can save about 100 people…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
“SecureBio Detection is Hiring Software Engineers” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸
I'm leading a non-profit team building a pathogen-agnostic early-warning system. As AI systems become increasingly capable substitutes for expert hu…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
“Coming Around To Political Donations” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Five years ago I read a post on the EA Forum arguing that "election campaign contributions might be a way in which you can have a substantial impact…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
“One Year of PauseAI UK” by Joseph Miller, PauseAI UK
About one year ago, I started spending most of my time organising PauseAI UK. At that time our largest protest had seen fewer than 50 attendees, no …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
“Global pandemic prevention: how disease spreads across borders and the three countries determining pandemic outcomes” by Denkenberger🔸, Ross_Tieman
This post covers key insights for pandemic risk reduction from our Risk Analysis paper, which was awarded ‘Best Paper of 2025’
Global pandemics, suc…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
“animal welfare has an evidence problem” by matthes
Why I stopped donating to animal welfare charities but feel more motivated than ever to redirect money and talent to the cause.
I have wanted to wri…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
[Linkpost] “Lab Leaks, Black Holes, and Eggs: Epistemic Case Study Competition” by Oliver Sourbut, Josh Jacobson
This is a link post.
FLF is running a competition to find the best workflows and methodologies for using AI to produce reliable, trustworthy knowledg…
2 weeks, 3 days ago