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Announcements

EA Virtual Programs are now available every month! These free, 8-week courses from CEA are a great way to learn about key concepts and causes within effective altruism, so that you can start applying the knowledge in your own life.The next round starts in September; to join, apply by 29 August.

The newly updated EA Handbook might be another good way to learn some of the material on your own.

If you're curious to learn more about different careers that various EAs have pursued, the new "job profiles" tag on the EA Forum is filling up with posts from members describing their jobs and how they got them - there's bound to be one you'll find useful! You should write about your job too, if you'd like.

Finally, we have a major community announcement. As some of you may already know, Aaron Mayer will be stepping down as Effective Altruism NYC's Co-Director next week. From Aaron:

"It's been SUCH a blast to get to know so many of you over the last year, and just because I won't be helping organize the group anymore doesn't mean I'll be leaving the community! I feel so grateful to Arushi for being such a fabulous co-director, and I can't wait to see what the new co-director will bring to the group!
Of course, I'm still down to talk about EA, give donation advice, or talk about career stuff if you ever want to chat; you can reach me on Facebook or the EA NYC Slack. Can't wait to see you at some of our upcoming events! "

Our new Co-Director, Rocky Schwartz, will be starting next week! Learn more about her in the Community Spotlight at the end of this newsletter.

Upcoming Events

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

Aug 5 - 6pm (tomorrow - pushed from today due to rain forecast): Confusion Dinner
Aug 12 - 6:30pm: Seth Baum speaking on AI governance (in-person AND virtual)
Aug 15 - 8:20AM: Bull Hill Hike, meet @ Grand Central
Aug 24 - 6pm: Central Park Hangout
Aug 30 - 7pm: Reading Group - Stubborn Attachments (virtual)

If you miss any of our speaker events, we record as many of them as possible to put on our YouTube channel.

High-Impact Opportunities

Open Philanthropy is hiring Research Fellows and Strategy Fellows for their Global Health & Wellbeing team - applications close today, Aug 4th. They are also hiring an Operations Assistant and Communications Officer, and two Program Officers.
Open Phil also has a new Technology Policy Fellowship for people who want to go into US Policy to work on high-priority emerging technologies, especially AI and biotechnology. Learn more and ask them questions here.

Founders Pledge encourages entrepreneurs to pledge to effectively donate a portion of their profits upon exiting. They're currently hiring for a couple of roles in the US, including Applied Researcher, Senior Researcher - Longtermism, Growth Director, and more.

Rockefeller Institute is hiring for multiple roles for their new Pandemic Prevention Institute, including a Project Manager, Data Analyst, Data Strategy Associate, Executive Assistant, and a Chief Data Officer (and many other roles for their other projects).

Richman Law & Policy is hiring a remote Research Intern and a Senior Associate for their animal welfare practice group.

Check out 140+ more jobs and internships, across a variety of cause areas, on our job board! And if you know of an impactful opportunity that we've missed on our board, please share it with us!

See the EA NYC Job Board

On Our Minds

Aaron has been watching Inside, Bo Burnham's most recent Netflix special, and listening to the soundtrack on repeat. The songs about Jeffrey Bezos are particularly earwormy...

Arushi found this post on the growth of EA over the past few years very interesting; it's inspiring to see how much we've grown! She also enjoyed this summary of the Sentience Institute's studies of various social movements.

Reading Group

This month, we'll be reading Stubborn Attachments. Economist Tyler Cowen makes the moral case for pursuing economic growth, which he posits is the primary driver of human welfare.

You can buy the book using the link above, and join our monthly discussion on the 30th!

Join the EA NYC Slack and add yourself to the #reading-group channel to hop in the conversation, and vote for books for future months!

A separate group is also going to start reading philospher Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons. Parfit's take on ethics and rationality has been an inspiration for many effective altruists. If you'd like to join this group, join the slack and add yourself to the #parfit-reading-group channel!

Community Spotlight: Rocky Schwartz

"Hi, everyone! I'm so excited to come on as the new EA NYC co-director and help our wonderful community continue to thrive and grow. For those I haven't met yet, a little about me: I've lived in Brooklyn for the past five years and first learned about Effective Altruism as a college philosophy minor. I've spent the past eight years working in animal welfare, including at EA-aligned orgs, though I'm inspired by all EA cause areas. I love community-building, operations, and outreach and I'm excited to bring these passions to EA NYC. If you have ideas for things you'd like to see us work on, please always feel free to reach out. I'm looking forward to getting to better know everyone and supporting you in your work. Many thanks to Arushi, Aaron, and the rest of the EA NYC organizing team for their work and this opportunity!"

Quotes We Love

"Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, It’s giving people what they need to get."

- Terry Pratchett, "Hogfather"

As always, thank you for your time and attention - we love you!

Yours,
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