We all make decisions every day. Some of these decisions are pretty inconsequential, such as what to have for an afternoon snack. Some of these decisions are quite consequential, such as where to live or what to dedicate the next year of your life to. Finding a way to make... Read More

Should EAs be fighting for better political systems and better policy making? For governance where the decision makers, at minimum, are incentivised to act in the best long-term interest of the population?   At first glance this could be super important. If you think policy makers should be putting in... Read More

President Trump as a Global Catastrophic Risk   A Global Catastrophic Risk (GCR) is one that kills 10% of the global population or causes similar damage. Previous events at this scale include the Black Death and some very large wars. These events are very unlikely to happen, but since they... Read More

It's been awhile since we posted on the EA forum, and we have some big updates about our projects. Here is a short summary with links to more detailed explanations.   Charity Science Health Four months ago, Charity Science Health launched , aiming to use SMS reminders to increase vaccination... Read More

Considering the current trajectory of the EA community, we identified a number of key conclusions that we believe .impact is well-placed to address:   As the community grows, it’ll likely become increasingly important to communicate EA ideas clearly and avoid inaccurate messaging. Community builders (local groups included) would benefit from... Read More

Hi everyone, In October, we gained 105 new Giving What We Can pledges, more than double the number for October 2015, and gained 6,863 newsletter subscribers (including the remaining Student Freshers’ Fair imports).  We ran a week-long retreat in Barcelona to bring everyone together in one place. This was a... Read More

(Cross-posted from the sideways view .) For most people I don't think it's important to have a really precise definition of integrity. But if you really want to go all-in on consequentialism then I think it's useful. Otherwise you risk being stuck with a flavor of consequentialism that is either short-sighted or terminally timid.... Read More

In this post we try to share our experience in reorganizing our EA student group. We think that our analysis of pitfalls and bottlenecks in a student organization and how we are trying to circumvent them could be valuable to read by EAs involved with other student groups.   EA... Read More

Summary of findings Owen Cotton-Barratt & Zachary Leather The problem:  There is a cooperation problem when multiple donors agree about the most-preferred charity but have different views about the second-best use for money, and there is more money available than the mutually preferred charity can productively absorb. There are challenges... Read More

Anna Salamon, executive director of CFAR (named with permission), recently wrote to me asking for my thoughts on fundraisers using matching donations. (Anna, together with co-writer Steve Rayhawk, has previously written on community norms that promote truth over falsehood .) My response made some general points that I wish were... Read More