Hello!

We shared a Forum update: “Community” posts have their own section, subforums are closing, and more.

— Lizka (for the Forum team)

We recommend:

1. Creative writing
   1. No Silver Bullet Solutions for the Werewolf Crisis (Lars Doucet, cross-posted by Aaron Gertler)
   2. No injuries were reported (Julian Hazell)
2. Strategy and prioritization
   1. Why I No Longer Prioritize Wild Animal Welfare (Saulius, 6 min) and Don't Over-Update On Others' Failures (lincolnq, 2 min)
   2. There can be highly neglected solutions to less-neglected problems (Linda Linsefors, Amber Dawn, 3 min)
   3. The Importance of AI Alignment, explained in 5 points (Daniel Eth, 16 min) (see also a list of Jobs that can help with the most important century and AI alignment researchers may have a comparative advantage in reducing s-risks)
   4. The case for more and better monitoring and evaluation (Tom Bill, sophie-gulliver, 11 min)
3. Writeups on specific interventions
   1. Five ways to stop a bird->mink->human H5N1 pandemic (DirectedEvolution, 10 min)
   2. How meat-free meal selection varies with menu options: an exploration (Sagar K Shah, Jacob Peacock, 2 min)
   3. Nuclear Philanthropy to the Right of Boom [Founders Pledge] (christian.r, 24 min) (see also: Technological developments that could increase risks from nuclear weapons and Speedrun: Demonstrate the ability to rapidly scale food production in the case of nuclear winter)
4. Community discussions and lifestyle advice
   1. Select Challenges with Criticism & Evaluation Around EA (Ozzie Gooen, 7 min)
   2. EA Community and Social Structure (Deconfusion Part 3) (David Manheim, 10 min)
   3. Polyamory and dating in the EA community (va, 17 min) and In (mild) defence of the social/professional overlap in EA (Amber Dawn, 8 min)
   4. Diversity takes (quinn, 8 min) 
   5. Elements of Rationalist Discourse (Rob Bensinger, 11 min)

News & updates:

1. Applications & events
   1. CE: Announcing our 2023 Charity Ideas. Apply by 12 March (SteveThompson, CE)
   2. Summer Internships at Open Philanthropy - Global Health and Wellbeing (due Feb 26) (Chris Smith)
   3. Cambridge ML for Alignment Bootcamp (CaMLAB) [26 March - 8 April] - Apply by 26 February (hannah)
   4. Rethink Priorities is inviting expressions of interest for (co)leading a longtermist project/organization incubator (Jam Kraprayoon, Rethink Priorities)
   5. High impact job opportunity at ARIA (UK) (Rasool)
   6. Flourish Student Journal - Open for Submissions (Flourish Journal, Jemima, Tom Blake)
   7. Impostor syndrome: advice and an upcoming class (Kat Woods)
2. Other updates:
   1. Plans for investigating and improving the experience of women, non-binary and trans people in EA (​​Catherine Low, Anubhuti Oak, Łukasz Grabowski)
   2. EA Organization Updates: January 2023 (posted by me — Lizka) and Update from the EA Good Governance Project (Grayden)
   3. Massive Earthquake in Turkey: Comments on the situation from the EA Community in Turkey (EA/A-shared)
   4. EA Giving Tuesday Hibernation (phgubbins, Giving What We Can, Jack Lewars)

Classic Forum post:

• Hard-to-reverse decisions destroy option value (Stefan Schubert)