Nathan Young

Which arguments do you find compelling in debate week?
by Nathan Young @ 2024-10-08 | +16 | 0 comments

A new process for mapping discussions
by Nathan Young @ 2024-09-30 | +11 | 0 comments

In the last 2 years, what surprising ideas has EA championed or how has the...
by Nathan Young @ 2024-07-30 | +57 | 0 comments

If there were another discussion week, what would you like it to be on and when?
by Nathan Young @ 2024-07-04 | +37 | 0 comments

Truth-seeking vs Influence-seeking - a narrower discussion
by Nathan Young @ 2024-06-23 | +11 | 0 comments

AI and integrity
by Nathan Young @ 2024-05-29 | +15 | 0 comments

What is a community that has changed their behaviour without strife?
by Nathan Young @ 2024-05-07 | +11 | 0 comments

Be More Katja
by Nathan Young @ 2024-03-11 | +34 | 0 comments

The World in 2029
by Nathan Young @ 2024-03-02 | +88 | 0 comments

Works in Progress: The Long Journey to Doing Good Better by Dustin Moskovitz...
by Nathan Young @ 2024-02-14 | +119 | 0 comments

An Effective Altruist’s guide to the holiday season
by Nathan Young @ 2023-12-23 | +11 | 0 comments

What are the biggest conceivable wins for animal welfare by 2025?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-12-10 | +33 | 0 comments

Forecasting Questions: What do you want to predict on AI?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-11-01 | +9 | 0 comments

Let's celebrate some wins
by Nathan Young @ 2023-10-31 | +37 | 0 comments

Should Twitter have prediction markets in Community Notes?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-10-20 | +17 | 0 comments

Should we push for a rapid malaria vaccine rollout?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-10-13 | +50 | 0 comments

How much is a plan change worth and how much does it cost to achieve?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-09-27 | +1 | 0 comments

A List of Things EAs should and shouldn't do, attempt 2.1
by Nathan Young @ 2023-09-16 | +60 | 0 comments

Whose actions are you thankful for?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-09-07 | +43 | 0 comments

Which organisation is most effective for the the marginal $ right now? (your...
by Nathan Young @ 2023-08-26 | +31 | 0 comments

Quick proposal: Decision market regrantor using manifund (please improve)
by Nathan Young @ 2023-07-09 | +23 | 0 comments

EA Strategy Fortnight Surfacing Poll (89 responses so far)
by Nathan Young @ 2023-06-19 | +17 | 0 comments

It is good for EA funders to have seats on boards of orgs they fund [debate]
by Nathan Young @ 2023-05-25 | +37 | 0 comments

Who does work you are thankful for?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-05-23 | +56 | 0 comments

Graphical Representations of Paul Christiano's Doom Model
by Nathan Young @ 2023-05-07 | +48 | 0 comments

AI risk/reward: A simple model
by Nathan Young @ 2023-05-04 | +37 | 0 comments

But what has EA done? A call for accurate soundbites.
by Nathan Young @ 2023-04-23 | +17 | 0 comments

What norm would you remove from the EA community?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-04-20 | +15 | 0 comments

What concrete question would you like to see debated? I might organise some...
by Nathan Young @ 2023-04-18 | +35 | 0 comments

Some updates to my thinking in light of the FTX collapse by Owen Cotton Barratt...
by Nathan Young @ 2023-03-29 | +133 | 0 comments

Time Article Discussion - "Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned...
by Nathan Young @ 2023-03-15 | +241 | 0 comments

FTX Poll Post - What do you think about the FTX crisis, given some time?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-03-08 | +34 | 0 comments

Proposed changes to the EA Wiki page on forecasting [Google doc]
by Nathan Young @ 2023-03-01 | +10 | 0 comments

How do you feel? No discourse allowed
by Nathan Young @ 2023-02-22 | +23 | 0 comments

On Loyalty
by Nathan Young @ 2023-02-20 | +56 | 0 comments

How good/bad is the new Bing AI for the world?
by Nathan Young @ 2023-02-17 | +21 | 0 comments

The forum should test agree/disagreevotes only counting for 1 and removing...
by Nathan Young @ 2023-02-10 | +9 | 0 comments

What does a good response to criticism look like? [Poll post]
by Nathan Young @ 2023-01-30 | +5 | 0 comments

Possible changes to EA, a big upvoted list
by Nathan Young @ 2023-01-18 | +43 | 0 comments

Suggested forecasting wiki text addition
by Nathan Young @ 2022-12-29 | +5 | 0 comments

It's okay to leave
by Nathan Young @ 2022-12-23 | +78 | 0 comments

What specific changes should we as a community make to the effective altruism...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-12-06 | +15 | 0 comments

What specific changes should we as a community make to the effective altruism...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-12-05 | +58 | 0 comments

Polis (Cluster) Poll: What are our opinions on EA, governance and FTX? (Now with...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-11-19 | +71 | 0 comments

How could we have avoided this?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-11-12 | +116 | 0 comments

FTX Crisis. What we know and some forecasts on what will happen next
by Nathan Young, NunoSempere, Stan van Wingerden, Juan Gil @ 2022-11-08 | +366 | 0 comments

Ask Eachother Anything: What EA numbers are you looking for? Ask here and people...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-18 | +5 | 0 comments

Is "EA aligned" a useful phrase? (Yes) Polis survey and results
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-12 | +20 | 0 comments

What are your experiences with ADHD symptoms and medication?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-06 | +16 | 0 comments

What is the most pressing feature to add to the forum? Upvote for in general,...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-05 | +66 | 0 comments

What are the words for x-voting and tick-voting? I "upvoted" -> ?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-04 | +13 | 0 comments

This post is a Work-In-Progress
by Nathan Young @ 2022-10-03 | +3 | 0 comments

Which EAs should be bigger on Twitter? Upvote those who are top priorities.
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-27 | +16 | 0 comments

Forum ranking system prototype: Cause Prioritsation Contest posts ranked by...
by Nathan Young, Jonathan Nankivell @ 2022-09-05 | +18 | 0 comments

Comments should float beside text
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | +2 | 0 comments

Moving in step with one another
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | 0 | 0 comments

Ships don't have rudders everywhere
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | 0 | 0 comments

Schisms are bad, actually: Community breakdown sucks
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | 0 | 0 comments

Armchair expertise is good
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | 0 | 0 comments

The forum should support live estimation
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | 0 | 0 comments

Can You Predict Who Will Win OpenPhil's Cause Exploration Prize? Bet on it!
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-02 | +5 | 0 comments

What we are for? Community, Correction and Scale [wip]
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-01 | 0 | 0 comments

Improving Karma: $8mn of possible value (my estimate)
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-01 | +34 | 0 comments

Summaries are underrated
by Nathan Young @ 2022-09-01 | +53 | 0 comments

Famine, Affluence and Morality [Link Post to PDF]
by Nathan Young @ 2022-08-29 | +23 | 0 comments

EA memes Sept 2022
by Nathan Young @ 2022-08-27 | +26 | 0 comments

EA has a lying problem [Link Post]
by Nathan Young @ 2022-08-16 | –3 | 0 comments

What is the top concept that all EAs should understand?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-07-05 | +29 | 0 comments

I doubt "Neartermist" is a monicker people want. What would you like to be...
by Nathan Young @ 2022-05-25 | +17 | 0 comments

What are we as the EA community?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-05-25 | +29 | 0 comments

The Inner Ring [Crosspost]
by Nathan Young @ 2022-05-15 | +22 | 0 comments

Posting More Better: Social Media Rules of Thumb
by Nathan Young @ 2022-05-03 | +86 | 0 comments

Community posts: The Forum needs a way to work in public
by Nathan Young @ 2022-04-08 | +31 | 0 comments

EA and Global Poverty. Let's Gather Evidence
by Nathan Young @ 2022-04-05 | +42 | 0 comments

I feel anxious that there is all this money around. Let's talk about it
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-31 | +162 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like to see on meta-EA?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +5 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like to see on Global Priorities Research?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +5 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like to see on horizon scanning?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +5 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like to see on global health and wellbeing?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +7 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like on Global Catastrophic Risks?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +9 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like to attend on biorisk?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +5 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like on AI?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +7 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like on epistemics?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +10 | 0 comments

What EAG sessions would you like on animal welfare?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-03-20 | +20 | 0 comments

Why aren't EA funders funding the NTI?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-02-28 | +49 | 0 comments

EA Memes Feb 2022
by Nathan Young @ 2022-02-16 | +11 | 0 comments

Elon Musk donates $5.7 Billion, will work with Igor Kurganov [Crosspost]
by Nathan Young @ 2022-02-16 | +76 | 0 comments

What EA Polis Question Should I Write?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-02-12 | +16 | 0 comments

What brand should EA buy? If we had to buy one.
by Nathan Young @ 2022-02-05 | +31 | 0 comments

January 2022 monthly meme post
by Nathan Young @ 2022-01-04 | +29 | 0 comments

Do you use the EA Wiki?
by Nathan Young @ 2022-01-04 | +11 | 0 comments

What advice would you give to an EA org that's hiring?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-25 | +6 | 0 comments

December 2021 monthly meme post
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-24 | +14 | 0 comments

[Unofficial PR FAQ] Posting more jobs to the forum (but they are hidden by...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-20 | +11 | 0 comments

What are the bad EA memes? How could we reframe them?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-16 | +15 | 0 comments

What stops you doing more forecasting?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-16 | +11 | 0 comments

If you could make a second EA forum with a different vibe to this one, what...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-16 | +11 | 0 comments

What's the GiveDirectly of longtermism & existential risk?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-15 | +28 | 0 comments

What has helped you write better?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-12 | +24 | 0 comments

Will Givewell recommend breastfeeding promotion before 2027 [forecast]...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-09 | +20 | 0 comments

What high-level change would you make to EA strategy?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-04 | +39 | 0 comments

What community norm would you most like to see added, removed or acknolwedged...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-11-02 | +20 | 0 comments

Who has done the most good?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-10-27 | +13 | 0 comments

Resources around shame and striving and EA
by Nathan Young @ 2021-10-12 | +28 | 0 comments

How would you run the Petrov Day game?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-09-26 | +17 | 0 comments

If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Governor Of California? (Scott Alexander:...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-26 | +45 | 0 comments

A Case for Better Feeds
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-24 | +23 | 0 comments

What is the closest thing you know to EA that isn't EA?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-14 | +25 | 0 comments

What EA online chat spaces exist? (link them here)
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-14 | +6 | 0 comments

What things did you do to gain experience related to EA?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-07 | +8 | 0 comments

What EA projects could grow to become megaprojects, eventually spending $100m...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-08-06 | +131 | 0 comments

Ways to impact public policy. In what situations are different options better?...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-07-23 | +10 | 0 comments

Should 80,000 hours run a tiktok account?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-06-12 | +1 | 0 comments

EA Twitter Job Bots and more
by Nathan Young @ 2021-06-04 | +8 | 0 comments

Heywood Foundation Public Policy Prize Entry - Existential Risk and Prediction...
by Nathan Young @ 2021-03-16 | +5 | 0 comments

Where would you look for an EA job applications support group?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-03-16 | +13 | 0 comments

How many hits do the hits of different EA sites get each year?
by Nathan Young @ 2021-03-04 | +8 | 0 comments

What is something the reader should do?
by Nathan Young @ 2020-09-24 | +8 | 0 comments

Economist: "What's the worst that could happen". A positive, sharable but vague...
by Nathan Young @ 2020-07-08 | +12 | 0 comments

What EA questions do you get asked most often?
by Nathan Young @ 2020-06-23 | +9 | 0 comments

What are good sofware tools? What about general productivity/wellbeing tips?
by Nathan Young @ 2020-06-15 | +9 | 0 comments

What is your favourite readings for weddings/ funerals/ important community...
by Nathan Young @ 2020-05-28 | +5 | 0 comments

What question would you want a prediction market about?
by Nathan Young @ 2020-01-19 | +4 | 0 comments

What content do people recommend looking at when trying to find jobs?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-12-19 | +11 | 0 comments

UK General Election: Where would you look for impact analysis of policy...
by Nathan Young @ 2019-11-14 | +3 | 0 comments

A rationalism discussion with some useful lessons on culture
by Nathan Young @ 2019-11-05 | +11 | 0 comments

Nathan Young's Quick takes
by Nathan Young @ 2019-11-05 | +3 | 0 comments

Ineffective Altruism: Are there ideologies which generally cause there adherents...
by Nathan Young @ 2019-10-17 | +1 | 0 comments

Who should I put a funder of a $100m fund in touch with?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-10-16 | +6 | 0 comments

EA global tips. What helped you get the most out of it?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-10-16 | +17 | 0 comments

I Estimate Joining UK Charity Boards is worth £500/hour
by Nathan Young @ 2019-09-16 | +11 | 0 comments

EU AI policy and OPSI Consultation
by Nathan Young @ 2019-08-08 | +19 | 0 comments

What are your thoughts on my career change options? (AI public policy)
by Nathan Young @ 2019-07-19 | +9 | 0 comments

Please May I Have Reading Suggestions on Consistency in Ethical Frameworks
by Nathan Young @ 2019-07-08 | +10 | 0 comments

How does one live/do community as an Effective Altruist?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-05-15 | +23 | 0 comments

This website is really functional and attractive (to me)
by Nathan Young @ 2019-05-08 | 0 | 0 comments

Is EA unscalable central planning?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-05-07 | +9 | 0 comments

If this forum/EA has ethnographic biases, here are some suggestions
by Nathan Young @ 2019-05-06 | –1 | 0 comments

How do we check for flaws in Effective Altruism?
by Nathan Young @ 2019-05-06 | +39 | 0 comments

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