Holden Karnofsky reflects on how the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs may have played a role in reducing the risk of nuclear war. Read More
Topics: History of Philanthropy, Global Catastrophic RisksA review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2016 and its plans for 2017. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentA review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2015 and its plans for 2016. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentSome thinking on the question of "differential technological development": is it desirable to accelerate progress on certain technologies over others? Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks
An update on the progress we've made over the last six months at the Open Philanthropy Project. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic RisksWhat if a big geomagnetic storm does hit? Part 4 in David Roodman's series. Read More
Topics: Global Catastrophic RisksNick Beckstead discusses our work on global catastrophic risks, & how we think about what size of risks are most worth worrying about. Read More
Topics: Global Catastrophic RisksDavid Roodman uses extreme value theory to estimate the risk of an outsized geomagnetic storm: part 3 of a series. Read More
Topics: Global Catastrophic RisksWhat does the history of geomagnetic storms tell us about the risk? Part 2 of David Roodman's series. Read More
Topics: Global Catastrophic Risks
Are geomagnetic storms a global catastrophic risk? Part 1 of David Roodman's investigation. Read More
Topics: Global Catastrophic Risks