We occasionally publish blog posts to explain our general philosophy on giving, reflect on our progress thus far, announce our plans for the future, and more.
Blog Posts
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Date
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Focus Area
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August 21, 2015
Title
Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?
Date
August 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
David Roodman
June 22, 2016
Title
Concrete Problems in AI Safety
Date
June 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 30, 2024
Title
Cool Things Our GHW Grantees Have Done in 2023
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Emily Oehlsen, Chris Smith, and Jamie Simonson
July 30, 2015
September 03, 2014
Title
David Roodman’s Draft Writeup on Immigration and Current Residents’ Wages
Date
September 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 17, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Abhi Kumar, Program Associate — Farm Animal Welfare
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Abhi Kumar
April 17, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Alex Bowles, Senior Program Associate — Science and Global Health R&D
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Author
Alex Bowles
April 17, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Anna Maybach Sullivan, Grants Associate
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Author
Anna Maybach Sullivan
April 24, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Kiana Snekcim-Shields, People Operations Coordinator — Immigration and Global Workforce
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Author
Kiana Snekcim-Shields
April 25, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Phillip Greene, Finance Operations Coordinator
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Author
Phillip Greene
April 23, 2024
Title
Day in the Life: Sam Anschell, Program Associate — Global Aid Policy
Date
April 2024
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Author
Sam Anschell
October 10, 2013
September 24, 2017
Title
Deterrence Is De Minimis
Date
September 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
David Roodman
September 30, 2015
Title
Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Nick Beckstead
November 23, 2022
Title
Does Putting Kids in School Now Put Money in Their Pockets Later? Revisiting a Natural Experiment in Indonesia
Date
November 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
David Roodman
October 25, 2016
Title
Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
Date
October 2016
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
July 18, 2013
Title
Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk
Date
July 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 16, 2014
Title
Expert Philanthropy vs. Broad Philanthropy
Date
October 2014
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 10, 2019
Title
Explaining Our Bet on Sherlock Biosciences’ Innovations in Viral Diagnostics
Date
June 2019
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville
January 07, 2014
Title
Exploring Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 24, 2013
Title
Exploring Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
October 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 30, 2014
Title
Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control/Elimination
Date
April 2014
Focus Area
Author
Elie Hassenfeld
January 18, 2018
Title
Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal
Date
January 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
March 17, 2020
Title
Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date
March 2020
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
May 14, 2015