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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff - 2019
December 18, 2019
Last year, the year before, the year before that, and the year before that, we published a set of suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations to support. This year, we are repeating the practice and publishing updated suggestions from Open Philanthropy program staff who chose to provide them. The same caveats as in previous years apply: These are reasonably strong options in... Read More
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff - 2019
December 18, 2019
Last year, the year before, the year before that, and the year before that, we published a set of suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations to support. This year, we are repeating the practice and publishing updated suggestions from Open Philanthropy program staff who chose to provide them. The same caveats as in previous years apply: These are reasonably strong options in... Read More
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff - 2019
December 18, 2019
Last year, the year before, the year before that, and the year before that, we published a set of suggestions for individual donors looking for organizations to support. This year, we are repeating the practice and publishing updated suggestions from Open Philanthropy program staff who chose to provide them. The same caveats as in previous years apply: These are reasonably strong options in... Read More
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2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
December 10, 2019
We believe that every life has equal value — and that philanthropic dollars can go particularly far by helping those who are living in poverty by global standards. This year, we explored the high bar set by the best global health and development interventions. Currently, the best giving opportunities we’ve found in the Global Health and Development focus area are recommended by GiveWell, a... Read More
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Co-funding Partnership with Ben Delo
November 11, 2019
We are excited to announce a new co-funding partnership with Ben Delo, co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX and a recent Giving Pledge signatory. In his Giving Pledge letter, Ben said his ambition is to do the most good possible with his wealth, in particular by funding work to safeguard future generations and protect the long-term prospects of humanity. He explained the... Read More
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Co-funding Partnership with Ben Delo
November 11, 2019
We are excited to announce a new co-funding partnership with Ben Delo, co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX and a recent Giving Pledge signatory. In his Giving Pledge letter, Ben said his ambition is to do the most good possible with his wealth, in particular by funding work to safeguard future generations and protect the long-term prospects of humanity. He explained the... Read More
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Co-funding Partnership with Ben Delo
November 11, 2019
We are excited to announce a new co-funding partnership with Ben Delo, co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX and a recent Giving Pledge signatory. In his Giving Pledge letter, Ben said his ambition is to do the most good possible with his wealth, in particular by funding work to safeguard future generations and protect the long-term prospects of humanity. He explained the... Read More
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How Feasible Is Long-range Forecasting?
October 10, 2019
How accurate do long-range (≥10yr) forecasts tend to be, and how much should we rely on them? As an initial exploration of this question, I sought to study the track record of long-range forecasting exercises from the past. Unfortunately, my key finding so far is that it is difficult to learn much of value from those exercises, for the following reasons: Long-range forecasts are often... Read More
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How Feasible Is Long-range Forecasting?
October 10, 2019
How accurate do long-range (≥10yr) forecasts tend to be, and how much should we rely on them? As an initial exploration of this question, I sought to study the track record of long-range forecasting exercises from the past. Unfortunately, my key finding so far is that it is difficult to learn much of value from those exercises, for the following reasons: Long-range forecasts are often... Read More
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How Feasible Is Long-range Forecasting?
October 10, 2019
How accurate do long-range (≥10yr) forecasts tend to be, and how much should we rely on them? As an initial exploration of this question, I sought to study the track record of long-range forecasting exercises from the past. Unfortunately, my key finding so far is that it is difficult to learn much of value from those exercises, for the following reasons: Long-range forecasts are often... Read More
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