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EAGxNYC Picnic: Success!
This past Saturday, EA NYC hosted our largest event to date! 150 people came together at Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture for a day of discussion, food, and fun. Check out some of our favorite photos here. Volunteer with EA NYC
As the New York EA community grows, we’re creating new ways to get involved and support the group. If you’re interested in helping out with EA NYC events, outreach, or operations, you can fill out this interest form to let us know. We’re looking for anything from help getting snacks for events, to new board members, to everything in between! See a full list of ways to help on the form. Host EA NYC
We also can always use help finding well-priced venues! Private outdoor spaces and large, private indoor spaces are especially valuable. A wide variety of spaces will work - we’re looking for spaces that can fit anywhere from 15 to 150 people. If you know of or have connections with any venues, please do get in touch at info@effectivealtruism.nyc. Last chance to apply for EA Global
If you want to attend EA Global: London in person from October 29 through 31, you'll need to apply by 8:00 am UTC on Monday, October 11. They will have a virtual option as well for those not able to attend in person.
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Jonas Vollmer, Executive Director of EA FundsTuesday, October 12 at 6:30pmEA Funds is a donation platform and grantmaking organization which distributes $20million/year to EA-relevant projects. Jonas will be giving a short talk and Q&A about getting funded in EA, his EA career so far, and launching EA projects/startups. (Outdoors, with vaccination required. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup).
Annie Duflo, Executive Director of Innovations for Poverty ActionThursday, October 14 at 6:30pm
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit working in 22 countries to reduce global poverty. Since starting in 2002, they’ve conducted over 900 evaluations, informing programs that now reach millions in extreme poverty. Annie will present on their work, followed by a Q&A and mingling. (Indoors, with vaccines and onsite rapid tests required. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup).
Monthly Reading Group: Most Important CenturyMonday, October 25 at 7pm
For October, our monthly reading group is discussing Holden Karnofsky’s “Most Important Century” blog post series, in which he makes the case for why the 21st century could be “the most important century ever for humanity” especially due to the development of advanced AI systems. (Online. See details & RSVP on Facebook and Meetup).
To keep up to date on our upcoming events, check out our calendar on Facebook or Meetup, or add us to your Google Calendar!External events
Some Bay Area EAs will be in town on October 11 and 12! The CEO and COO of Redwood Research, a new AI alignment organization, and some group organizers from the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative and other meta projects will be here. They’re very excited to meet folks while they’re visiting; if you want to chat with any of them, reach out here. They will also be at our talk with Jonas on October 12.Tuesday, October 12, 7pm (online): Guarding Against Pandemics (GAP) will host a virtual Q&A with founder & director Gabe Bankman-Fried. GAP is a team of scientific and political experts who advocate for public investments to prevent the next pandemic. Register here and read their forum post for more information on their work. Friday, October 15, 7pm (outdoors, masked): Aaron Hamlin from the Center for Election Science and Professor Steven Brams will have a small rooftop discussion in NYC next week. They will be discussing their work on expanding approval voting, in an effort to improve American democracy through voting method reform. Register on their site to join.
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We’re currently reconfiguring our job site! In the meantime, here are several jobs we want to flag:
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- The Nuclear Threat Initiative is seeking spring interns in Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, DC. Applications close TODAY.
- Center for Effective Altruism is hiring a remote product manager who will, among other responsibilities, oversee the updating of EffectiveAltruism.org. Applications close October 13.
- Rethink Priorities is hiring seven people for five remote roles focused on communications and AI and longtermism research. Applications for all roles close October 24.
- Harvard’s Belfer Center is offering 13 fellowships across a variety of topics including climate, security, nuclear, and more. Applications close December 1.
- The Humane League is hiring for seven remote roles and Legal Impact for Chickens is hiring a litigation attorney.
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- Giving What We Can released a fabulous new guide to talking about EA.
- The Legal Topics in EA 8-week program is accepting applications until Sunday, October 10 - apply ASAP if you’re interested!
- EA Cambridge is hosting several virtual programs. Applications are open through Sunday, October 10 for the Cambridge Effective Climate Change Mitigation seminar programme and an interest form is open for the Cambridge AGI Safety Fundamentals program.
- Applications for the next rounds of Center for Effective Altruism’s Virtual Programs (the Introductory EA Program, the In-Depth EA Program, and The Precipice reading groups) are coming up on October 24. If you have participated in any EA fellowships, programs, or reading groups before, and are interested in facilitating, you should apply to facilitate by Sunday, October 17.
- Training For Good is a new organization that is running one-day programs to help people build their negotiation skills and develop a concrete plan for negotiating a raise or promotion. Learn more here and apply.
- Looking to volunteer for a project in the EA community? Have a project and need volunteers or collaborators? EA Impact CoLabs is a new platform built to connect EA projects and people who want to help. Sign up to submit a project or volunteer on EA CoLabs (or sign up to help out EA NYC)!
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Arushi is extremely excited about the malaria vaccine that was just approved by the WHO yesterday! It's a big step in the fight against the disease, but will still need to be supplemented by interventions like insecticide treated bed nets as the vaccine is rolled out. Rocky has been reading—and occasionally crying over—the submissions to the EA Forum Creative Writing Contest. The contest closes October 29. If you're interested in workshopping your submission, shoot Rocky an email! |
Reading Group: The Most Important Century |
Holden Karnofsky the co-CEO of Open Philanthropy and co-founder of GiveWell, recently published " The Most Important Century" - a series of blog posts in which he argues that "the 21st century could be the most important century ever for humanity, via the development of advanced AI systems that could dramatically speed up scientific and technological advancement, getting us more quickly than most people imagine to a deeply unfamiliar future". We will be discussing it this month - find it here, available in multiple formats. Make sure to join the #reading-group channel on the EA NYC Slack ( join here) to discuss throughout the month. Stick around since that's where we decide on the books for future months! |
Community Spotlight: You! |
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It was so wonderful to see so many of you at our very first EAGxNYC Picnic this past weekend! We’ve never done an event like this before, and we were so overwhelmed seeing the level of interest and the incredible energy at the event.
We're so grateful to have such a wonderful community, and we couldn't make these things happen without all of you!
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“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.”
- Nelson Mandela |
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Have a wonderful long weekend, and we'll see you all soon!
Yours,
Arushi & Rocky
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