Max_Daniel

I'm part of the Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building team at Open Philanthropy. Previously I was the Chief of Staff at the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research, participated in the first cohort of FHI's Research Scholars Programme (RSP), and then helped run it as one of its Project Managers. I also used to be the chair of the EA Infrastructure Fund.

Before that, my first EA-inspired jobs were with the Effective Altruism Foundation, e.g., running what is now the Center on Long-Term Risk. While I don't endorse their 'suffering-focused' stance on ethics, I'm still a board member there.

Unless stated otherwise, I post on the Forum in a personal capacity, and don't speak for any organization I'm affiliated with.

I like weird music and general abstract nonsense. In a different life I would be a mediocre mathematician or a horrible anthropologist.

Posts

The EAIF is discontinuing most university group funding
by Max_Daniel, emma-w1 @ 2022-08-19 | +68 | 0 comments
EA Infrastructure Fund: September–December 2021 grant recommendations
by Max_Daniel, Buck, Michelle_Hutchinson, emma-w1, Chi, MichaelA🔸 @ 2022-07-12 | +71 | 0 comments
EA Infrastructure Fund: May–August 2021 grant recommendations
by Max_Daniel, Buck, Michelle_Hutchinson, Chi, MichaelA🔸 @ 2021-12-24 | +85 | 0 comments
US bill limiting patient philanthropy?
by Max_Daniel @ 2021-06-24 | +95 | 0 comments
Progress studies vs. longtermist EA: some differences
by Max_Daniel @ 2021-05-31 | +84 | 0 comments
What are things everyone here should (maybe) read?
by Max_Daniel @ 2021-05-18 | +18 | 0 comments
How much does performance differ between people?
by Max_Daniel, Benjamin_Todd @ 2021-03-25 | +119 | 0 comments
Giving and receiving feedback
by Max_Daniel @ 2020-09-07 | +94 | 0 comments
What are novel major insights from longtermist macrostrategy or global...
by Max_Daniel @ 2020-08-13 | +88 | 0 comments
Max_Daniel's Quick takes
by Max_Daniel @ 2019-12-13 | +21 | 0 comments
When should EAs allocate funding randomly? An inconclusive literature review.
by Max_Daniel @ 2018-11-17 | +42 | 0 comments
Why s-risks are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them
by Max_Daniel @ 2017-06-02 | +9 | 0 comments