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  1. HACE 4 H

    “A list of resources on Cluelessness” by Jim Buhler

    From summer 2024 up to summer 2025, I had been keeping track of these resources in a private Google Doc shared only with a couple of people. I realized others might benefit too, so here is the latest version, last-updated on August 7th, 2025. You'll find a few references that are missing from the list below in my post Discussions of Longtermism should focus on the problem of Unawareness (October 20th, 2025). See also DiGiovanni's Resource guide: Unawareness, indeterminacy, and cluelessness (July 7th, 2025) for a cluelessness Q&A and pointers to what references address what. See also this comment of mine (September 15th, 2025) for a brief overview of key debates surrounding cluelessness. See also DiGiovanni's What to do about near-term cluelessness in animal welfare (October 8th, 2025) and Graham's If wild animal welfare is intractable, everything is intractable. (November 14th, 2025) for cluelessness concerns (and what to make of them) in animal welfare, in particular. On reasons to be clueless about how to increase welfare impartially Anthony DiGiovanni's (2025) sequence The challenge of unawareness for impartial altruist action guidance Christian Tarsney et al. (2024) Moral Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Section 3. Cluelessness and Deep Uncertainty Andreas Mogensen [...] --- Outline: (01:18) On reasons to be clueless about how to increase welfare impartially (04:06) Attempts to debunk these reasons for cluelessness (07:37) On indeterminate beliefs --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/AHMCWEaQW6gLzrEHt/a-list-of-resources-on-cluelessness --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

    9 min

  2. HACE 11 H

    “Sentinel: Early Detection and Response for Global Catastrophes” by rai, NunoSempere

    tl;dr: Sentinel is an open-source intelligence organization that rapidly identifies and reacts to global risks, particularly ones difficult to anticipate over longer time-horizons. We have filled $700K of our ~$1.6M budget and are looking to fill the rest to expand and sustain our large-scale open source monitoring for GCR. About Sentinel Sentinel is an open-source intelligence organization that focuses on rapidly identifying and reacting to global risks. During times of relative calm we build tooling and use the judgment of world-class forecasters to monitor events that could escalate into global catastrophes on relatively short timescales. We then distribute our resulting analysis through our weekly brief and on Twitter, which builds the distribution capacity and reputation that will allow for high leverage during times of crisis. During times of turmoil we focus on fast, permissionless action, like that of VaccinateCA. Over the next few years, as AI gets more capable and more integrated, dangers will become more hectic and more common, and observe-orient-decide-act loops (or even just the observe step) around new dangers will need to become faster for them to make a difference. Big-picture strategic-thinking is valuable when it works, but it often misses key details that a dedicated [...] --- Outline: (00:36) About Sentinel (02:48) Verticals & Concrete Projects (02:52) OSINT & Epistemics Software (04:53) Foresight Team (06:18) Emergency response (11:44) Content & Distribution (12:45) Team (14:44) Track Record & Recent Progress (14:48) Foresight (16:07) Software (16:38) Distribution (17:42) Emergency response (18:03) Impact estimate (19:40) How Sentinel fits with other projects in the space (22:28) Donate and Follow Us --- First published: November 18th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GAFwc5jGFjqSetJiu/sentinel-early-detection-and-response-for-global --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

    23 min

  3. HACE 16 H

    “Two years of doing advocacy on antimicrobial resistance” by Aanika Dalal, David McKinney, Mo Putera

    It's been just over two years since we launched ARMoR through the CE/AIM incubation program. Last year for marginal funding week, we wrote this post to explain the importance of antimicrobial resistance and the need for policies that incentivise the development of novel antibiotics; share some of the progress we made and lessons learned; and make the case that our work was worth supporting.  This year, we will provide a short update to that post. In particular, we'll outline some important strategic shifts, our recent progress, and lessons learned. We’ll also summarize our current funding situation and explain what different levels of marginal funding would enable us to do. What we do; a short recap If you are unfamiliar with what we do, I would recommend reading our post from last year's marginal funding week, but here is a quick refresher: Antimicrobial resistance is a serious global health threat. We need a continuous pipeline of new antimicrobials coming to market to replace those which are no longer effective. Market incentives have failed to stimulate the needed innovation. Significant analysis has suggested that ‘pull incentives’ could be a highly effective mechanism for reinvigorating antimicrobial R&D. ARMoR works [...] --- Outline: (00:58) What we do; a short recap (02:08) Strategic objectives (06:10) Our progress (08:26) The impact of marginal funds --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/srjXGXhsecmZvpEdq/two-years-of-doing-advocacy-on-antimicrobial-resistance --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

    10 min

  4. HACE 17 H

    “The Humane and Sustainable Food Lab would spend marginal funding on research to end factory farming” by MMathur🔸

    Background on HSFL The Humane and Sustainable Food Lab (HSFL) is a research lab at Stanford University dedicated to accelerating the end of factory farming. We are interdisciplinary behavior scientists, e.g., we evaluate how adding plant-based options to menus, changes to choice architecture, or documentaries affect dietary choices and attitudes towards factory-farmed products. We also do more meta-level work, such as meta-analyses and re-analyses of existing research, as well as evaluations of existing campaigns by nonprofit partners like New Roots Institute, Food for Climate League, and Greener by Default. See here for our lab's philosophy and here for our 2024 year in review. Our current funding situation We are lucky to have ongoing support from multiple university and private sources, including Open Philanthropy. We also ordinarily have research funded by the National Institutes of Health. However, this year, as you might imagine, that has been a little more complicated than usual. The government shutdown also delayed a funding decision we’ve been expecting. In light of this uncertainty, we’ve scaled back a few projects, cut staff time, and delayed other projects that we’re excited about. Projects we’d devote marginal funding to A ‘True Cost of Food’ [...] --- Outline: (00:13) Background on HSFL (01:00) Our current funding situation (01:34) Projects we'd devote marginal funding to (02:34) Questions or comments? --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KEwrwFWFzfWeHHaav/the-humane-and-sustainable-food-lab-would-spend-marginal --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

    3 min

  5. HACE 20 H

    “ACTRA: A Promising Crime-Prevention Intervention at a Crucial Funding Moment” by Henning Peters, Laura Sofia, Adina Ionescu

    ACTRA (Acción Transformadora), incubated through the AIM Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, has just completed a strong first year — showing both traction and potential for impact. Said potential has led to the Happier Lives Institute awarding ACTRA an Honorable Mention for promising cost-effectiveness at scale. In this post, we will briefly outline our first year's traction, future plans, and the current opportunity to fund ACTRA. For a more thorough introduction into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-informed approaches to prevent crime, ACTRA's Theory of Change and the evidence supporting it, you may also consult our recently updated brochure. Executive Summary ACTRA's goal is to adapt and scale a cost-effective, evidence-based crime prevention program based on Cognitive Behavioral Training (CBT) to the Latin American context. We aim to do this by partnering with governments and training local organizations to integrate CBT into their programs and deliver it sustainably. Our early results are encouraging. Across cycles, we have demonstrated strong facilitator and participant attendance and satisfaction. After refining our curriculum, we started to also observe positive before-after changes in participants’ key psychological skills — such as emotional regulation and conflict resolution skills. By December, we will finalize our second in-house pilot Randomized Control Trial [...] --- Outline: (01:07) Executive Summary (02:29) Why It Matters (04:18) Strong Progress in Just One Year (06:00) Evidence and Learning Strategy (06:11) 1. Implementation at Scale (07:47) 2. Learning Under Ideal Conditions (09:20) 2026. Plans: Evidence, Partnerships, Scale (10:36) Funding Need (11:03) Why Support ACTRA Now? --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/XHM8RHzYtaj3pX5fb/actra-a-promising-crime-prevention-intervention-at-a-crucial --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

    15 min

  6. HACE 20 H

    “Faunalytics’ Funding Gap of $370,000” by JLRiedi

    TL;DR: Faunalytics has an organizational funding gap of $370,000 for our 2025 budget. This funding is critical for our organizational stability, covering all remaining 2025 activities (including approximately $60k in final research projects) and addressing a shortfall in high-impact research already delivered this year. Securing this "Stability Gap" is the prerequisite for launching our 2026-2030 Strategic Plan. Funding beyond this gap will be directed to our “Growth Gap”: conducting new original research projects.  Donate on the Faunalytics website here. About Faunalytics For over 25 years, Faunalytics’ mission has been to empower animal advocates with research, insights, and strategies that maximize their effectiveness to end animal suffering. We enable evidence-based advocacy through three main program areas: Original Research: Faunalytics now conducts 10 to 12 original research studies each year that are likely to have a high impact on animals. We identify our research projects through a multi-stage prioritization process, which includes gathering input from advocates and topic experts to identify knowledge gaps and conducting assessments to verify the potential impact. Research Library: We host the world's largest open-access collection of animal advocacy research. By curating 6,000+ research summaries, blogs, report translations for impactful regions, and visualizations such as infographics and videos, we ensure that advocates [...] --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/WjDeAYKBrzGNydJTT/faunalytics-funding-gap-of-usd370-000 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

    10 min

  7. HACE 1 DÍA

    “To a first approximation, all farmed animals are bugs” by Bob Fischer

    To a first approximation, all farmed animals are bugs. (Recalling, of course, that shrimps is bugs.) We don’t know much about their needs in current production systems. The Arthropoda Foundation is trying to fix that. If we want to help the most numerous farmed animals, we have to answer some basic empirical questions. Arthropoda funds the scientists who provide those answers. Good science isn’t cheap, fast, or flashy. But if we don’t fund it, we’re left guessing about the welfare of the most numerous animals on farms (and in the wild). The stakes are too high for guesswork. This year, Arthropoda granted out ~$160K to fund seven studies. That's seven studies for at least a trillion farmed animals. (And untold numbers of wild animals.) We could easily grant out much more. And with a staff person, we could actively develop projects to support. But as it is, we’re at capacity. In its current form, Arthropoda costs about $175K per year, at least 80% of which covers grants. The rest covers costs associated with learning more about the state of the industry, running a small coordination event, and legal compliance with charitable regulations. We’re about $55K short for 2026. Anything [...] --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mdcSeMwkBEYhdTAWF/to-a-first-approximation-all-farmed-animals-are-bugs --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

    4 min

  8. HACE 1 DÍA

    “Ending Hunger for Millions of African Smallholder Farmers” by Claire McGuinness

    Every dollar donated to One Acre Fund will be matched 1:1 by The Life You Can Save.[1] To learn more about this ongoing campaign, visit https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/one-acre-fund-match/. What is One Acre Fund? Why Support Smallholder Farmers? According to the World Bank, half of the global extreme poor live in rural sub-Saharan Africa.[2] In these areas, where farming is the main livelihood, smallholders experience low yields and are exceptionally vulnerable to food insecurity. In fact, agricultural yields in sub-Saharan Africa have stagnated for decades compared to other regions.[3] One Acre Fund is Africa's largest nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to improving the harvests, incomes, and resilience of smallholder farmers. Our two key levers are our core bundle and partnerships programs. Through our core model, we provide essential services farmers need to increase harvests, including high-quality farm inputs on credit delivered close to home, agricultural training, and market facilitation. We treat farmers as customers, and this core model, validated by rigorous measurement, drives an average 35-40% increase in farmer profits alongside gains in nutrition and soil health. Through our large-scale operational partnerships, we invest in programs with strong farmer revenue potential. These include agroforestry, market access, and input production. In 2024 [...] --- First published: November 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/GNa9PLuqnjpFgW5E4/ending-hunger-for-millions-of-african-smallholder-farmers --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

    11 min
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