Resources on how to do good with your career — and anything else we here at 80,000 Hours feel like releasing.
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The Crypto Altruism Podcast explores the intersections of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and social impact, and covers inspiring use cases, new technological breakthroughs, and mission-driven projects hoping to change the world for the better. We host leaders in the space who are using cryptocurrency and blockchain for social impact and to make the world a better place. Join us every Monday to learn about all the good, and potential for good, that crypto and blockchain can do! For more content ...
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From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
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Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism. Each episode has an accompanying write-up at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes.
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Audio narrations from the Effective Altruism Forum, including curated posts and posts with 125 karma. If you'd like more episodes, subscribe to the "EA Forum (All audio)" podcast instead.
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"Brutally Benevolent" is a podcast for the discerning listener who navigates the world with a healthy dose of cynicism yet holds a firm belief in the power of altruism. Each episode dives into the complexities of human nature, societal norms, and personal beliefs through a lens that is unapologetically realist. Join us as we explore life's paradoxes, challenge widespread myths, and uncover the humor in our daily struggles. Whether you're a self-proclaimed nihilist, a skeptical realist, or ju ...
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A collection of ten top episodes of the 80,000 Hours Podcast, specifically selected to help listeners get up to speed on effective altruism as quickly as possible.
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Altruism Unplugged is a podcast that raises awareness and promotes growth for charities, non profits, and business leaders that have found independent success and have used their platform to give back. We will put a lens on the leaders of these movements, exploring the origins and inspiration that led them to live the “ALTRUISTIC “ lifestyle. We will detail their most successful stories and how they managed the roadblocks along the way that makes their journey truly unique. Ultimately we wan ...
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The Harvard Effective Altruism student podcast
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A collection of ten top episodes of the 80,000 Hours Podcast, designed to bring you up to speed on ten pressing issues the effective altruism community is working to solve.
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Join us as we explore how to use our resources to do the most good. Learn more about effective giving, high impact charities, philanthropy, and effective altruism.
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Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for tantalizing hypotheticals and gear-stripping questions in a space odyssey of meaning and amusement.
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I am Aditya, a brand designer and content creator. I'm also the founder, CEO and Creative Director of XAXs Corps. Basically, I'm a creative entrepreneur. I take a keen interest in philosophy, psychology, film making, exploring new experiences and seeking the truth.... Besides that, I'm an irreligious secular left-leaning egalitarian centrist atheist who believes in egoistic altruism and the power of science. you'll probably notice this in the podcast episodes I hope you'll listen to....
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Inspiring engineers to learn and think more about how they can have a positive social impact with their careers. We discuss how engineering professionals can deploy their skills to maximise their impact and work to solve some of the world's most pressing problems.
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A compilation of ten key episodes on artificial intelligence and related topics from 80,000 Hours. Together they'll help you learn about how AI looks from a broadly longtermist, existential risk, or effective altruism flavoured point of view.
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Talking with people making their way through the world via art, literature, music, moxie, and altruism. Engineered by Casey Sustaitapaz.
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'Utopia' Podcast: People solving world problems and alleviating suffering for sentient beings. This is an effective altruism podcast.
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How can we enable us to create social change and effective altruism while addressing the dichotomy of our modern life and values driven by markets.
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The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.
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Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways you can best help others, whether through your charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Talks features presentations and discussions that can help you find something you're excited about. Lately, we've been focusing a lot on new opportunities in pandemic prevention, charity entrepreneurship, and AI safety. But we also have talks on other important topics like animal welfare, global health, nuclear securi ...
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Wonderful Life is a podcast that highlights how one person’s life impacts the lives of so many others. Guests on Wonderful Life strive to show compassion by recognizing and responding to those in need in our community and beyond. Be that through feeding the poor, encouraging the discouraged, or raising awareness/needed funds to alleviate a wide array of areas of concern—Wonderful Life promises to restore—or confirm—your suspicions there truly are angels among us.
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Bennett and Cas discuss historical moments in the cryptocurrency and finance industries, focusing on frauds, hacks, exit scams, and other malfeasance.
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I was trained in development economics. I am affiliated with no one; associated with no one; identified with nothing. My monologues summarize my reading of human reality; review of human history. Their purpose is to make people aware of the unbearable economic costs of violence, corruption, and prejudice; the untold economic benefits of nonviolence, altruism, and tolerance. My name is irrelevant, though what I say is consequential.
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The Cryonics Underground podcast explores the fascinating and underappreciated world of Cryonics - the process of pausing your biological functions at the moment of legal death with the goal of reviving you in the future. Join us for in-depth discussions on the scientific, social, philosophical, technological, and political implications of this unique and extraordinary experiment. Featuring leaders in the Cryonics industry alongside futurists, philosophers, scientists, and many others. Get r ...
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Does genuine altruism exist? Is beauty truly in the eyes of the beholder? Join Sam and Cat as they go through the alphabet of life and discover new and not-so seemingly simple topics to rack their brains about.
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Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, ...
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The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.
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Unclouded is your pocket wellbeing companion. This podcast is for those times when you need to cope with stress, sort out the clutter of your mind and find focus and happiness in the challenges of everyday life. Offering tips and techniques for mindful living, and easy to do exercises and meditations, Unclouded features Dr. Barry Kerzin and is recorded from a variety of locations around the world. Barry is a physician and Buddhist Monk who, when he isn’t travelling with his work, lives in Dh ...
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We all want to make a difference — but knowing exactly what we should do with our limited time, money and energy is an extremely hard question. Doing Good Better is a podcast about using reason and evidence to figure out how we can do the most good, using the ideas of effective altruism. We talk to researchers, development economists, philosophers, journalists, charity workers, entrepreneurs, and social scientists to try to figure out what works — and just as importantly, what doesn't. More ...
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The official audio version of Astral Codex Ten, with an archive of posts from Slate Star Codex. It's just me reading Scott Alexander's blog posts.
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Philosophy from the perspective of 3 men who probably have no right or credit to discuss it.
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America is more divided than ever—but it doesn’t have to be. Open to Debate offers an antidote to the chaos. We bring multiple perspectives together for real, nonpartisan debates. Debates that are structured, respectful, clever, provocative, and driven by the facts. Open to Debate is on a mission to restore balance to the public square through expert moderation, good-faith arguments, and reasoned analysis. We examine the issues of the day with the world’s most influential thinkers spanning s ...
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Thank you, for letting me join you. Consider: life, reality, intelligence, purpose, reason, connection, philosophy, meaning, mortality, quiet, consciousness, infinity, death, empathy, multi-reality, attitude, existence, help, thought, interaction, manufactured intelligence, relativity, altruism, ...
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The Be My Eyes Podcast is about blindness, sight and the sometimes blurry in-between. On this bi-weekly podcast, Will from Be My Eyes talks to interesting and insightful individuals from the blind community to see the world through their eyes. Whether you are sighted, blind or low-vision, tune in to learn much more about accessibility, life with a vision impairment and other exciting topics from the people who know most about it.
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Formerly named CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. Discussions, tips, and debates from security practitioners and vendors on how to work better together to improve security for themselves and everyone else.
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Access the back catalog, become a paid subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lizgetsloaded/subscribe I have money and anxiety and juggling them both is fun. Short, conversational episodes about the way money messes with our head. Find me on Instagram @lizgetsloaded
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For The Hidden was created to serve, to act, and to proclaim that those who cannot speak will not be left behind, will not be forgotten, and should not be made to suffer. Our goal is to give a voice to those who cannot find it or have had it taken from them.
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Anthony Ray Martinez is an award winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Southern California. He also currently works in the field of horticulture. Anthony's mission as a teacher is utilizing his skills as an artist to show others the mental and physical health benefits of dance and other expressive art forms. Anthony wishes to use this podcast as a resource center to share information for artist and aspiring artists who need inspiration, and mental/physical health tips. Focused on s ...
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More than employing tips and techniques, mothering is about being in the right state of soul to nurture another person. Every week, join Dr. Mary Wilde (integrative pediatrician and mom of 8) to explore the nuances of loving wisely and well. If you are a dedicated, deep-thinking parent who wants to raise compassionate & productive kids, this podcast is for you!
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Contrary to Ordinary, Exploring Extraordinary Personal Journeys
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Join Dr. Kim Kutsch, the brilliant mind behind CariFree, as he explores the extraordinary lives of thought leaders in the dental industry, and beyond. Contrary to Ordinary explores further than dentistry - here we unravel the minds of change-makers, paradigm shifters, and world shakers. Every two weeks, we dive into the stories of our remarkable guests—ordinary people who continually defy limits. Discover their tales of success, resilience, and self-awareness, and explore how they leverage t ...
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This is a show on the science of how people are different from one another, where these differences come from, how they develop, and why they matter. The podcast’s hosts are Lisanne de Moor, PhD, René Mõttus, PhD, and Rebekka Weidmann, PhD, three personality researchers. It is a collaboration of the European Journal of Personality and the European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP), and sponsored by EAPP. www.personalitypsychologypodcast.com
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Altruism Theory is a talkshow that focuses on life, meaning, success and the things in between that gets us worrying about, nervous about and thinking about. The host is Alson Lim - a 22 years old Singaporean that started his own Marketing agency when he was 20 and went on a journey of learning the skillsets and mindset of successful entreprenuers. Always brings things to the mirco to allow his audience to be able to take action from the valuable lessons he and his guests shared. He is also ...
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Impact on Optimism Episode 2 - growthepie - Scaling Ethereum L2s and The Superchain as a Positive Sum Game
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For today’s episode we’re excited to return to the Impact on Optimism Series for the second episode! In this series, we highlight gamechanging public goods projects in the Optimism Ecosystem, and today, we have a super interesting conversation in store centered around the Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem. For episode 2 of the Impact on Optimism miniserie…
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Altruism And Vitalism As Fellow Travelers
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Some commenters on the recent post accused me of misunderstanding the Nietzschean objection to altruism. We hate altruism, they said, not because we’re “bad and cruel”, but because we instead support vitalism. Vitalism is a moral system that maximizes life, glory and strength, instead of maximizing happiness. Altruism is bad because it throws resou…
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Does the Effective Altruism Movement Get Giving Right?
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Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that uses empirical data to maximize the impact of charitable efforts. Those who champion EA praise its methodological framework for maximizing the effectiveness of donations, thus ensuring equal consideration for all individuals. Those who challenge EA argue that its emphasis on measurable …
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Effective altruism — the brand of philanthropy where you try to do the most good for the greatest number of people with the resources you have — has gotten a bad rap lately due to its association with Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto wunderkind who was once hailed as the movement's poster child. But is the bad press fair? Today, we explore t…
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What is altruism? Can it even exist? Can an action be altruistic & egoistic (not egoTistic)? Let's discuss in this second episode of my podcast.By Jordan
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Well, I Think My Relationship With the CIO Improved When I Took Their Job
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Ty Sbano, CISO, Vercel. In this episode: Perception is the reality for insider threats Coaching rather than shaming Working to…
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[This is one of the finalists in the 2024 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you’ve read them all, I’ll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] To a first approximation, there are a million bo…
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Highlights From The Comments On Nietzsche
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[original post here] Table Of Contents I. Comments About Master And Slave Morality II. Comments By People Named In The Post III. Comments Making Specific Points About One Of The Thinkers In The Post IV. Other Comments https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-nietzsche
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[This is one of the finalists in the 2024 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you’ve read them all, I’ll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] Content warning: body horror, existential devast…
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8.6 Confession: We're in credit card debt
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Just a little personal identity crisis over here, no big deal!
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The path to utopia (with Nick Bostrom)
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Why do there seem to be more dystopias than utopias in our collective imagination? Why is it easier to find agreement on what we don't want than on what we do want? Do we simply not know what we want? What are "solved worlds", "plastic worlds", and "vulnerable worlds"? Given today's technologies, why aren't we working less than we potentially could…
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Inspired by the Harry Potter series, hosts Stevie and Michael explore magic potions! They uncover the real-life inspiration behind Professor Snape, revealing that a real potions master named Henry Lloyd Snape existed in the late 19th century... We also meet illustrator Johnny Duddle and ask you for your own ideas for magical potions! See omnystudio…
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Matt Yglesias Considered As The Nietzschean Superman
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I. Bentham’s Bulldog Blogger “Bentham’s Bulldog” recently wrote Shut Up About Slave Morality. Nietzsche’s concept of “slave morality” (he writes) is just a dysphemism for the usual morality where you’re not bad and cruel. Right-wing edgelords use “rejection of slave morality” as a justification for badness and cruelty: When people object to slave m…
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ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower
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What are some words you would use to describe a leader? Bold, driven, steadfast. How about … anxious? You may not equate leadership with anxiety, but Morra Aarons-Mele — a writer, podcaster, and self-proclaimed anxious achiever — says that’s a mistake. Because anxiety is not a professional defect or character flaw. It’s not something to be ashamed …
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“My article in The Nation — California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry” by Garrison
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This is a link post. I wrote an article on California AI safety bill SB 1047 for The Nation and the reaction from the AI industry, investors, and the broader tech community. The story was informed by conversations with over a dozen relevant sources and comes shortly before the bill faces a floor vote in the California Assembly. I think it's useful …
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Episode 168 - The Wellbeing Protocol - Scaling Localism with Web3 and Hyper Local DAOs
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In episode 168, we’re excited to welcome Mark Pascall, Co-Founder of The Wellbeing Protocol, an organization on a mission to build a world where local communities are empowered to support their own wellbeing. We discuss how their participatory grantmaking tool is giving communities the power to allocate capital, the role of quadratic and conviction…
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“CEA will continue to take a ‘principles-first’ approach to EA” by Zachary Robinson
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Introduction I’m Zach, the new CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). As I step into my role, I want to explain the principles that I think make EA special and share how CEA will continue to promote them. In this post, I will: Highlight the principles that I think are core to EA, and explain why CEA will continue to promote them above and …
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“The Tech Industry is the Biggest Blocker to Meaningful AI Safety Regulations” by Garrison
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This is a link post. If you enjoy this, please consider subscribing to my Substack. My latest reporting went up in The Nation yesterday: It's about the tech industry's meltdown in response to SB 1047, a California bill that would be the country's first significant attempt to mandate safety measures from developers of AI models more powerful and exp…
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38. Active Listening with Dr. Kelly Blodgett
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This week's guest is Dr. Kelly Blodgett, a man who has made it his life’s mission to challenge the “negative stereotype of dentistry.” Kelly Blodgett founded Blodgett Dental Care in 2001 where active listening plays a crucial role in the patient experience. Kelly was also one of the first within dentistry to recognize the significance of the mouth-…
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I Said I Was Technically a CISO, Not a Technical CISO
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. This week’s episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Andy Ellis (@csoandy), operating partner, YL Ventures. Joining us is Fredrick Lee (Flee), CISO, Reddit. In this episode: The case for the technical CISO Making Recall safe for business The aches …
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Highlights: #195 – Sella Nevo on who's trying to steal frontier AI models, and what they could do with them
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This is a selection of highlights from episode #195 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode: Sella Nevo on who's trying to steal frontier AI models, and what they could do with them And if y…
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8.5 Discipline, Drinking, and other things on my mind
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I couldn't settle on one topic this week so you get 5 baby topics.
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“This chart is right. Most interventions don’t do much. (Cameroon experience)” by EffectiveHelp - Cameroon
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This chart is so right. The local charity environment in Cameroon is probably helping much less people than you imagine. We ran an effectiveness contest that aligns with this research perfectly. In 2021 we created an EA group in Cameroon. We had multiple seminars covering the basics of Effective Altruism. By the end of 2022, the group got so excite…
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America the Dysfunctional with Brian Tyler Cohen
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American politics today has been marred by increasing levels of “us vs. them” thinking, leading to the destruction of our social fabric and democracy. But critical thinking, facts, and reason can lead us out of that path. In this episode, YouTube sensation, podcaster, and MSNBC contributor Brian Tyler Cohen joins guest moderator and Reason magazine…
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“Presenting five new effective giving initiatives” by CE, Ben Williamson
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Introduction In May 2024, Ambitious Impact (AIM) ran a program to incubate new effective giving initiatives (EGIs) in partnership with Giving What We Can. In short, EGIs focus on raising awareness and funneling public and philanthropic donations to the most cost-effective charities worldwide. In the last few years, several Effective Giving Initiati…
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ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically
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Today, Nate Silver explains why most people should take bigger risks, reveals the big thing everyone misunderstands about Sam Bankman-Fried, and makes the case that there’s anywhere from a 2 to 20 percent chance that AI will take over the world. 🎙️ This is the second episode in our two-part series with Nate Silver. To hear Part 1, click here…
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Physical limits and the long-term future (with Anders Sandberg)
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Read the full transcript here. How much energy is needed for GDP growth? Would our civilization have developed at the same rate without fossil fuels? Could we potentially do the same things we're currently doing but with significantly less energy? How different would the world look if we'd developed nuclear energy much earlier? Why can't anything g…
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“Announcing the $200k EA Community Choice” by Austin
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This is a link post. Manifund is hosting a $200k funding round for EA community projects, where the grant decisions are made by you. You can direct $100-$800 of funding towards the projects that have helped with your personal journey as an EA. Your choices then decide how $100k in matching will be allocated, via quadratic funding! Sign up here to g…
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While the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, oneof the parts that makes me most disappointed is the steadycreep of donation matching. It's not that donation matching isobjectively very important, but the early EA movement'sprincipledrejection of a very effective fundraising strategy made it clearthat we were committed to helpi…
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Nectarine is a start up aiming to disrupt the financial advisor industry. To be clear, they don't know I tried it! I was like a secret shopper. I do have a referral link that generates a small commission if you use it: Flat-Fee Hourly Fiduciary Financial Advisors - Nectarine (hellonectarine.com)I will be compensated by Nectarine if you use my affil…
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Welcome to a special episode of 'Brutally Benevolent,' where we scratch the surface of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), a pivotal framework for understanding human motivation. Dive in with me as I explore the three essential needs outlined by SDT: Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness. Learn how these fundamental elements drive our behaviors, shape…
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Episode 167 - The Hashgraph Association - Building a Decentralized Digital Future with Hedera
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In episode 167, we’re excited to welcome Andrew Forson, Head of Ventures and Investments for The Hashgraph Association, a non-profit organization focused on building a vibrant, innovative, Hedera ecosystem.. We explore what differentiates hashgraphs from blockchains, their vision for building a decentralized economy that empowers startups, enterpri…
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[This is one of the finalists in the 2024 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I’ll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you’ve read them all, I’ll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-book-revie…
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[I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections later, but I can’t guarantee I will have caught them all by the time you read this.] https://www.a…
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