In case you haven’t heard, App Academy is the super low-risk way to get a baller job in SF right now. I know several effective altruists who have…

Stuart Armstrong and Kaj Sotala recently published a new paper in the Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. Among other things, they confirm the well-known predictive adage…

A 2014 survey reveals that executives currently see themselves as having excellent access to capital, the ability meet many performance goals in their companies, and more ease in…

According to government statistics, there are currently 422,000 Real Estate Agents and Brokers in the US. And until the internet was created 20 years ago, they plausibly provided some…

If you’re staffing up an early stage startup or growing a small nonprofit, I recommend reading through Adam Smith’s fantastic four part guide on hiring great people. There are…

If US medical lobbies hadn’t achieved regulatory capture by blocking off public access to prescription medications in the early 20th century, it’s likely that thousands of general internists would have been…

On May 6th, MIRI is participating in Silicon Valley Gives. That day, dozens of local Bay Area charities will be simultaneously raising millions online through a specially designated online…

Toby Ord recently observed: “I have been surprised to see that some of my friends and acquaintances in the effective altruism community identify as Negative Utilitarians. Negative Utilitarianism…

A few years ago, I wrote a Less Wrong post about why almost everyone should at least consider working in Australia for a year when they’re young. “Optimal Employment” has…

Want a single nootropic pill that gives you 18 hours of productivity with no crash? I designed this stack by consulting Scott Alexander’s nootropic survey and also knowing…