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The idea this week: working on a highly neglected or pre-paradigmatic issue could be a way to make a big positive difference. We usually focus on how people can help tackle what we think are the biggest global catastrophic risks. But there are lots of other pressing problems we think also deserve more attention — some of which are especially highly neglected. Compared to our top-ranked issues, these problems generally don’t have well-developed fields dedicated to them. So we don’t have as much concrete advice about how to tackle them, and they might be full of dead ends. But if you can find wa ..read more

80,000 Hours is considering hiring full-time writers and writer-researchers. They would outline and write new articles for the 80,000 Hours website that will help people shift their careers towards high-impact options. To express interest in either or both of these roles, please complete this form. Note: This announcement is for an expression of interest rather than a job opening. It’s possible we will launch a formal hiring round within the next month or two. If we do run a formal hiring round, we’ll email everyone who filled out this expression of interest to invite them to fill out an ap ..read more

80,000 Hours is considering hiring a full-time, senior product manager to lead on iterating on and improving the 80,000 Hours website. They would research, propose, and implement product changes to make the 80,000 Hours website more useful and delightful for talented people interested in having a high impact career. To express interest in this role, please complete this form. Note: This announcement is for an expression of interest rather than a job opening. It’s possible that we will launch a formal hiring round within the next month or two. If we do run a formal hiring round, we’ll email ..read more

The post Spencer Greenberg on causation without correlation, money and happiness, lightgassing, hype vs value, and more appeared first on 80,000 Hours ..read more

The post Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more appeared first on 80,000 Hours ..read more

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The idea this week: technical expertise is needed in AI governance and policy. How do you prevent a new and rapidly evolving technology from spiralling out of control? How can governments, policymakers, and civil society ensure that we’re making the best decisions about how to integrate artificial intelligence into our society? To answer these kinds of questions, we need people with technical expertise — in machine learning, information security, computing hardware, or other relevant technical domains — to work in AI governance and policy making. Of course, there are roles for people with many ..read more