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| {{dts|2013|7}}{{snd}}{{dts|2013|8}} || || Peter Hurford makes three posts on the community blog LessWrong about existential risk reduction and the far future, and why he is skeptical of such efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XiN948y5QDgNbuTXP/why-i-m-skeptical-about-unproven-causes-and-you-should-be |title=Why I'm Skeptical About Unproven Causes (And You Should Be Too) - LessWrong 2.0 |accessdate=June 17, 2019 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/iELiEEZERCXJS9DT4/how-does-miri-know-it-has-a-medium-probability-of-success |title=How does MIRI Know it Has a Medium Probability of Success? - LessWrong 2.0 |accessdate=June 17, 2019 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tX93igpzE5spGkpmp/where-i-ve-changed-my-mind-on-my-approach-to-speculative |title=Where I've Changed My Mind on My Approach to Speculative Causes - LessWrong 2.0 |accessdate=June 17, 2019 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> Hurford would continue the discussion in the following years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/437177563005273/posts/762175333838826 |title=Peter Hurford - [Am I insufficiently taking into account the far... |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cuB3GApHqLFXG36C6/i-am-nate-soares-ama#ymE4KARDG6jnaM4z2 |title=I am Nate Soares, AMA! - EA Forum |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GA7ytcMeRQe5b27ge/ask-miri-anything-ama#33ppDDtGRkejcTkdz |title=Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) - EA Forum |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2013|11|25}} || || "The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism", written by {{W|Charity Navigator}} president and CEO Ken Berger and Charity Navigator consultant Robert M. Penna, is published in the ''{{W|Stanford Social Innovation Review}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_elitist_philanthropy_of_so_called_effective_altruism |title=The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism (SSIR) |date=November 25, 2013 |accessdate=June 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/437177563005273/posts/598813233508371 |title=Blog post by the CEO of Charity Navigator (no... - Alexander Berger |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref> {{W|William MacAskill}} responds in "What Charity Navigator Gets Wrong About Effective Altruism".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ssir.org/articles/entry/what_charity_navigator_gets_wrong_about_effective_altruism |title=What Charity Navigator Gets Wrong About Effective Altruism (SSIR) |date=December 3, 2013 |accessdate=June 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/437177563005273/posts/602536243136070 |title=My response went live: - William MacAskill |accessdate=June 16, 2019}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2014|3}} || Formation || The [[wikipedia:Future of Life Institute|Future of Life Institute]] is founded.
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| {{dts|2019|1|25}} || Project || Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Utility Farm merge to form the Wild Animal Initiative.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/announcing-wai|title = Announcing WIld Animal Initiative|date = January 25, 2019|accessdate = March 29, 2019}} Cross-posted to https://was-research.org/blog/announcing-wild-animal-initiative/ on the Wild-Animal Suffering Research blog and to https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jzikTHMSpckYg9ZPp/announcing-wild-animal-initiative on the Effective Altruism Forum. See also the associated discussion on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/EffectiveAltruism/comments/ajr27e/announcing_wild_animal_initiative_wildanimal/</ref>
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| {{dts|2019|2|26}} || || The blog post "After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation" is published on the Effective Altruism Forum by a pseudonymous effective altruist. The blog post details the experience of the author applying to 20 positions at effective altruist (and related) organizations and being rejected.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jmbP9rwXncfa32seH/after-one-year-of-applying-for-ea-jobs-it-is-really-really |author=EA Applicant |date=February 26, 2019 |title=After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation |publisher=Effective Altruism Forum |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref> The post becomes the most upvoted post in the history of the forum (both by score and by number of votes)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/?view=top |title=EA Forum Reader |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref> and results in a discussion with over 170 comments. The post also causes a number of others to write follow-up posts on the forum about careers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EP6X362Q3ziibA99e/show-a-framework-for-shaping-your-talent-for-direct-work |first1=Ryan |last1=Carey |first2=Tegan |last2=McCaslin |publisher=Effective Altruism Forum |date=March 12, 2019 |title=SHOW: A framework for shaping your talent for direct work |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/G2Pfpkcwv3bJNF8o9/ea-is-vetting-constrained |author=EA person |date=March 9, 2019 |title=EA is vetting-constrained |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/oNY76m8DDWFiLo7nH/what-to-do-with-people |first=Jan |last=Kulveit |title=What to do with people? |publisher=EA Forum |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Lms9WjQawfqERwjBS/the-career-and-the-community |first=Richard |last=Ngo |date=March 21, 2019 |title=The career and the community |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HPpZvPEHF2Nw2YECN/effective-altruism-and-meaning-in-life |author=extra_ordinary |date=March 18, 2019 |title=Effective Altruism and Meaning in Life |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/yAFXfuwsebEhNgLTf/getting-people-excited-about-more-ea-careers-a-new-community |first=Sebastian |last=Oehm |date=March 10, 2019 |title=Getting People Excited About More EA Careers: A New Community Building Challenge |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9qdFwfpq6qXNGF4ZL/a-list-of-things-for-people-to-do |author=casebash |date=March 8, 2019 |title=A List of Things For People To Do |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vMpuXz2zqS8iHya7i/ea-jobs-provide-scarce-non-monetary-goods |first=Milan |last=Griffes |date=March 20, 2019 |title=EA jobs provide scarce non-monetary goods |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/btgGxzFaHaPZr7RQm/a-guide-to-improving-your-odds-at-getting-a-job-in-ea |first=Joey |last=Savoie |date=March 19, 2019 |title=A guide to improving your odds at getting a job in EA |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HwBsTZEzGyAjQLoe7/identifying-talent-without-credentialing-in-ea |first=Ben |last=West |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Identifying Talent without Credentialing In EA |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pGk6mA7oSepCJ73hi/unsolicited-career-advice |author=ConcernedNetizen |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Unsolicited Career Advice |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PagT8Fg6HZu6KjHDb/request-for-comments-ea-projects-evaluation-platform |first=Jan |last=Kulveit |date=March 20, 2019 |title=Request for comments: EA Projects evaluation platform |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/uWWsiBdnHXcpr7kWm/can-the-ea-community-copy-teach-for-america-looking-for-task |author=alexrjl |date=February 21, 2019 |title=Can the EA community copy Teach for America? (Looking for Task Y) |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/HBKb3Y5mvb69PRHvP/dealing-with-network-constraints-my-model-of-ea-careers |first=Raymond |last=Arnold |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Dealing with Network Constraints (My Model of EA Careers) |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kWuSkLswMSQasDemf/task-y-representing-ea-in-your-field |first=Toon |last=Alfrink |date=March 24, 2019 |title=Task Y: representing EA in your field |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/YHyvjYSEQtp3nfd6c/thoughts-on-80-000-hours-research-that-might-help-with-job |author=Ardenlk |date=April 16, 2019 |title=Thoughts on 80,000 Hours' research that might help with job-search frustrations |accessdate=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2019|6|21}}{{snd}}{{dts|2019|6|23}} || || EA Global: San Francisco 2019 is scheduled to take place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eaglobal.org/events/sf2019/ |title=EA Global: San Francisco 2019 - EA Global |publisher=EA Global |accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref>
** https://eaforum.issarice.com/posts.php?id=gNHFRWyo58cTQ8pe8
** https://eaforum.issarice.com/?view=old&offset=50&before=2016-12-31&after=2016-01-01
* debates about giving now vs later
* debates about earning to give vs direct work
* discussions about EA projects evaluation, angel group, etc.
* https://eaforum.issarice.com/posts/8XdAvioKZjAnzbogf/apology ?
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