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One of the most powerful ways to improve your career — community | The 80,000 Hours career guide

Benjamin

Lecture

Thomas established the Fish Welfare Initiative to annually alleviate the suffering of one million factory-farmed fish, operating with a budget exceeding $500,000 through the strategic leverage of effective altruism networks. These communities function as specialized ecosystems that normalize high-impact behaviors, facilitate cost-sharing, and enable value exchange between divergent groups to maximize collective efficiency. While the movement addresses significant existential risks across fields like AI alignment and biosecurity, it simultaneously grapples with challenges regarding cultural stress, potential echo chambers, and recent controversies stemming from the FTX collapse.