Chief Technology Officer at effective altruism start-up
We don’t accept any further applications for this position. When time and money are limited, how can we best use our resources to do as much good as possible? We approach this question using...
View ArticleSentience Research Essay Prize 2016
This post was first published on the blog of our project Sentience Politics. Sentience Politics is currently accepting submissions for the first Sentience Essay Prize on “effective strategies to reduce...
View ArticleWhy Evolution Has No Goal
Or: Metaphorically, it’s all about gene-copying success How evolutionary biology is being misunderstood The notion that evolution has a goal/purpose is a widespread misconception that comes in several...
View ArticleAdriano Mannino is leaving the Effective Altruism Foundation
During the last four years, Adriano Mannino helped found and grow the effective altruist movement in the German-speaking area. As a co-founder of the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF), he was the...
View ArticleOur plans for 2017
2016 was quite a year for EAF. We opened our new headquarters in Berlin, grew our team from 13 to over 25 full-time equivalent employees, and expanded our activities into three new continents! Along...
View ArticleThe Case against Speciesism
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversible animal, than an...
View ArticleThe Strongest Argument for Veganism
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. Strong arguments derive their (surprising, counter-intuitive and far-reaching) conclusions from modest premises...
View ArticleEffective Strategies:Politics, Getting Rich, and Other Strategies to Multiply...
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. We try and use our limited resources – skilled time and money – to help others in the most effective way possible....
View ArticleThe Relevance of Wild Animal Suffering
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. Society has become increasingly aware of the suffering of animals due to human beings. Many will be familiar with...
View ArticleThe Importance of the Far Future
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. Most charities focus their work on helping individuals who already exist, while few charities try to explicitly...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Cause-Neutrality
This collection of articles was first published on the website of Sentience Politics. At first glance, farm animal advocacy seems to be the top priority for reducing the suffering of all sentient...
View ArticleSave the date: EAGxBerlin 2017
The next EAGxBerlin conference by the Effective Altruism Foundation will take place on the weekend of October 14th and 15th 2017 in Berlin. It will feature speakers from the effective altruism movement...
View ArticleUpdate on the future of Sentience Politics
EAF incubated Sentience Politics since its founding in 2014 as a project working on political initiatives for animals and effective animal advocacy research. We believe both sets of activities are...
View ArticleEAGxBerlin 2017
How can we use our resources to help others the most? Effective altruism is a philosophy and global movement that combines both the heart and the head. We use evidence and reason to find out how we can...
View ArticleEAGxBerlin 2017 – information for participants
Program You can find the full program booklet here. Stay up-to-date It’s possible that we’ll have to make short-term changes. In order to stay up-to-date, you can check out this page or the Facebook...
View ArticleOur plans for 2018
Last year was a successful one: we collected around 5 million U.S. dollars for effective charities; kicked off a campaign for a national ballot initiative in Switzerland; spun off two projects, namely...
View ArticleAnnual Review 2017
Last year was a very successful one: we collected around 5 million U.S. dollars for effective charities; kicked off a campaign for a national ballot initiative in Switzerland; spun off two projects,...
View ArticleA Concrete Model for Running an EA group
The main goal of this approach is to identify, attract, and develop top talent–and help them have more impact. I think EA local groups should focus on this because they have a comparative advantage at...
View ArticleDonation Recommendations 2018
These donation recommendations follow from our focus on risks of astronomical suffering (s-risks). This focus is based on the view that the long-term future is overwhelmingly important from an...
View ArticleOur plans for 2019
By Stefan Torges and Jonas Vollmer Summary Research: We plan to continue our research in the areas of AI-related decision theory and bargaining, fail-safe measures, and macrostrategy. Research...
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