“Do the job that’s your comparative advantage” might sound obvious but it's not clear how much the concept applies.| 80,000 Hours
Many people take jobs early in their career that leave them stranded later on. Why does this happen and how can you avoid it?| 80,000 Hours
Update April 2019: We think that our use of the term 'talent gaps' in this post (and elsewhere) has caused some confusion. We've written a post clarifying what we meant by the term and addressing some misconceptions that our use of it may have caused. Most importantly, we now think it's much more useful to talk about specific skills and abilities that are important constraints on particular problems rather than talking about 'talent constraints' in general terms. This page may be misleading i...| 80,000 Hours
When you’re part of a community doing the most good becomes much more of a coordination problem.| 80,000 Hours
One of humanity's great threats and how it can be reduced, in detail.| 80,000 Hours
Which problems are the biggest, most tractable, and most neglected in the world - and what can you do about them?| 80,000 Hours
A certificate of impact (also known as an impact certificate) is a kind of altruistic instrument at the center of a funding model proposed by Paul Christiano. Certificates of impact attempt to harness the benefits of the price system in altruistic contexts, where prices are usually unavailable. In this model, altruistic work receives some or all of its funding after completion rather than beforehand. Once an individual or organization completes work with a positive social impact, they can app...| forum.effectivealtruism.org
Effective altruism is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. It’s partly a research field, which aims to identify the world’s most pressing problems and| www.effectivealtruism.org
The course of the future is uncertain. But humanity’s choices now can shape how events unfold.| 80,000 Hours