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This is a selection of highlights from episode #189 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Rachel Glennerster on how “market shaping” could help solve climate change, pandemics, and other global problems
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Chapters:
Luisa's intro (00:00:00)What is market shaping? (00:00:25)Why some countries didn't have COVID vaccines sooner (00:05:04)Designing incentives for pull mechanisms (00:09:12)Using pull mechanisms to get a universal COVID vaccine (00:13:31)Pull mechanisms to incentivise repurposing of generic drugs (00:18:20)Specific interventions versus systemic reform in education (00:23:25)Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

This is a selection of highlights from episode #188 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Matt Clancy on whether science is good
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Chapters:
Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)How could scientific progress be net negative? (00:00:15)Non-philosophical reasons to discount the far-future (00:03:42)How technology generates huge benefits in our day-to-day lives (00:07:54)Can science reduce extinction risk? (00:14:17)Are we already too late to delay the time of perils? (00:18:48)The omnipresent frictions that might prevent explosive economic growth (00:21:59)Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

You can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/R9VGbY7CgOI
Matt, Bella, and Cody sit down with Julian Hazell to discuss the UK recession, religion, higher education, and whether being an amateur swordfighter should give you the right to vote.

This is a selection of highlights from episode #187 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a “space bastard”
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Chapters:
A potted history of space exploration (00:00:23)Why space settlement (probably) won't make us rich (00:06:07)What happens to human bodies in space (00:11:43)The ethics of space babies (00:16:05)Making babies in space (00:18:40)A roadmap for settling space (00:22:42)Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

This is a selection of highlights from episode #186 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Dean Spears on why babies are born small in Uttar Pradesh, and how to save their lives
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

This is a selection of highlights from episode #185 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong