In this episode of 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Kuhan Jeyapragasan about effective altruism university groups.
From 2015 to 2020, Kuhan did an undergrad and then a master's in maths and computer science at Stanford — and did a lot to organise and improve the EA group on campus.
Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.
Rob and Kuhan cover:
- The challenges of making a group appealing and accepting of everyone
- The concrete things Kuhan did to grow the successful Stanford EA group
- Whether local groups are turning off some people who should be interested in effective altruism, and what they could do differently
- Lessons Kuhan learned from Stanford EA
- The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI)
Who this episode is for:
- People already involved in EA university groups
- People interested in getting involved in EA university groups
Who this episode isn’t for:
- People who’ve never heard of ‘effective altruism groups’
- People who’ve never heard of ‘effective altruism’
- People who’ve never heard of ‘university’
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Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio mastering: Ryan Kessler
Transcriptions: Katy Moore
