Kuhan Jeyapragasan on effective altruism university groups

In this episode of 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Kuhan Jeyapragasan about effective altruism university groups.

From 2015 to 2020, Kuhan did an undergrad and then a master's in maths and computer science at Stanford — and did a lot to organise and improve the EA group on campus.

Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.

Rob and Kuhan cover:

• The challenges of making a group appealing and accepting of everyone
• The concrete things Kuhan did to grow the successful Stanford EA group
• Whether local groups are turning off some people who should be interested in effective altruism, and what they could do differently
• Lessons Kuhan learned from Stanford EA
• The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI)

Who this episode is for:

• People already involved in EA university groups
• People interested in getting involved in EA university groups

Who this episode isn’t for:

• People who’ve never heard of ‘effective altruism groups’
• People who’ve never heard of ‘effective altruism’
• People who’ve never heard of ‘university’

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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio mastering: Ryan Kessler
Transcriptions: Katy Moore