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Leah Garcés

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  1. 80,000 Hours2h 19m

    Serendipity, weird bets, & cold emails that actually work: Career advice from 16 former guests

    Luisa, Holden Karnofsky, Jeff Sebo, Dean Spears, Michael Webb, Michelle Hutchinson, Benjamin Todd, Chris Olah, Karen Levy, Leah Garcés, Spencer Greenberg, Danny Hernandez, Sarah Eustis-Guthrie, Hannah Ritchie, Alex Lawsen, Pardis Sabeti, Varsha Venugopal, Matt

    This event outlines a strategic framework for early-career development that prioritizes building transferable high-level aptitudes over predicting specific cause areas. It details how to leverage AI tools for rapid upskilling and social networking while identifying human-centric skills like trust-building and empathy as future-proof assets. Additionally, the discussion provides actionable protocols for managing career risk through regular re-evaluation points, testing assumptions via low-cost trials, and recognizing toxic social dynamics to ensure long-term professional resilience.

  2. 80,000 Hours1h 47m

    Guilt, imposter syndrome & doing good: 16 past guests share their mental health journeys

    Luisa Rodriguez, Howie, Randy Nesse, Hannah Boettcher, Cameron Meyer Shorb, Tim LeBon, Cal Newport, Michelle Hutchinson, Habiba Islam, Sarah Eustis-Guthrie, Hannah Ritchie, Will MacAskill, Ajeya Cotra, Christian Ruhl, Leah Garcés, Kelsey Piper

    Effective altruists and professionals including former 80,000 Hours CEO Howie Ritchie and Mercy for Animals CEO Leah Garces convened to confront the toxicity of moral perfectionism and its link to chronic anxiety and burnout. Participants identified evolutionary psychological mechanisms and the destructive nature of shame as primary drivers of these struggles, while contrasting them with the performance-enhancing benefits of self-compassion and sustainable work cycles. The collective outcome emphasized a strategic shift toward decoupling self-worth from productivity, adopting mandatory self-care policies, and fostering community structures that normalize non-linear health journeys to ensure long-term impact.

  3. 80,000 Hours2h 26m

    Turning adversaries into allies to change the chicken industry | Leah Garcés (2021)

    Leah Garcés, Craig Watts, Rob Wiblin

    Mercy for Animals is executing a global strategic pivot that shifts from adversarial activism to collaborative economic transitions, targeting Southeast Asia and Latin America to internalize the external costs of meat production. By leveraging quantitative tools like the Farm Animal Opportunity Index and enforcing corporate pledges, the organization aims to raise animal agriculture prices until plant-based alternatives become the more affordable choice. This approach combines direct industry engagement with targeted public campaigns to dismantle the debt-dependent structures of poultry farming while simultaneously expanding into new international markets where factory farming standards are still forming.