Effective Altruism Bristol
- Preventing catastrophic pandemics: Bio-risk workshop Queens building 1.69 Thursday 28-09-2023 - 18:15 until Thursday 28-09-2023 - 19:00
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Preventing catastrophic pandemics: Bio-risk workshop
What are global catastrophic biological risks? How plausible is a pandemic that kills 10% of the human race? What approaches are there to mitigating GCBRs? These are the sorts of questions we’ll be talking about in this 45-minute workshop on bio-risk. We will be discussing various questions in small groups, to hopefully spark some interesting conversations. The purpose of this workshop is to give a taster of the kinds of things we talk about in the Effective Altruism Society.
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Effective Altruism (EA) is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others and put them into practice. It is both a research field, which aims to identify the world's most pressing problems and the best solutions to them, and a practical community that aims to use those findings to do good. For example, you can pursue a high-impact career that tackles a pressing global problem, or you can donate to effective charities.
It is a young and exciting global movement that spans a diverse range of causes, skills and interests:
Causes: AI, biosecurity, nuclear war, climate change, animal welfare, global health and development, existential risks, improving institutional decision-making, mental health, improving the long-term future, alternative proteins...
Skills/interests: research, engineering, politics, law, economics, writing, communication, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, social sciences, medicine, software development, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, community-building, philosophy, morality, rationality, metaphysics, epistemology, design, marketing, operations, longevity, history...
Here are some of the things we do at EA Bristol:
- An introductory reading/discussion group on the core ideas of effective altruism
- Various reading/working/discussion groups on the topics listed above
- Workshops/hackathons
- Weekly fun socials! 🥳🍕🍻
- A retreat (every year or so)
- Go to exciting effective altruism conferences together
Venue/Timing
Venue : Queens building 1.69
Type: Alcohol Free Events, Free, Give It A Go, Society Events, Welcome Week, Workshops
Start Date: Thursday 28-09-2023 - 18:15
End date: Thursday 28-09-2023 - 19:00
Location
Contact Details
hello@eabristol.org
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