Lizka
I'm a Research Fellow at Forethought; before that, I ran the non-engineering side of the EA Forum (this platform), ran the EA Newsletter, and worked on some other content-related tasks at CEA. [More about the Forum/CEA Online job.]
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Some of my favorite of my own posts:
- Disentangling "Improving Institutional Decision-Making"
- [Book rec] The War with the Newts as “EA fiction”
- Native languages in the EA community (and issues with assessing promisingness)
- EA should taboo "EA should"
- Invisible impact loss (and why we can be too error-averse)
I finished my undergraduate studies with a double major in mathematics and comparative literature in 2021. I was a research fellow at Rethink Priorities in the summer of 2021 and was then hired by the Events Team at CEA. I later switched to the Online Team. In the past, I've also done some (math) research and worked at Canada/USA Mathcamp.
Some links I think people should see more frequently:
Posts
Announcing my departure from CEA (& sharing assorted notes)
by Lizka @ 2024-10-03 | +191 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2024-10-03 | +191 | 0 comments
“Cool Things Our GHW Grantees Have Done in 2023” — Open Philanthropy
by Lizka @ 2024-05-08 | +45 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2024-05-08 | +45 | 0 comments
RAND report finds no effect of current LLMs on viability of bioterrorism attacks
by Lizka @ 2024-01-26 | +108 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2024-01-26 | +108 | 0 comments
2023: news on AI safety, animal welfare, global health, and more
by Lizka @ 2024-01-05 | +54 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2024-01-05 | +54 | 0 comments
Meet the candidates in the Forum’s Donation Election (2023)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-28 | +67 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-11-28 | +67 | 0 comments
How would your project use extra funding? (Marginal Funding Week)
by Lizka @ 2023-11-14 | +53 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-11-14 | +53 | 0 comments
Participate in the Donation Election and the first weekly theme (starting 7...
by Lizka @ 2023-11-02 | +84 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-11-02 | +84 | 0 comments
What do staff at CEA believe? (Evidence from a rough cause prio survey from...
by Lizka @ 2023-10-02 | +85 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-10-02 | +85 | 0 comments
AMA: Christian Ruhl (senior global catastrophic risk researcher at Founders...
by Lizka, christian.r @ 2023-09-26 | +68 | 0 comments
by Lizka, christian.r @ 2023-09-26 | +68 | 0 comments
AMA: Andy Weber (U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2009-2014)
by Lizka, Andy Weber @ 2023-09-26 | +132 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Andy Weber @ 2023-09-26 | +132 | 0 comments
Writing about your job is (still) great — consider doing it
by Lizka @ 2023-09-08 | +34 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-09-08 | +34 | 0 comments
Are there diseconomies of scale in the reputation of communities?
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-07-27 | +52 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-07-27 | +52 | 0 comments
AMA: We’re the Forum team (and we’re hiring). Ask us anything!
by Lizka @ 2023-07-05 | +64 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-07-05 | +64 | 0 comments
Productive criticism: running a draft past the people you’re criticizing
by Lizka @ 2023-06-15 | +38 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-06-15 | +38 | 0 comments
What are work practices that you’ve adopted that you now think are underrated?
by Lizka @ 2023-04-27 | +81 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-04-27 | +81 | 0 comments
EA & “The correct response to uncertainty is *not* half-speed”
by Lizka @ 2023-04-09 | +83 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-04-09 | +83 | 0 comments
Design changes & the community section (Forum update March 2023)
by Lizka, Agnes Stenlund, Ollie Etherington, Sarah Cheng @ 2023-03-21 | +64 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Agnes Stenlund, Ollie Etherington, Sarah Cheng @ 2023-03-21 | +64 | 0 comments
“Community” posts have their own section, subforums are closing, and more (Forum...
by Lizka, Sharang Phadke, Clifford @ 2023-02-10 | +135 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Sharang Phadke, Clifford @ 2023-02-10 | +135 | 0 comments
An update to our policies on revealing personal information on the Forum
by Lizka @ 2023-02-07 | +107 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2023-02-07 | +107 | 0 comments
Moving community discussion to a separate tab (a test we might run)
by Lizka, Clifford @ 2023-02-06 | +197 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Clifford @ 2023-02-06 | +197 | 0 comments
Karma overrates some topics; resulting issues and potential solutions
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-01-30 | +295 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Ben_West🔸 @ 2023-01-30 | +295 | 0 comments
Niche vs. broad-appeal posts (& how this relates to usefulness/karma) (a sketch)
by Lizka @ 2022-12-17 | +34 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-12-17 | +34 | 0 comments
Why do you give (or pursue work in effective altruism)? (Open thread)
by Lizka @ 2022-12-01 | +27 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-12-01 | +27 | 0 comments
Effective giving subforum and other updates (bonus Forum update November 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-11-28 | +42 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-11-28 | +42 | 0 comments
Where are you donating this year, and why? (Open thread)
by Lizka, MichaelA🔸 @ 2022-11-23 | +151 | 0 comments
by Lizka, MichaelA🔸 @ 2022-11-23 | +151 | 0 comments
Invisible impact loss (and why we can be too error-averse)
by Lizka @ 2022-10-06 | +137 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-10-06 | +137 | 0 comments
Winners of the EA Criticism and Red Teaming Contest
by Lizka, Owen Cotton-Barratt @ 2022-10-01 | +226 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Owen Cotton-Barratt @ 2022-10-01 | +226 | 0 comments
Agree/disagree voting (& other new features September 2022)
by Lizka @ 2022-09-07 | +142 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-09-07 | +142 | 0 comments
Vox on cash transfers vs "graduation programs" for fighting extreme poverty
by Lizka @ 2022-07-07 | +29 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-07-07 | +29 | 0 comments
Import your EAG(x) info to your profile & other new features (Forum update June...
by Lizka, Sarah Cheng, JP Addison🔸, Jonathan Mustin @ 2022-07-01 | +67 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Sarah Cheng, JP Addison🔸, Jonathan Mustin @ 2022-07-01 | +67 | 0 comments
Examples of someone admitting an error or changing a key conclusion
by Lizka @ 2022-06-27 | +47 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-06-27 | +47 | 0 comments
Follow and filter topics (& an update to the “Community” topic)
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-06-09 | +40 | 0 comments
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-06-09 | +40 | 0 comments
Announcing a contest: EA Criticism and Red Teaming
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-06-01 | +276 | 0 comments
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-06-01 | +276 | 0 comments
Stop scolding people for worrying about monkeypox (Vox article)
by Lizka @ 2022-05-31 | +39 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-05-31 | +39 | 0 comments
Forum Digest: reminder that it exists & request for feedback
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +57 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-04-28 | +57 | 0 comments
Help with the Forum; wiki editing, giving feedback, moderation, and more
by Lizka @ 2022-04-20 | +88 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-04-20 | +88 | 0 comments
The accidental experiment that saved 700 lives (IRS & health insurance)
by Lizka @ 2022-04-19 | +42 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2022-04-19 | +42 | 0 comments
Pre-announcing a contest for critiques and red teaming
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-03-25 | +173 | 0 comments
by Lizka, finm, jtm @ 2022-03-25 | +173 | 0 comments
[Updated] EA conferences in 2022: save the dates
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2022-02-09 | +123 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2022-02-09 | +123 | 0 comments
Vote on posts for the Decade Review (Deadline: February 1)
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-01-24 | +26 | 0 comments
by Lizka, JP Addison🔸 @ 2022-01-24 | +26 | 0 comments
Native languages in the EA community (and issues with assessing promisingness)
by Lizka @ 2021-12-27 | +72 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2021-12-27 | +72 | 0 comments
Please post reflections on EA Global: London ($500 bounty)
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2021-12-04 | +25 | 0 comments
by Lizka, Amy Labenz @ 2021-12-04 | +25 | 0 comments
Summary and Takeaways: Hanson's “Shall We Vote on Values, But Bet on Beliefs?”
by Lizka @ 2021-08-25 | +38 | 0 comments
by Lizka @ 2021-08-25 | +38 | 0 comments