Chilling thoughts on Cryonics, Biostasis, and related matters. cryospherepress.substack.com
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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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Philosophy for our Times is a free philosophy podcast bringing you the latest talks and debates from the world’s leading thinkers. We host weekly episodes on today’s biggest ideas in news, society, culture, politics, science and arts. Subscribe today to never miss an episode.
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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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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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Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them. Subscribe by searching for '80000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts. Hosted by Rob Wiblin and Luisa Rodriguez.
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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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Dystopia Now is a show where a comedian (Kate Willett) and an academic (Emile Torres) explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future.
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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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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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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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A show about things that tickle your brain.
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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 Bioethics Podcast is an audio resource exploring the pressing bioethical challenges of our day featuring staff, fellows, and friends of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity.
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Visit Our Facebook Page Join The Livegan Podcast with hosts Kevin Lahey and Ben Le Roi, as they interview inspirational leaders in the animal rights community and help vegan activists become more effective. Kevin is an ex-undercover investigator with CARE and Mercy for Animals Ben is co-founder of Nation Rising
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Waking Up with Brooke Sprowl | Leaders in Spirituality, Psychology, Mental Health, & Social Change
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Psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and author Brooke Sprowl interviews the foremost experts on self-discovery, psychology, spirituality, creativity, peak performance, cognitive science, philosophy, effective altruism, and personal and collective transformation. Brooke draws from her rich, cross-disciplinary experience in self-transformation, business, and neuroscience as she engages in emergent conversations with some of the greatest minds of our time.
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Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarsh ...
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An interview podcast where I, Daniel Filan, interview guests about topics I'm interested in, with the aim of clarifying how the guest understands that topic.
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Zac Crippen discusses Catholic theology (and culture through the lens of Catholic theology) with guests from all over the world.
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Welcome to the UnComplicated English podcast, where we learn English through interesting stories.
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Two friends and a blog.
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Thoughts from a couple of people that are constantly thinking about how to make things better. Check out our blog at http://justthinkinpodcast.blogspot.com.
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Interviews with fascinating people on science, ethics, and politics.
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An insightful look into the craziness of the world through the eyes and wisdom of a genius cynic. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/montgomery-ambrose/support
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Conversations with Adam Kruger. The previous name of this podcast was 'Can I Ask You a Question?'
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Join your host and guide Matt Castner as we explore the world of health equity. In the first season, subtitled The Headwaters, we will explore the question of what health equity is and why we should care about it.
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Jack Lawrence is best known for his TikTok videos, whereby he explores themes of philosophy, science and anything else that takes his fancy. In this podcast he dives deeper into these concepts, interviewing scientists, philosophers, and frankly anyone he thinks is interesting or funny.
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We talk about projects that are supporting good causes like social or environmental initiatives. And we also cover cool experiences related to surfing or similar adventures.
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Simon talks with guests about human behavior, scientific methods, environmental sustainability, psychology and governance, education, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. Through thoughtful and open discussion, and an enduring sense of playfulness, our purpose is to support, and hopefully further the sharing of ideas that may lead to the betterment of the lives of all creatures on earth, and deepen our understanding of life, the universe, and everything.
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Hi-Phi Nation is philosophy in story-form, integrating narrative journalism with big ideas. We look at stories from everyday life, law, science, popular culture, and strange corners of human experiences that raise thought-provoking questions about things like justice, knowledge, the self, morality, and existence. We then seek answers with the help of academics and philosophers. The show is produced and hosted by Barry Lam of UC Riverside.
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A weekly podcast for the curious and introspective. NY comedian Gary Levitt dives deep to discuss the things that matter most to each of his guests. We hear from psychologists, comedians, philosophers, musicians, writers, entrepreneurs, anyone who has something thoughtful and interesting to share. Email the show: [email protected] || http://garygarylevitt.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join Chris & Kayla on their journeys of humor, discovery, and the absurd as they try to answer the question... is it a cult, or just weird?
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We’ve all experienced invalidation that makes us question ourselves and sometimes, even feel a little crazy. From relationships to healthcare, from workplaces to spiritual communities, from media influence to societal bias and more, No, Not Crazy will explore the messages we internalize, their effects on our lives, and the ways we can free ourselves from them. Sharing stories and speaking with experts, we’ll dig into the experiences that dismiss our truths and undermine our knowing. Join edu ...
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What are the greatest forces, risks, and ideas that define the 21st Century? Each week existential risk researcher Coleman Snell speaks with academics, thinkers, and artists whose work speaks to life in the 21st Century for the modern individual. We talk about the biggest risks/challenges facing our species, solutions, unique aspects of 21st Century Life, and how we can find meaning in this strange century. Learn more about the field of global catastrophic & existential risk and about the po ...
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Science isn’t as black and white as the media often portrays it. Join former science teacher and vegan educator Sarina Farb for nuanced, honest, and holistic conversations exploring the gray areas of science and ethics in society. If you care about making the world a better place, like doing your own critical thinking, and are tired of censorship, corporate bias, and politicized science, this is the podcast for you! The Science is Gray podcast takes a critical look at the intersection of sci ...
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Hello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. This podcast is a series of candid conversations between meetup attendees recorded at ACX meetups around the country in the fall of 2023. If you're new here, ACX stands for Astral Codex Ten, which is a rationalist blog written by Scott Alexander. Scott is a doctor on the US West Coast, currently working on new models for mental health care at Lorien Psychiatry. Rationalism is...hard to define, so the following definition is taken from Astral Codex T ...
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Is Saving Shrimps Effective Altruism? w/ Guest Comedian Josh Gondelman
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In this episode, we explore the Shrimp Welfare Project, featured on the Daily Show several months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKtGMoaA&t. Comedian Josh Gondelman -- a former writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver -- joins us for laughs and some serious reflection on which types of beings should be included within our circles of m…
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“Effective altruism in the age of AGI” by William_MacAskill
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This post is based on a memo I wrote for this year's Meta Coordination Forum. See also Arden Koehler's recent post, which hits a lot of similar notes. Summary The EA movement stands at a crossroads. In light of AI's very rapid progress, and the rise of the AI safety movement, some people view EA as a legacy movement set to fade away; others think w…
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This week, we dive into the horrifying world of Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI Doomer, Rationalist, and Harry Potter fan fiction author in light of his recently published NYT bestseller with Nate Soares, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies." Further reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-eliezer-yudkowsky.html https://www.vox…
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“Recommitting to Giving: A Personal Update” by frankieaw
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TL;DR: I took the 🔸10% Pledge in 2016 and haven’t kept to it consistently. I’ve decided not to pay the backlog donations, and instead to recommit fresh from today, with simple systems to keep me on track. Sharing this for transparency and in the hope it may be helpful to others - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -…
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#84 – Dean Spears on the Case for People
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Dean Spears is an an Economic Demographer, Development Economist, and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. With Michael Geruso, Dean is the co-author of After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People. You can see a full transcript and a list of resources on the episode page on our website. We're bac…
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Halloween SPECIAL | The philosophy of the apocalypse
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Why are we fascinated by apocalyptic stories? Join the team at the IAI for a reading of four Halloween-themed articles, written by historian and philosopher Natalie Lawrence, professor of political philosophy Matthew Festenstein, and professor of comparative literature Florian Mussgnug. From the allure of the end times to the symbolic value of mons…
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“Why Many EAs May Have More Impact Outside of Nonprofits in Animal Welfare” by lauren_mee 🔸, Animal Advocacy Careers
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Many thanks to @Felix_Werdermann 🔸 @Engin Arıkan and @Ana Barreiro for your feedback and comments on this, and for the encouragement from many people to finally write this up into an EA forum post. For years, much of the career advice in the Effective Altruism community has implicitly (or explicitly) suggested that impact = working at an EA nonprof…
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Holden Karnofsky: "We're not racing to AGI because of a coordination problem" and all his other AI takes
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For years, working on AI safety usually meant theorising about the ‘alignment problem’ or trying to convince other people to give a damn. If you could find any way to help, the work was frustrating and low feedback. According to Anthropic’s Holden Karnofsky, this situation has now reversed completely. There are now large amounts of useful, concrete…
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“Framing EA: ‘Doing Good Better’ Did Worse” by Rethink Priorities, David_Moss
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Summary As part of our ongoing work to study how to best frame EA, we experimentally tested different phrases and sentences that CEA were considering using on effectivealtruism.org. Doing Good Better taglines We observed a consistent pattern where taglines that included the phrase ‘do[ing] good better’ received less support from respondents and ins…
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[Linkpost] “The Charity Trap: Brain Misallocation” by DavidNash
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This is a link post. In Ugandan villages where non-governmental organisations (NGOs) hired away the existing government health worker, infant mortality went up. This happened in 39%[1] of villages that already had a government worker. The NGO arrived with funding and good intentions, but the likelihood that villagers received care from any health w…
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[Linkpost] “The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk” by ASB
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This is a link post. Biological risks are more severe than has been widely appreciated. Recent discussions of mirror bacteria highlight an extreme scenario: a single organism that could infect and kill humans, plants, and animals, exhibits environmental persistence in soil or dust, and might be capable of spreading worldwide within several months. …
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The importance of giving up | Adam Phillips
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Einstein was called “slow” at school, J. K. Rowling collected a dozen rejections, and Walt Disney was once fired for “lacking imagination.” We love stories of perseverance—but what’s the cost of never letting go? In this conversation, psychoanalyst Adam Phillips argues that our obsession with endurance can have hidden, corrosive effects. He invites…
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Daniel Kokotajlo on what a hyperspeed robot economy might look like
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When Daniel Kokotajlo talks to security experts at major AI labs, they tell him something chilling: “Of course we’re probably penetrated by the CCP already, and if they really wanted something, they could take it.” This isn’t paranoid speculation. It’s the working assumption of people whose job is to protect frontier AI models worth billions of dol…
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I’ve used the phrase “entertainment for EAs” a bunch to describe a failure mode that I’m trying to avoid with my career. Maybe it’d be useful for other people working in meta-EA, so I’m sharing it here as a quick draft amnesty post. There's a motivational issue in meta-work where it's easy to start treating the existing EA community as stakeholders…
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“Canva to donate $100M over 4 years to GiveDirectly” by MartinBerlin
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All quotes are from their blog post "Why we chose to invest another $100 million in cash transfers", highlights are my own: Today, we’re announcing a new $100 million USD commitment over the next four years to expand our partnership with GiveDirectly and help empower an additional 185,000 people living in extreme poverty. We’re also funding new res…
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How Tech Billionaires Bought the Narrative with Eoin Higgins
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In this episode, we talked to journalist Eoin Higgins about his book "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left" which examines how Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Elon Musk have used their wealth to shape media narratives, especially through journalists Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi. Eoin Higgins: https://…
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In this episode of The Bioethics podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette for a discussion of the Netflix documentary film Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever. The film is a profile of Bryan Johnson, a tech entrepreneur who is devoting his fortune to…
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I have some claim to be an “old hand” EA:[1] I was in the room when the creation Giving What We Can was announced (although I vacillated about joining for quite a while) I first went to EA Global in 2015 I worked on a not-very successful EA project for a while But I have not really been much involved in the community since about 2020. The interesti…
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Slavoj Žižek on philosophy today | The madness of reality
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Slavoj Žižek is back in a new interview where he takes us through his thoughts on the role of philosophy, the future of sex, his fear and love of AI and, as always, so much more. Tune in to hear one of contemporary philosophy's most original and darkly comedic minds expose his thoughts on the present and where we are heading - though that is imposs…
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“You should probably track your time (and it just got easier)” by Christoph Hartmann 🔸
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TLDR EA is a community where time tracking is already very common and yet most people I talk to don't because It's too much work (when using toggl, clockify, ...) It's not accurate enough (when using RescueTime, rize, ...) I built https://donethat.ai that solves both of these with AI as part of AIM's Founding to Give program. It's live on Product H…
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The gang catches up with Emil Kendziorra after the Biostasis 2025 conference at the European Biostasis Foundation. Watch it on YouTube here. Topics covered include: * How to get a Tomorrow Bio ambulance in your hometown * Tomorrow Bio’s plan to collect brain samples to check ultra-structure preservation in its patients - and how it will respond to …
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“Experts & markets think authoritarian capture of the US looks distinctly possible” by LintzA
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The following is a quick collection of forecasting markets and opinions from experts which give some sense of how well-informed people are thinking about the state of US democracy. This isn't meant to be a rigorous proof that this is the case (DM me for that), just a collection which I hope will get people thinking about what's happening in the US …
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How to fathom timelessness | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
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What should time mean to us? Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind who specialises in the thought of Alfred North Whitehead, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Benedict de Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. In this talk, he combines insights from psychedelic experiences with an intriguing view put forward by…
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S8E5: Gaming with Keung Yoon Bae, Osvaldo Cleger, and Michael Rübsamen
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Gaming is one of the most consumed forms of media globally making it an omportant space from to explore human-animal relations. In this episode, media scholars Michael Rübsamen, Osvaldo Cleger, and Keung Yoon Bae discuss the interconnections of gaming, representation, and identity and what the significance of this might be for considerations of ani…
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“Your Sacrifice Portfolio Is Probably Terrible” by Midtermist12
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or Maximizing Good Within Your Personal Constraints Note: The specific numbers and examples below are approximations meant to illustrate the framework. Your actual calculations will vary based on your situation, values, and cause area. The goal isn't precision—it's to start thinking explicitly about impact per unit of sacrifice rather than assuming…
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S8E4: Popular Media and Pests with Lu Liu, Debra Merskin, and Emily Major
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In this episode we animals, power, and popular media. Emily Major, Debra Merskin, and Lu Liu help to think through how animals are manufactured as “pests” and “icons” in media and how those labels shape empathy, policy, and everyday cruelty towards animals. Date Recorded: 15 January 2025 Featured: Animals and Media Mass Media and Society edited by …
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After postmodernism | Hilary Lawson, Robin van den Akker, Abby Innes, Sophie Scott-Brown
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Hugely influential in the latter decades of the 20th century, postmodernism transformed many academic disciplines and culture at large. Associated with an attack on objective truth and the uniqueness of meaning, it called into question the whole edifice of knowledge which Western culture had previously glorified. But it left many lost, and in the w…
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“Taking ethics seriously, and enjoying the process” by kuhanj
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Here's a talk I gave at an EA university group organizers’ retreat recently, which I've been strongly encouraged to share on the forum. I'd like to make it clear I don't recommend or endorse everything discussed in this talk (one example in particular which hopefully will be self-evident), but do think serious shifts in how we engage with ethics an…
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“Andor” is a story about how secrecy kept the Rebellion alive, but it’s hard to imagine anyone in the present day keeping anything to themselves. Video: http://youtu.be/5FgeQw1XNo4 Show Notes: https://thunkshow.com/2025/10/07/262.-How-to-Keep-a-Secret.htmlBy Josh Pelton
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The language of the unconscious: Pyschoanalysis and AI | Alenka Zupančič
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To become a supporter, go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we explored Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures. Other than trying to prove he's not the Antichrist, what is this guy up to? Newsletter piece on the topic, titled "The Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist": ht…
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#224 – There's a cheap and low-tech way to save humanity from any engineered disease | Andrew Snyder-Beattie
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Conventional wisdom is that safeguarding humanity from the worst biological risks — microbes optimised to kill as many as possible — is difficult bordering on impossible, making bioweapons humanity’s single greatest vulnerability. Andrew Snyder-Beattie thinks conventional wisdom could be wrong. Andrew’s job at Open Philanthropy is to spend hundreds…
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“Charity Entrepreneurship is bottlenecked by a lack of great animal founders” by Ben Williamson, Amalie Farestvedt 🔸
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TL;DR - AIM's applicants skew towards global health & development. We’ve recommended four new animal welfare charities, have the capacity to launch all four, but expect to struggle to find the talent to do so. If you’ve considered moving into animal welfare work, applying to Charity Entrepreneurship to launch a new charity in the space could be of …
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“Cultivated Meat: A Wakeup Call for Optimists” by CianHamilton
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Summary: Consumers rejected genetically modified crops, and I expect they will do the same for cultivated meat. The meat lobby will fight to discredit the new technology, and as consumers are already primed to believe it's unnatural, it won’t be difficult to persuade them. When I hear people talk about cultivated meat (i.e. lab-grown meat) and how …
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The Enlightenment is racist (and why) | Kehinde Andrews
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The Enlightenment has faced a lot of criticism in recent years - its defenders and detractors often come head to head, scrambling to articulate its ultimate value or lack thereof to contemporary society. This podcast contributes to this wider debate and question facing all those interested in philosophy and politics: Are Enlightenment ideas salvage…
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S8E3: Rhetoric and Supremacy with S. Marek Muller, David Rooney, and Lauren Corman
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In this episode we discuss how rhetorical constructions of animality, and humanity are mobilized to serve specific power structures, including white supremacy and colonialism. Lauren Corman, David Rooney, and S. Marek Muller come on the show to talk about some of the complex networks of media influence and consumption that shape such thought. Date …
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In this second episode of Cryosphere Chats we discuss Until Labs and Alcor’s organ preservation strategies, our experiences convincing others about cryonics, using terms like hibernation or cryosleep instead of death when explaining cryonics, and more! Watch it on YouTube here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other …
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Inside the Biden admin’s AI policy approach | Jake Sullivan, Biden’s NSA | via The Cognitive Revolution
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Jake Sullivan was the US National Security Advisor from 2021-2025. He joined our friends on The Cognitive Revolution podcast in August to discuss AI as a critical national security issue. We thought it was such a good interview and we wanted more people to see it, so we’re cross-posting it here on The 80,000 Hours Podcast. Jake and host Nathan Labe…
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“Why I think capacity building to make AGI go well should include spreading EA-style ideas and helping people engage with EA” by Arden Koehler
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Note: I am the web programme director at 80,000 Hours and the view expressed here currently helps shape the web team's strategy. However, this shouldn't be taken to be expressing something on behalf of 80k as a whole, and writing and posting this memo was not undertaken as an 80k project. 80,000 Hours, where I work, has made helping people make AI …
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“Moving to a hub, getting older, and heading home” by ElliotTep
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Intro and summary “How many chickens spared from cages is worth not being with my parents as they get older?!” - Me, exasperated (September 18, 2021) This post is about something I haven’t seen discussed on the EA forum but I often talk about with my friends in their mid 30s. It's about something I wish I'd understood better ten years ago: if you a…
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S8E2: (Mis)representation and Activism with Christopher Eubanks and Carrie Freeman
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Carrie Freeman and Christopher Eubanks join Claudia on the show to explore animal (mis)representation in media. They examine some of the ways in which animals are represented in activist messaging and the interconnections of animal rights with other social justice movements. Date Recorded: 29 February 2025 Featured: The Human Animal Earthling by Ca…
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“Student group organising is hard and important” by Bella
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It's been several years since I was an EA student group organiser, so please forgive any part of this post which feels out of touch (& correct me in comments!) Wow, student group organising is hard. A few structural things that make it hard to be an organiser: You maybe haven’t had a job before, or have only had kind of informal jobs. So, you might…
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The struggle for the good life | Massimo Pigliucci on ancient philosophy for the modern era
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We all want to live the good life. But how many of us can claim to be truly content? Join philosopher and evolutionary biologist Massimo Pigliucci as he argues that pleasure, character, and a healthy dose of doubt, form the basis of the good life, and that purpose in life is crucial to realising our potential. Massimo Pigliucci is a renowned philos…
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https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we explored the anti-aging obsession of Bryan Johnson. From erection measuring to NDA's, join us for a weird ride. Futher reading: How Bryan Johnson, Who Wants to Live Forever, Sought Control via Confidentiality Agreements – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/technology/bryan-johns…
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#223 – Neel Nanda on leading a Google DeepMind team at 26 – and advice if you want to work at an AI company (part 2)
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At 26, Neel Nanda leads an AI safety team at Google DeepMind, has published dozens of influential papers, and mentored 50 junior researchers — seven of whom now work at major AI companies. His secret? “It’s mostly luck,” he says, but “another part is what I think of as maximising my luck surface area.” Video, full transcript, and links to learn mor…
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“Rejected from all the ‘EA’ Jobs you applied for - What to do now?” by guneyulasturker 🔸
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Hi, have you been rejected from all the 80K listed EA jobs you’ve applied for? It sucks, right? Welcome to the club. What might be comforting is that you (and I) are not alone. EA Job listings are extremely competitive, and in the classic EA career path, you just get rejected over and over. Many others have written about their rejection experience,…
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S8E1: Trans-Speciesism and the MARS Test with Natalie Khazaal, Tobias Linné, and Ellen Gorsevski
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The Animal Turn podcast launches Season 8 with a dive into the intersections of media, racism, and speciesism. Tobias Linné, Ellen Gorsevski, and Natalie Khazaal join Claudia on the show to discuss how race and species intersect each other in animated film and the development of their Media Analysis of Racism and Speciesism (MARS) test to evaluate …
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“How cost-effective are AI safety YouTubers?” by Marcus Abramovitch 🔸, Austin
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Early work on ”GiveWell for AI Safety” Intro EA was founded on the principle of cost-effectiveness. We should fund projects that do more with less, and more generally, spend resources as efficiently as possible. And yet, while much interest, funding, and resources in EA have shifted towards AI safety, it's rare to see any cost-effectiveness calcula…
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Cryosphere Chat - Replacement Technology, Updates From CI, Why Cryonicists Don’t Have Kids
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We’re trying out a new format where the team behind the Cryosphere has an informal discussion on a range of cryonics related topics. Watch the video version on YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cryospherepress.substack.com…
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Psychedelics and the structure of reality | Julian Baggini, Eileen Hall, and James Rucker
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Truth, delusion and psychedelic reality Do psychedelics reveal hidden layers of reality, or are we simply tripping? Psychedelics are back in the cultural zeitgeist, this time as a treatment for mental health issues. However, critics argue that psychedelics only work by replacing mental illness with a distorted view of reality - but, is this an accu…
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