You’re probably already aware how useful newsletters can be for keeping you up to date with relevant news. I thought I’d share a few that I’ve found useful for giving summaries of topics that are too big to follow everything. Animal Welfare Impactful Animal Advocacy Community Newsletter by Sofia Balderson Good Food Institute AI Safety AI Safety Newsletter by Center for AI Safety Navigating AI Risks Global Development GD & EA - One that I’ve just started last month If you have any other good weekly/monthly summary newsletters let me know, especially if they cover bio ..read more

If you’re interested in learning more about effective altruism, the virtual programs might be one of the best ways to do that, they have both introductory and in depth versions and you’ll join a cohort of similarly interested people from around the world discussing relevant topics each week. Now might be an especially good time to sign up as they have a surplus of facilitators for the first time. Sign up here by June 18th to learn more. You may have also noticed that we have moved to Substack this month, mainly for ease of use, but get in touch if this has caused any issues for you compared to ..read more

EA Global London is happening in a few weeks and applications are closing soon. Around 1400 people are expected for the largest EA event in Europe this year. Given the number of people in town for the week before and after EAG it is a great opportunity to gather people interested in the same topics/causes/careers. If you're interested in organising any satellite events around the conference, reply to this email or contact us via this form and we can help support events you want to see happen.  Read on for events, jobs and news. Upcoming Events If you're interested in fin ..read more

If you're currently weighing up a career switch, deciding between cause areas to focus on or just want to connect with other people interested in EA in your field, then it may be worth signing up for our 1-1 chat service. We've been running this since 2017 with good feedback on helping people get a better understanding of relevant impactful careers, links to other networks and connecting to people in different fields. If this sounds potentially useful just sign up below. Sign up here There has also been quite a lot of news related to AI this month, scroll down (or more likely click the lin ..read more

Applications for EAGxCambridge are closing on March 3rd. In late March over 400 people are meeting up in Cambridge to learn and discuss how we can have a bigger impact. Here are some links related to the benefits of attending conferences and how to make the most of them. Sofia Balderson - How to make your first EAG a Success Olivia Addy - What I learnt from attending EAGx Oxford (as someone who's new to EA) Risto Uuk - How to get the Maximum Value out of EA conferences Kuhan - EA Global Tips: Networking with others in mind Apply Here ..read more

Applications for EA Global London in May and EAGxCambridge in March are now both open. These can be really useful events if you've been reading EA related content but haven't engaged with the community in person yet, especially for people who are considering a career switch, weighing up key uncertainties or are able to help others with their choices. Read on for events, jobs and updates. Upcoming Events If you're interested in finding out about events as they are posted, you can stay up to date with the EA UK Slack London 7th February - EA Women Social ..read more

Effective altruism can include thinking about how we might improve ourselves, not just our donations and career impact. Sometimes that means accepting some of the emotional challenges of altruism as well as trying to achieve personal goals. Given that it's a new year and a good time to reflect, here are a few resources to help organise your thoughts:  Clearer Thinking's Lifetime Aspirations (helping you create a road map for achieving your most important goals) If you want to ..read more

This time of the year is when people often start thinking more deeply about where they will donate. On the EA Forum there is a new Effective Giving sub forum for conversations about this, including a new open thread asking people where they are donating and why. Below there are a variety of charity evaluators and funds with resources to help you decide. Global Development GiveWell Global Health & Development Fund Happier Lives Institute Animal Welfare Animal Charity Evaluator Animal Welfare Fund Climate Change Giving Green Founders Pledge Climate Fun ..read more

We're considering a potential change to the branding of EA London and looking for feedback on this. We think it may be useful to rebrand as EA UK, to provide more support to people around the country that don't have a local group already. The main changes will be the name of this newsletter and the website, pretty much everything else will continue on as normal. This also doesn't mean that EA UK will be managing UK student or local groups, their main points of contact will continue to be CEA, Open Philanthropy and the Global Challenges Project You can read more about our plans here. If you ..read more

A few weeks ago George Rosenfeld wrote the post 'Free-spending EA might be a big problem for optics and epistemics', which has already become the most upvoted post on the EA Forum, with over 300 people voting and over 180 comments. It may be worth diving into the comments to see the various points raised and responded too. It's also useful to have context for this discussion, including Joey Savoie looking at the nuance around funding gaps in EA and to think about how much EA funding there is as a proportion of each cause area, ranging from being less than 0.01% i ..read more