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EA Introductory Program
1. The Effectiveness Mindset
The Effectiveness Mindset
On effective altruism
50 min
On scope sensitivity
27 min
On scout mindset and thinking clearly
16 min
On tradeoffs
9 min
On impact
#1
2. Differences in Impact
Differences in Impact
ITN framework
Differences in impact
Thinking on the Margin
5 min
Fermi estimation
5 min
Background data on global health and poverty
15 min
EA strategies for addressing global poverty
40 min
#2
3. Radical Empathy
Radical Empathy
Impartiality and radical empathy
1 h 32 min
The case for caring about animal welfare
#3
4. Our Final Century?
Our Final Century?
Existential risks
Risks from pandemics
Strategies for improving biosecurity
12 min
Expected value & Hits-based giving
14 min
Crucial considerations
#4
5. What Could the Future Hold?
What Could the Future Hold? And Why Care?
The case for and against longtermism
19 min
Hinge of history
To what extent can we predict the future? How?
What might the future look like?
#5
6. Risks from Artificial Intelligence
Risks from Artificial Intelligence
The case for worrying about risks from artificial intelligence
Strategies for reducing risks from unaligned artificial intelligence
Suffering risks
1 min
#6
7. What Do You Think?
What Do You Think?
Bayes' rule and evidence
16 min
Independent impressions
Learning from mistakes
1 min
Less common causes
#7
8. Putting It Into Practice
Putting It Into Practice
Attitudes to doing good
11 min
Career choice
19 min
Dealing with demandingness
#8
On effective altruism
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On scope sensitivity
EA Intro - Explain What Effective Altruism Is
17 min
+
8 min
EA Handbook
EA Intro - Explain What Effective Altruism Is
8 min
+
4 min
Sam Deere
EA Intro - Explain What Effective Altruism Is
9 min
+
5 min
Max Roser
On scope sensitivity
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On effective altruism
On scout mindset and thinking clearly
EA Intro - Identify Failures of Scope Sensitivity
15 min
+
7 min
Nate Soares
EA Intro - Identify Failures of Scope Sensitivity
4 min
+
2 min
Animal Ethics
On scout mindset and thinking clearly
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Start Module
On scope sensitivity
On tradeoffs
EA Intro - Distinguish Scout Mindset from Soldier Mindset
Video ·
TED
EA Intro - Distinguish Scout Mindset from Soldier Mindset
4 min
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2 min
chaosmage
EA Intro - Distinguish Scout Mindset from Soldier Mindset
7 min
+
3 min
Eliezer Yudkowsky
On tradeoffs
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On scout mindset and thinking clearly
On impact
EA Intro - Apply Triage Thinking to Giving Decisions
6 min
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3 min
Holly Elmore
On impact
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Start Module
On tradeoffs
EA Intro - Explain Why Some Interventions Have Outsized Impact
Article ·
jai
ITN framework
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Differences in impact
EA Intro - Apply the ITN Framework
Article ·
Robert Wiblin
Differences in impact
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ITN framework
Thinking on the Margin
EA Intro - Explain Why Some Interventions Are Orders of Magnitude More Effective
Article ·
Giving What We Can
Thinking on the Margin
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Differences in impact
Fermi estimation
EA Intro - Explain Marginal Impact
3 min
+
2 min
Probably Good
Fermi estimation
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Start Module
Thinking on the Margin
Background data on global health and poverty
EA Intro - Apply Fermi Estimation
1 min
EA Handbook
EA Intro - Apply Fermi Estimation
3 min
+
1 min
Vasco Grilo
Background data on global health and poverty
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Fermi estimation
EA strategies for addressing global poverty
EA Intro - Describe Global Poverty and Progress
10 min
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5 min
Max Roser
EA strategies for addressing global poverty
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Background data on global health and poverty
EA Intro - Evaluate Global Health Interventions
2 min
+
1 min
GiveWell
EA Intro - Evaluate Global Health Interventions
17 min
+
9 min
Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Max Roser
EA Intro - Evaluate Global Health Interventions
8 min
+
4 min
Jack Rafferty, Lucia Coulter
Impartiality and radical empathy
Enroll in Course
Start Module
The case for caring about animal welfare
EA Intro - Explain Impartiality and Radical Empathy
9 min
+
5 min
Holden Karnofsky
EA Intro - Describe Moral Progress and Cause X
45 min
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23 min
Toby Ord, Will MacAskill
EA Intro - Evaluate the Possibility of Ongoing Moral Catastrophes
7 min
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3 min
The case for caring about animal welfare
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Impartiality and radical empathy
EA Intro - Identify Strategies for Improving Animal Welfare
Article ·
Benjamin Hilton
Existential risks
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Start Module
Risks from pandemics
EA Intro - Explain Existential Risk and Moral Importance
Article ·
Benjamin Todd
Risks from pandemics
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Existential risks
Strategies for improving biosecurity
Strategies for improving biosecurity
Enroll in Course
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Risks from pandemics
Expected value & Hits-based giving
EA Intro - Identify Biosecurity Interventions
8 min
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4 min
Andrew Snyder-Beattie, Ethan Alley
Expected value & Hits-based giving
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Strategies for improving biosecurity
Crucial considerations
EA Intro - Apply Expected Value Reasoning
3 min
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2 min
Non-Trivial
EA Intro - Explain Hits-Based Giving
6 min
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3 min
Crucial considerations
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Expected value & Hits-based giving
The case for and against longtermism
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Hinge of history
EA Intro - Articulate the Case For and Against Longtermism
1 min
Max Dalton
EA Intro - Articulate the Case For and Against Longtermism
Article ·
William MacAskill
EA Intro - Articulate the Case For and Against Longtermism
Article ·
Michelle Hutchinson
EA Intro - Articulate the Case For and Against Longtermism
12 min
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6 min
Denise Melchin
Hinge of history
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The case for and against longtermism
To what extent can we predict the future? How?
To what extent can we predict the future? How?
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Hinge of history
What might the future look like?
What might the future look like?
Enroll in Course
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To what extent can we predict the future? How?
The case for worrying about risks from artificial intelligence
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Strategies for reducing risks from unaligned artificial intelligence
EA Intro - Explain How Advanced AI Could Cause Catastrophe
Article
Strategies for reducing risks from unaligned artificial intelligence
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Start Module
The case for worrying about risks from artificial intelligence
Suffering risks
Suffering risks
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Strategies for reducing risks from unaligned artificial intelligence
EA Intro - Explain S-Risks
1 min
Bayes' rule and evidence
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Independent impressions
EA Intro - Apply Bayes Rule to Update Beliefs
10 min
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5 min
EA Intro - Apply Bayes Rule to Update Beliefs
Article
EA Intro - Apply Bayes Rule to Update Beliefs
1 min
Independent impressions
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Bayes' rule and evidence
Learning from mistakes
Learning from mistakes
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Independent impressions
Less common causes
EA Intro - Identify Lessons from EA's Mistakes
Video ·
Effective Altruism
EA Intro - Explain Why Maximization Is Perilous
1 min
Less common causes
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Learning from mistakes
EA Intro - Enumerate Less Common Cause Candidates
Article
Attitudes to doing good
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Start Module
Career choice
EA Intro - Identify Next Steps for EA Involvement
5 min
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2 min
EA Intro - Identify Next Steps for EA Involvement
3 min
+
1 min
Career choice
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Attitudes to doing good
Dealing with demandingness
EA Intro - Apply EA Principles to Career Choice
Article
EA Intro - Apply EA Principles to Career Choice
13 min
+
6 min
Dealing with demandingness
Enroll in Course
Start Module
Career choice