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EA Forum Podcast (All audio)

Audio narrations from the Effective Altruism Forum, including curated posts, posts with 30 karma, and other great writing. If you"d like fewer episodes, subscribe to the "EA Forum (Curated & Popular)" podcast instead.

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27:26

“EA as Antichrist: Understanding Peter Thiel” by...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/08/06

“The Antichrist probably presents as a great humanitarian, it's redistributive, it's an extremely great philanthropist, as an effective altruist, all of those kinds of things.” - Peter Thiel Effective altruism has more than its share of critics. But Peter Thiel, the billionaire cofounder of PayPal and Palantir, is unusual in that, when he describes us as the “Antichrist,” he does not mean this as a generic slur but rather as a specific claim that we oppose Jesus Christ in the Second Coming. This

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23:20

[Linkpost] “Calibrating Your Ambition: Knowing When...

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2025/08/06

This is a link post. TL;DR Calibrating your ambition is a skill. Overshooting can lead to burnout; undershooting can mean missed opportunities. The sweet spot lies in setting goals that stretch you and suit your current context. Use tools like assessing your starting point, clarifying your “why,” zooming out on your timeline, and recalibrating with curiosity. You probably won’t get it exactly right—but that's the point. Calibration is practice, not a one-time decision. Acknowledgements: Thanks a lot

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0:57

[Linkpost] “As of July 2025, 92% of cage-free egg...

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2025/08/06

This is a link post. The Open Wing Alliance 2025 cage-free fulfillment report shows that 92% of cage-free egg commitments with deadlines of 2024 or earlier have been fulfilled, up from 89% last year. The report details a regional breakdown of progress around the world. Thanks to OWA groups and others for continuing to hold companies around the world accountable for their commitments. ---First published: August 5th, 2025 Source:

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2:48

“Frog Welfare” by Chad Brouze

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2025/08/05

This morning I was looking into Switzerland's new animal welfare labelling law. I was going through the list of abuses that are now required to be documented on labels, and one of them made me do a double-take: "Frogs: Leg removal without anaesthesia." This confused me. Why are we talking about anaesthesia? Shouldn't the frogs be dead before having their legs removed? It turns out the answer is no; standard industry practice is to cut their legs off while they are fully conscious. They remain

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12:46

“Application for the 2026 Charity Entrepreneurship...

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2025/08/05

We’re excited to announce that we’ve reopened applications for the following Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program Cohorts: February 9th - April 5th 2026 August - September 2026 (exact dates TBD) This post summarises the six new charity ideas recommended for the February 2026 Cohort (which can also be read and shared as a standalone post here). Applications close on September 21st. For the full application timeline and program details, visit our website.Apply now Why should you apply to

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3:20

“MHFC Spring Update” by Peter Brietbart, Lily Y,...

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2025/08/04

Hi all! The Spring 2025 round of the Mental Health Funding Circle went well, and we're thrilled to be supporting seven organisations we believe are doing evidence-informed and deeply impactful work across global mental health and wellbeing. This round saw $731,000 committed by participating funders. We had many more strong applications than we were able to fund. The shortlist reflects tricky decisions among a pool of fantastic candidates, many of whom we hope to support in future rounds. Here's

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9:16

“Should we aim for flourishing over mere survival?...

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2025/08/04

Today, Forethought and I are releasing an essay series called Better Futures, here.[1] It's been something like eight years in the making, so I’m pretty happy it's finally out! It asks: when looking to the future, should we focus on surviving, or on flourishing? In practice at least, future-oriented altruists tend to focus on ensuring we survive (or are not permanently disempowered by some valueless AIs). But maybe we should focus on future flourishing, instead. Why? Well, even if we survive, we

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25:08

“EA Survey 2024: Geography” by Jamie E, David_Moss

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/08/04

Summary Countries The USA (34.4%) and the UK (13.5%) remain the countries with the largest proportions of EA respondents. We observed that 32% of respondents came from Europe (excluding the UK), while 20% came from the rest of the world. In previous years, we observed a decline in the percentage of respondents from these countries. This trend seems like it might have decreased or plateaued since 2022. This year, for the first time, we looked at EAs’ countries of origin as well as their current

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22:56

“Most Animals Have Bad Lives” by Bentham’s Bulldog

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2025/08/04

Imagine waking up tomorrow in a world very different from our own. There is no society, nor do you have any friends or acquaintances. You must fend for yourself, acquiring your own food. Disease runs rampant. The world is filled with monsters that are trying to kill and eat you, often slowly over the course of many minutes. You’re constantly hungry, thirsty, and in discomfort from temperature extremes. Then, after about a week of this brutal existence, you die painfully—from starvation, being eaten

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15:36

“Alcohol is so bad for society that you should...

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2025/08/03

This is a cross post written by Andy Masley, not me. I found it really interesting and wanted to see what EAs thought of his arguments. This post was inspired by similar posts by Tyler Cowen and Fergus McCullough. My argument is that while most drinkers are unlikely to be harmed by alcohol, alcohol is drastically harming so many people that we should denormalize alcohol and avoid funding the alcohol industry, and the best way to do that is to stop drinking. This post is not meant to be an

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17:23

“Animal advocates should respond to transformative AI...

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2025/08/02

AI is advancing incredibly fast. We might see AI systems that are better than most humans at many tasks within a few years. This would change things drastically for animals in factory farms, in the wild, and beyond… and therefore animal advocates’ strategies should change, too. In this post, I argue: Based on recent trends in AI capabilities and advances in training techniques, truly transformativeAI could arrive soon, e.g. by 2030. This matters for animal advocates(if you agree it could arrive

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9:44

“SB-1047 Documentary: The Post-Mortem” by Michaël Trazzi

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/08/02

Below some meta-level / operational / fundraising thoughts around producing the SB-1047 Documentary I've just posted on Manifund (see previous Lesswrong / EAF posts on AI Governance lessons learned). The SB-1047 Documentary took 27 weeks and $157k instead of my planned 6 weeks and $55k. Here's what I learned about documentary production Total funding received: ~$143k ($119k from this grant, $4k from Ryan Kidd's regrant on another project, and $20k from the Future of Life Institute). Total money

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11:08

“From proven to fit-for-purpose: what GiveDirectly’s...

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2025/08/02

Summary 💸 We’ve sent nearly $1b to people in poverty — next up: $5b by 2035 through smarter, faster, recipient-first programs in our mission to accelerate the end of extreme poverty. 🛠️ From cash for new moms to planning nudges and AI tools, we’re piloting designs that could have much more impact per dollar and be scaled by governments. 🎯 We continue to hold new innovations to a high bar: they must be respectful, scalable, and more impactful than our standard program. 🚀 We’re seeking another

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7:18

“AMA: Tom Ough, Senior Editor at UnHerd, Author of...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/08/01

Tom will answer the questions in the comments between 7 and 9 pm UK time on August 6th. Tom Ough is a Senior Editor at UnHerd, co-host of the Anglofuturism podcast, and the author of a new book, ‘The Anti-Catastrophe League’. For the last few years, he has been writing in a range of publications about global catastrophic risks, and (sometimes relatedly) how Britain can prosper by adopting new technologies. Previously, he worked as a journalist at The Telegraph, where he wrote for nearly seven

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21:46

“Preventing Animal Suffering Lock-in: Why Economic...

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2025/07/31

Abstract This post explores how emerging economic systems could lock in harmful defaults for animals and outlines a research agenda to identify opportunities and begin the groundwork for embedding animal welfare into future frameworks before it's too late. Acknowledgements: Thanks to Ian Andrews, Kevin Xia and Andrew McCallum for thoughtful feedback on an earlier draft of this post. All mistakes are my own. TL;DR Our economic system commodifies ~ 1.6 trillion animals annually. This system is being

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7:19

“A deep-dive case study of an impact-focused career”...

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2025/07/30

This is a post about my impact-focused career journey, with a few tentative lessons drawn out: Unofficial work gets you hired Even if an organisation has a need, they don’t always advertise it You can create your own roles More on those below. But first, some context. I’m Jamie Harris, the Courses Project Lead at The Centre for Effective Altruism, where I lead a team running online programs that inspire and empower talented people to explore the best ways they can help others. That's my full-time

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1:21

“New guide for people interested in impactful...

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2025/07/30

With all the current interest in finding and landing impactful roles, we’re excited to share a significantly revised version of our career guide! Spanning 8 chapters, it covers topics like matching your motivations to good opportunities, developing your career hypotheses, applying in a way that maximizes your odds of success, and diagnosing and overcoming obstacles in the job hunt. It's meant to help people at all stages, whether you’re unsure what your path to impact should be or you have a pretty

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6:36

“Career Conversations: Highlights and Retrospective”...

EA Forum Podcast (All audio) ·

2025/07/29

Highlights I enjoyed Career Conversations Week, and I’m thankful to all who took part. There were so many great posts that many of them are under-read/ under-rated. So I’d highly recommend reading a random post from the tag, and adding (or subtracting) karma. I particularly enjoyed: My colleague Rika's 6 years of building an EA-aligned career from an LMIC. As Geoffrey points out in a comment, the concrete details here make the post practically useful as well as motivational. Annika Burman's Why You

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12:25

“Why You Should Become a University Group Organizer”...

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2025/07/29

Confidence Level: I’ve been an organizer at UChicago for over a year now with my co-organizer, Avik. I also started the UChicago Rationality Group, co-organized a 50-person Midwest EA Retreat, and have spoken to many EA organizers from other universities. A lot of this post is based on vibes and conversations with other organizers, so while it's grounded in experience, some parts are more speculative than others. I’ll try to flag the more speculative points when I can (the * indicates points that

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7:44

“Request for Proposals - Strategic Animal Funding...

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2025/07/29

About this Funding Opportunity We are a group of donors looking to support cost-effective and high-impact farmed animal welfare and protection nonprofits, particularly during a critical growth phase where targeted funding can have a significant impact. Twice a year, we grant a total of ±$500k divided among the most promising applicants, with a typical grant size of $50k. Grants will initially be one-off support, though renewals may be possible in some cases at the discretion of individual donors

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