Why do we think that reducing risks from AI is one of the most pressing issues of our time? There are technical safety issues that we believe could, in the worst case, lead to an existential threat to humanity. | Continue reading
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I’ve felt like an imposter since my first year of university. I was accepted to the university that I believed was well out of my league — my ‘stretch’ school. I’d gotten good grades in high school, but I’d never seen myself as especially smart: I wasn’t selected for gifted progr … | Continue reading
The highest-impact career for you is the one that allows you to make the biggest contribution to solving one of the world’s most pressing problems. On this page, we list some broad categories of impactful careers, followed by about 30 more specific and unusual career paths we thi … | Continue reading
Humanity’s long-run future could lie in space — it could go well, but that’s not guaranteed. What can you do to help shape the future of space governance? | Continue reading
Lots of people say having a social impact is one of their key goals. But what does it actually mean to have a social impact? Here's our definition. | Continue reading
Self-help often says you should be more ambitious. This isn't always good advice. But if you want to do good, here are 4 reasons it makes sense. | Continue reading
Let’s say you’re planning to buy a new laptop -- well, how do you choose that laptop? You’re probably not going to pick randomly. And you’re probably not even going to choose the prettiest one either. I’m guessing that you’ll put a bit of research into it. | Continue reading
...and the debate over whether we’re living during the ‘hinge of history’. | Continue reading
We took ten years of research and what’s we’ve learned advising 1,000+ people on how to build high impact careers, compressed that into an 8-week course to create your career plan, and then compressed that into this 3 page summary of the main points. (It’s especially aimed at peo … | Continue reading
The best advice we’ve found on identifying your strengths, turned into a 3-step process, plus a list of personal strengths used by researchers. | Continue reading
The best advice we’ve found on identifying your strengths, turned into a 3-step process, plus a list of personal strengths used by researchers. | Continue reading
How many words in U.S. newspapers have been spilled on tax policy in the past five years? And how many words on CRISPR? Or meat alternatives? Or how AI may soon automate the majority of jobs? | Continue reading
"People would say 'call me when AI can do X.' And now it can do X." | Continue reading
Any college graduate in a rich country can do a huge amount to improve lives. | Continue reading
Do the odds your vote is decisive make it rational to vote, given the vast power governments wield? | Continue reading
Tristan Harris was happy to engage with Rob’s good-faith critiques about the possible harms being caused by social media, as well as explore the merits of possible concrete solutions. | Continue reading
Many common ways to do good, such as becoming a doctor, have less impact than you might first think. That said, it's possible for one person to make a huge difference, though it might involve doing something a little unconventional. | Continue reading
The ability to weigh complex information is essential and can be developed. | Continue reading
Below we list some more career options beyond our priority paths that seem promising to us for positively influencing the long-term future. Some of these are likely to be written up as priority paths in the future, or wrapped into existing ones, but we haven't written full profil … | Continue reading
Introduction People frequently ask us what high-impact research in different disciplines might look like. This might be because they're already working in a field and want to shift their research in a more impactful direction. Or maybe they're thinking of pursuing an academic res … | Continue reading
A overview of all our advice. | Continue reading
There are cheaper & less harmful ways to stop crime happening in the first place. | Continue reading
Ben Garfinkel, Research Fellow at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, thinks classic AI risk arguments haven't been subject to sufficient scrutiny. | Continue reading
The Director of Harvard's Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics on where things stand now. | Continue reading
Sell has spent 11 years at the Center for Health Security and did her PhD in disease outbreak policy. | Continue reading
80,000 Hours' key ideas for those who want a high-impact career. | Continue reading
COVID-19 is a vivid reminder that we are underprepared to deal with biological threats. | Continue reading
A lot is going right and we need to learn from it. | Continue reading
We can all wash our hands, but if you want to do more, what's most effective? | Continue reading
All our resources to understand COVID-19 and work to stop it. | Continue reading
1. The situation 2. Your health risk. 3. What individuals can do. 4. What society can do. | Continue reading
One of humanity's great threats and how it can be reduced, in detail. | Continue reading
Unattributed suggestions, written by people whose work we respect. | Continue reading
Twelve approaches backed by experts that governments ought to be implementing right away. | Continue reading
Anonymous career advice from people whose work we respect. | Continue reading
Two 80,000 Hours researchers, Robert Wiblin and Howie Lempel, just recorded a discussion about the 2019-nCoV virus. You can get it by subscribing to the 80,000 Hours Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about the show. (function(p,l,a,y,e,r,s){if(p[y]) return;if(p[ … | Continue reading
If you want to make a difference, and are not already wedded to a particular issue, what’s the best charity to donate to? Here's how to figure it out. | Continue reading
Each current theory of consciousness, what it has going for it, and its likely ethical implications | Continue reading
Anonymous career advice from people whose work we respect. | Continue reading
Anonymous career advice from people whose work we respect. | Continue reading