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Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice

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  • Focus Area: Effective Altruism Community Growth
  • Organization Name: Center for Effective Altruism
  • Amount: $38,350

  • Award Date: January 2020

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    Grant investigator: Claire Zabel

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. CEA staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $38,350 to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) to support the promotion of Toby Ord’s book, The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity.

    CEA hopes that the book will help inform people inside and outside the EA community about longtermism. These recommendations falls under our work aimed at growing and empowering the EA community.

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