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Q&A with Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
June 13, 2020

Marcus Davis is a co-founder and co-executive director at Rethink Priorities, where he leads research and strategy. He's also a co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship and Charity Science Health.

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Research
Q&A with Leah Edgerton, Executive Director of Animal Charity Evaluators
Leah Edgerton
March 22, 2020

Animal suffering is a global problem that requires action on a global level. How can we think about effectiveness across geographical and cultural contexts?

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Animal welfare
Facing the risk of nuclear war in the 21st century
Carl Robichaud
March 21, 2020

Recent technological and geopolitical trends make nuclear war more likely than it has been in decades. Carl discusses these developments and assesses the options for reducing nuclear risk.

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Nuclear risk
Fireside Chat: Q&A with Toby Ord
Toby Ord
March 21, 2020

If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity could survive for billions of years, reaching heights of flourishing unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk.

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Philosophy
The Evolution of GiveWell's Research
James Snowden
September 09, 2019

GiveWell recommends charities that directly deliver interventions to beneficiaries, with advantages that are easy to measure, but some hard-to-measure interventions might be more cost-effective.

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Global health and development
Risks from Great Power Conflicts
Brian Tse
February 04, 2019

Brian Tse explores the prevention of war between the world’s great powers, which sharply increases the risk of a global catastrophe via the risk of nuclear weapon use.

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Nuclear risk
Crucial Considerations in Wild Animal Suffering
Persis Eskander
June 08, 2018

This talk explores the most important questions in wild animal suffering, how to approach them, and how different answers might motivate our priorities.

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Animal welfare
Biosecurity as an EA Cause Area
Claire Zabel
August 13, 2017

Open Philanthropy Project's Claire Zabel talks about their work to mitigate Global Catastrophic Biological Risks.

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Biosecurity
Effective altruism: an elucidation and a defence
Stefan Schubert
March 22, 2017

In this paper, the authors discuss Iason Gabriel’s recent piece on criticisms of effective altruism.

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Philosophy
Understanding cause-neutrality
Stefan Schubert
March 10, 2017

The term “cause-neutrality” has been used for at least four concepts: cause-impartiality, cause-agnosticism, cause-general investment, and cause-divergent investments. We explore those concepts.

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Philosophy
Moral Progress and Cause X
Will MacAskill
October 07, 2016

In this edited transcript of his talk at EA Global, Will MacAskill explores what are the major moral problems that we'll regret in the future? What are the major issues that we haven't even conceptual

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Philosophy