Hi EATO Community, As everyone is contending with what the COVID-19 pandemic means for them, I wanted to send my best wishes to all of you. We’re all in this together. Given the current situation, we’ve unfortunately had to cancel all in-person events until further notice. However, I’m excited to announce that we’ll be experimentingContinue reading “EA Toronto and Coronavirus”
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Looking For a Unique Way to Do Good – Seeing a New Role in the Network Structure
From Jan’s article on What to do with people?, we get what strikes me as a unique and valuable way of looking at doing good as part of the EA community. This take is useful for breaking down the structure and causes of EA in a way that opens up new opportunities. The main termContinue reading “Looking For a Unique Way to Do Good – Seeing a New Role in the Network Structure”
EATO Community Newsletter – May
Over the last month, the EATO community has continued to host a variety of project-oriented events from launching an AI Safety Camp in Toronto to workshopping our careers and more. We also had a fun and thought-provoking time at another Powerpoint Presentation Potluck Party! The new project-focus-format for Wednesdays is shaping up to be aContinue reading “EATO Community Newsletter – May”
EATO Co-Opportunities March 2019
With the move to this new website, let’s take a look at the variety of ways members can engage with the community that are not yet featured in the “Get Involved” section. Suggest an Event Idea & see past ideas bit.ly/theboxEATO Check out and consider supporting community projects bit.ly/EATOprojects Indicate your Interest in a TorontoContinue reading “EATO Co-Opportunities March 2019”
EATO’s Why, How, and What
Slides for Meta-Meeting 2019 03 18 Why: The effective altruism (EA) community is “a global community of people who care deeply about the world, make benefiting others a significant part of their lives, and use evidence and reason to figure out how best to do so” Principles form the basis of our culture and community.Continue reading “EATO’s Why, How, and What”
EATO Retrospective Report 2018
Here is the report and you can find it later at bit.ly/EATOreport2018 Comments and questions on the report are welcome! Highlights EATO has grown a lot over the year, and many dreams of previous years were realized. Most categories of membership nearly doubled Ten of the community’s thirteen currently active projects were started in 2018Continue reading “EATO Retrospective Report 2018”
