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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Author(s)
June 06, 2017
Title
New Report on Consciousness and Moral Patienthood
Date
June 2017
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
May 14, 2017
Title
Why This Could Be the Year of the Broiler Chicken
Date
May 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
April 26, 2017
Title
New Report on Early Field Growth
Date
April 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
April 11, 2017
Title
Why Are the US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding?
Date
April 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
March 14, 2017
March 02, 2017
Title
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
Date
March 2017
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
February 16, 2017
February 09, 2017
Title
Giving Suggestions Pertaining to Recent Executive Actions
Date
February 2017
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 28, 2016
Title
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)
Date
December 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 14, 2016
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
Date
December 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 13, 2016
October 25, 2016
Title
Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
Date
October 2016
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
September 26, 2016
Title
Maybe the Murder Rate Levelled Off This Year?
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
David Roodman
September 16, 2016
Title
Update on How We’re Thinking about Openness and Information Sharing
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 06, 2016
Title
Three Key Issues I’ve Changed My Mind About
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 15, 2016
June 22, 2016
Title
Concrete Problems in AI Safety
Date
June 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 15, 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
Date
June 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 20, 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2016
Title
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2016
Title
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
Date
May 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Holden Karnofsky
April 29, 2016
April 04, 2016
March 31, 2016
Title
Initial Grants to Support Corporate Cage-free Reforms
Date
March 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
February 23, 2016
February 10, 2016
Title
Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
Date
February 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Helen Toner
February 09, 2016
February 02, 2016
Title
America’s Recently Heralded Urban “Crime Wave” May Already Have Peaked
Date
February 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
David Roodman
December 23, 2015
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
Date
December 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
November 17, 2015
Title
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Date
November 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
October 21, 2015
Title
Why a New Study of the Mariel Boatlift Has Not Changed Our Views on the Benefits of Immigration
Date
October 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Author
David Roodman
September 30, 2015
Title
Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Nick Beckstead
September 17, 2015
September 11, 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer: Lewis Bollard
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 03, 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
September 02, 2015
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Date
September 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Milan Griffes
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
August 17, 2015
Title
Change in our Fundraising Policy for the Open Philanthropy Project
Date
August 2015
Focus Area
Author
Elie Hassenfeld
August 13, 2015
Title
The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
August 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Nick Beckstead
July 30, 2015
July 22, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 3: Making and Evaluating Grants
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 13, 2015
Title
Geomagnetic Storms: Using Extreme Value Theory to Gauge the Risk
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
David Roodman
July 09, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 2: Choosing Focus Areas and Hiring Program Staff
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
July 02, 2015
Title
Geomagnetic Storms: History’s Surprising, if Tentative, Reassurance
Date
July 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
David Roodman
June 29, 2015
Title
Geomagnetic Storms: An Introduction to the Risk
Date
June 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
David Roodman
June 23, 2015
Title
Key Questions about Philanthropy, Part 1: What is the Role of a Funder?
Date
June 2015
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
June 16, 2015
Title
Incoming Program Officer for Criminal Justice Reform: Chloe Cockburn
Date
June 2015
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 15, 2015
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: Pew and Drug Safety Legislation
Date
May 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Elie Hassenfeld
May 14, 2015
Title
Funder-Initiated Startups
Date
May 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
Holden Karnofsky
May 06, 2015