“The ability to do important new work comes largely from knowing the field extremely well. You need to know many of the things that have been tried and done. It’s only by digging deep into that that you can see where a real gap is, and something that can be … Read more
Many people who get involved in effective altruism (EA) also want to work in EA organizations. The problem is, getting a job within EA can be hard. You may well have experienced this yourself; people often report applying for dozens of roles within EA orgs, and receiving nothing but rejections. … Read more
“In my first job out of college, the CEO told me something that stuck with me: “your ability to lead is only limited by your willingness to have awkward conversations”… the more early-career people can get comfortable doing that, in a way that’s thoughtful and diplomatic and reads the situation … Read more
AI is rapidly transforming how people get hired for jobs. Though many future implications of AI in hiring are uncertain, some of those changes are worth knowing about and adapting to, whether you’re applying for jobs now or thinking further ahead. This article looks at three: how employers use automated … Read more
“If you need your working day to be fulfilling, if you need to feel like you’re making a difference, trust that voice, because it means you have the passion to actually make a difference in the world. Pursue it, because we need more people with that passion doing good work.” … Read more
AI systems that match or exceed human intelligence across a wide range of cognitive tasks could arrive soon, perhaps as soon as 2030. These wouldn’t be narrow tools that outperform humans at specific tasks like image recognition or playing chess; they’d be in principle capable of the full range of … Read more
“I think that people do big things by taking risks, by starting their own thing, or by moving to a smaller org, or just doing something that you’re really passionate about… I would encourage people to do it, especially when you can, when you’re young, and you have fewer constraints, … Read more
“When you wake up on a random Tuesday in February, do you actually want to do the things that you have to do? Not just do you like the topics or ideas you’re studying… the ideas themselves aren’t enough, because you actually have to do the day-to-day work.” Matthew Coleman … Read more
If you’re concerned about large-scale problems, it’s hard to get bigger than farmed animal welfare. At this moment, approximately 35 billion farmed animals are alive on farms worldwide; that’s over four animals for every human on Earth. Nearly 1 million cows, 4 million pigs, and over 200 million chickens are … Read more
Starting out in your career or shifting to a new field often feels like a catch-22: you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience. How are you supposed to enter a career if the entry-level positions already require experience in the career? Here’s … Read more
