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April 2024

Your monthly roundup of news and opportunities
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Hi <<First Name>>,

As the weather gets warmer, EA NYC is ramping up to help New York professionals, advocates, and donors inspire and learn from each other. We hope our programs - in addition to this newsletter - will help you find relevant opportunities, resources, and networks.

We invite you to connect with the community if you'd like to explore how you can more considerably impact the issues you care about. And if you're already looking for specific support, we especially recommend sharing questions on our Slack and/or connecting with our team!

~ Alex

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In Today's Newsletter

Quick Reads
• Announcements: New ways to engage with EA NYC and updates about various conferences
• Things to Know from the Past Month: A small collection of recent news highlights
• Monthly Spotlight: An introduction to Magnify Mentoring
• Events: Some highlights from our calendar (which you can import directly to your Google Calendar!)

Deep Dive
• Career and Opportunities: Our hand-picked selection for local jobs, our curated local opportunities (from the EA Opportunities Board), and additional resources
• News and Organizational Updates: A list of of the biggest news, sorted by category
• Evergreen Resources: A collection of tips and resources that we generally recommend in this newsletter or on our website

Announcements

1. (Counterfactually) help make EAGxNYC 2025 happen! Last year, our EAGxNYC conference welcomed 400+ attendees for over two days of presentations, networking, and inspiration. Unfortunately, we have yet to find/fundraise for another 300-700-person capacity venue in NYC given more stringent financial constraints. If you think you might be interested in helping with this search, please contact Alex for more information! Your help could make a conference possible when it wouldn't have been otherwise!

Relatedly, we're also looking for a new venue for our ~150-person Annual Picnic this year - please also contact us if you'd like to help!

2. Sign up for niche EA NYC sub-communities! The LGBTQ+ Subgroup will likely have its first meeting in June, and several of our other subgroups are having regular, lively discussions and networking events! Find them all on our website and sign up for multiple groups here.

3. Final call for a number of events on (AI and) animals:

This Friday, NYC/Online: The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness
May 16th-19th, Washington, DC: The Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit (the US's biggest animal advocacy conference)
- Buy cheaper tickets before May 1st!
May 17th, Montreal: Animal and AI Ethics Workshop
June 3rd, London: AI, Animals, and Digital Minds Conference (associated retreat to immediately follow)
- Apply by April 19th!

4. EA Global London is coming soon (May 31-June 2). Please speak with our team if you have any questions about whether or not the conference is the right fit for you - when in doubt, apply (before May 19th)! (Also, you can find more upcoming EA conferences on the official website!)

Things to Know from the Past Month

Animal Advocacy
1. Joey Savoie for Ambitious Impact on how they’re looking for new animal advocacy charity funders | 2-minute read

Building Effective Altruism
1. Joey Savoie for Ambitious Impact on the growing funding constraints (as opposed to talent constraints) in the effective charity entrepreneurship space | 2-minute read

See also, Ambitious Impact's new program for launching pro-social for-profit organizations

2. Rethink Priorities with results of the EA Community Health Survey | 10-minute read

3. Rob Gledhill for Effective Ventures on the shutdown of the Wytham Abbey Project | 1-minute read

See also: Patrick Gruban has joined EV UK's board

Career Support
1. Steve Thompson for Ambitious Impact with recommended resources for those interested in Charity Entrepreneurship | 2-minute read

See also: a guide to launching a high-impact policy NGO

Global Priorities Research
1. Elliott Thornley for Global Priorities Institute prompting arguments and discussion around person-affecting views | 20-minute read

Global Wellbeing
1. Seth Ariel Green and John-Henry Pezzuto with a meta-analysis on sexual violence prevention | 8-minute read

2. Martyn J and Charlie Jeong introducing Clear Solutions, an AIM-incubated charity focused on reducing child mortality | 25-minute read

3. Ben Williamson and Sarah Eustis-Guthrie for Maternal Health Initiative on their decision to shut down the project | 24-minute read

Technological Governance
1. Saad Siddiqui, Sarah Weiler, Gabriel Wagner, and SG with a reading list for AI governance in the context of China | 3-minute read

See also: AI policy in the context of Chinese competition (ChinaTalk Podcast)

Various Causes
1. 80,000 Hours with a collection of resources and opportunities (in addition to their Job Board) | 1-minute read

EA Organization Spotlight: Magnify Mentoring

Magnify Mentoring connects and supports people from underrepresented backgrounds, who are ambitious and rigorous in their altruism, to have a positive impact with their careers and lives. Their global network of over 500 community members spans over 50 countries.

Alongside their programs to support, inspire, and connect a global community of women, non-binary, and trans people of all genders, they are now piloting mentorship projects in support of even more people from underrepresented groups. While applications have just closed for their recent mentorship (and hiring) round, you can follow their progress, updates, and resources as the organization continues to grow!

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EA NYC Community Slack

With over 1,300 members, the EA NYC Slack is the perfect place to meet other community members and stay up-to-date with EA NYC. Channels range from #serious_discussion to #casual_plans. Find roommates in #housing, be the first to learn about #job-opportunities, join virtual and in-person #coworking, and more!

Upcoming Events

To keep up to date on our upcoming events, check out our calendar on Facebook, Meetup, or Eventbrite or add us to your Google Calendar or Apple iCloud Calendar!

EA NYC hosts many events each month! You can see them all here.

Here are some highlights coming up in the next several weeks:
1. Effective Climate Change Risk Reduction Discussion
→ Thursday, April 18, 6:00 PM - Midtown
→ Register here to attend

2. Orienting Toward a High-Impact Career: Q&A and Discussion ft. Vaidehi Agarwalla
→ Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 PM - Central Park
→ Register here to attend

3. Animal Advocacy / Environmentalism Subgroup Crossover Meetup ft. Monica Chen (New Roots Institute)
→ Friday, April 26, 6:00 PM - Chelsea
→ Sign up for Animal Advocacy Subgroup events here

→ Sign up for Environmental Subgroup events here

4. High-Impact Opportunities in the US Government ft. Assemblymember Alex Bores
→ Monday, April 29, 6:30 PM - Midtown East
→ Register here to attend

And don't miss these other events from our calendar!
→ Effective Altruism Hiking Discussion - April 20/21
→ Suffering-Focused Ethics (Magnus Vinding) - May 6
→ In-Person Discussion: Regulatory Justice Reforms - May 16
→ Community Perspectives: World Day for Cultural Diversity - May 21

Looking for something more specific?
Check out EA NYC professional, cause, and affinity subgroups, which typically meet monthly. The following groups have meetups scheduled in the coming month(s): Data and Tech, Global Health and Wellbeing, Creatives and Communicators, Animal Advocacy, and AI.

External events
You can join many events in the broader EA community online - here are some coming soon!
→ The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness - April 19, 10:00 am - Greenwich Village/Online
→ EA Data Science - Community call Speed Friending - April 23, 2:00 pm - Online
→ The Moral Status of Insects - April 26, 11:00 am - Online
→ Interview with Pepijn Vloemans: the success of the Ten Percent Club - May 2, 2:00 pm - Online

Effective Altruism Deep Dive

This is the section of the newsletter where things get long and detailed. We encourage you to skim for the parts most relevant to you.

Career

"You’ll spend about 80,000 hours working in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. So how to spend that time is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make." -80,000 Hours

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Career Advising & Mentorship

If you decide to apply to any of the roles in our database or other EA-aligned roles, let us know! We're happy to help how we can.

Featured Jobs of the Month

Climate Change & the Environment
1. Director, Climate Initiatives - Schmidt Futures

Global Health, Development, and Wellbeing
1. Head of Philanthropy - GiveWell
2. Assistant Director, Institutional Giving - Pure Earth

Global Priorities Research / Global Catastrophic Risks
1. Head of Events - Longview Philanthropy

Technical AI Safety
1. Team Manager, Interpretability - Anthropic
2. Research Engineer, Responsible Scaling Policy Evaluations, Autonomy - Anthropic

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Opportunities

You may work 40 hours each week, but how are you spending the other 128? Explore opportunities to learn, upskill, volunteer, work part-time, and apply for funding.

Curated NYC Opportunities

EA Funding Opportunities

EA Opportunities Board

EA Virtual Programs

Featured Opportunities of the Month

Animal Advocacy
1. Undergrads: Join an Animal Advocacy Leadership Academy - New Roots Institute
2. Check out Animal Advocacy Funding Opportunities for Projects - Animal Advocacy Africa

Global Catastrophic Risks
1. *Join a Summer Research Internship in Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Systems - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory
2. *Become a Biotechnology Fellow - Institute for Progress (IFP)

Global Health, Development, and Wellbeing
1. Join an Urban Research Internship - Charter Cities Institute
2. Intern in Video Production - Charter Cities Institute

Institutional Decision-making
1. Apply for a Part-Time Research Assistant Role - Forecasting Research Institute (FRI)
2. Become a Part-Time Content Editor - Forecasting Research Institute (FRI)

International Security & Cooperation
1. Provide Research Support in Reducing the Risk of Great Power War - Effective Altruism Community
2. *Intern in Defense Concepts and Technology Research - Hudson Institute

Technological Governance
1. *Intern in Artificial Intelligence Research - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory
2. Join a Virtual AI Safety Unconference this May - Effective Altruism Community

* Likely requires travel outside NYC

News & Organizational Updates

You can also sign up to receive monthly updates by subscribing to the EA Organization Updates thread on the EA Forum.

News

Animal Advocacy
1. Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert and Jonathan Birch for Aeon on the dangers of AI farming | 26-minute read

2. Tessa for Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) announcing that octopus farming is now banned in Washington state | 3-minute read

Biosecurity
1. Conrad K with a review of the biosecurity funding landscape | 23-minute read

2. The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) on how the UK government should address some AI-enabled biorisks (also see full 17-page report) | 3-minute read

3. Jason Kelly for ChinaTalk on biotech 101 | 105-minute podcast

Building Effective Altruism
1. Rebecca Kagan with an update on leaving the board of Effective Ventures following FTX | 1-minute read

See also:

2. Vasco Grilo with some discussion on how much reasoning transparency funders should provide | 1-minute read

Career Advice
1. Jess Smith sharing about their role as an Operations Specialist at 80,000 Hours | 8-minute read

See also: Sam Anschell about their work with the Open Philanthropy Global Aid Policy Program

2. Joris Pijpers (Centre for Effective Altruism) with reflections on how hard it is to do good effectively | 2-minute read

See also:
- LotteG's reflections from taking an EA break
- Michel Justen's reflections on a recent career decision

3. Eli Nathan (Centre for Effective Altruism) with some thoughts on why people might get rejected from (relatively junior) EA ops roles | 4-minute read

Climate Change
1. Hannah Ritchie for Our World In Data on the world's common support for climate action and common underestimation of others' support | 23-minute read

2. Katie Brigham for SEMAFOR with arguments for and against Enhanced Rock Weathering | 5-minute read

3. Tim McDonnell for SEMAFOR on investor excitement in electricity | 5-minute read

Existential Risks
1. Alex Turner with doubts on AI risk arguments | 15-minute read

See also: Dylan Matthews for Vox Future Perfect on AI risk disagreements | 11-minute read

2. Adam Gleave (FAR AI) on the AI safety case for a PhD | 14-minute read

Global Priorities Research
1. Jaime Harris on why prioritize reducing malevolence | 9-minute read

2. Nicholas Kruus and David Thorstad for Global Priorities Institute (GPI) against the (AI) singularity hypothesis | 6-minute read

Global Wellbeing
1. Ozy Brennan for Thing of Things in defense of RCTs (randomized control trials) | 12-minute read

See also: the case for reforming research publishing

2. UNICEF with trends and visualizations in child mortality | 7-minute read

Nuclear Security
1. Christian Ruhl on the 80,000 Hours Podcast on a new nuclear age | 73-minute podcast

See also: some particularly neglected (and promising) cause areas to work on in general (80,000 Hours)

Other Risks from Advanced Technologies
1. Anton Korinek & Donghyun Suh for National Bureau of Economic Research on economic models around AGI transitions | 127-minute read

See full (46-page) working paper here
See also: Dylan Matthews' (Vox Future Perfect) post on how AI could revolutionize the economy

Policy
1. Ozzie Gooen and Eli Lifland for Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute (QURI) on whether forecasting is worth pursuing | 58-minute podcast

See also:
- more concerns with forecasting
- more about the difficulty of forecasting

2. Santi Ruiz for Statecraft on issues with the State Department | 42-minute read

Technological Governance
1. The Center for the Governance of AI (GovAI) on proposed goals for the next AI safety summit | 18-minute read

2. The United Nations with a resolution on AI | 3-minute read

3. Will Aldred with a reading list on sources related to a "Long Reflection" | 16-minute read

Various
1. James Newport for Impactful Government Careers on experience-building strategies for working in government | 6-minute read

2. Probably Good on released a career guide on communications roles | 34-minute read

3. James Özden for Understanding Social Change on understanding social activism's effects | 23-minute read

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Organization Updates

Animal Advocacy
1. Vince Mak for Animal Charity Evaluators with a new application process for charity evaluations | 3-minute read

2. Zoë Sigle announcing how Farmed Animal Funders is seeking pooled fund proposals to help end factory farming | 2-minute read

3. Léa Guttmann for Shrimp Welfare Project with the launch of the Humane Slaughter Initiative | 3-minute read

Building Effective Altruism
1. Bella Forristal for 80,000 Hours with a summary of (and links to) their video productions | 3-minute read

2. Grace Adams for Giving What We Can with a new video: you're richer than you realize | 15-minute video

See also: a call for interviews (about why people rather not take the Giving Pledge)

3. High Impact Athletes (HIA) is starting a high-impact donation drive | 2-minute read

See also: EA Philippines and A Happier World (a popular EA YouTuber) need help filling their funding gaps

Climate Change
1. Giving Green with their 2023 annual report | 19-minute read

2. Hauke Hillebrandt for Let's Fund on the impact of crowdfunding $1M for the Center for Clean Energy Innovation | 6-minute read

Existential Risks
1. Tobias Häberli and Tilman Räuker: Swiss Existential Risk Initiative (CHERI) is now Pivotal Research, and they're accepting Summer Research Fellowship Applications until April 21st | 2-minute read

Global Wellbeing
1. Isabel Arjmand for GiveWell on some of their grant-making (outside their top charities) | 8-minute read

Various Causes
1. Alexander Berger for Open Philanthropy on 2023 review and plans for 2024 | 52-minute read

Evergreen Resources

Exploring EA Ideas

Finding EA Community

News and Updates

Community Health

EA NYC’s Community Health Team
- Megan Nelson, EA NYC's Community Health Coordinator
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The Centre for Effective Altruism’s Community Health Team
- Contact them here

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~The EA NYC Team

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