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Marcus Davis on Rethink Priorities

Dec 12, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Rethink Priorities - What Sort of Topics and Questions Do You Most Clearly Consider?
02:09 • 2min
3
What Type of Research Do You Do?
03:43 • 2min
4
Are You in Charge of the Long Term as in Work?
05:42 • 2min
5
What's the Common Thread That Connects All of These Different Issues?
07:38 • 2min
6
How Many Farm Animals Are There?
09:47 • 2min
7
Animal Welfare
11:43 • 3min
8
What Kind of Interventions Might Plausibly Work?
14:32 • 5min
9
How to Reduce Aquatic Noise
19:06 • 3min
10
How Can We Prevent Deafening Animals?
22:03 • 2min
11
Is There a Cost Competitive Birth Control Method?
24:18 • 2min
12
Pest Control Is a Policy Issue or Practical Matter
26:19 • 2min
13
Are You Hiring Specialists or Generalists?
28:38 • 3min
14
Is There a Pro or a Cons in Remote Staffing?
31:10 • 2min
15
You're Doing More Consultancy Work for Specific Clients
33:30 • 3min
16
EA's Impact on the Global Health and RND Role
36:20 • 3min
17
Rethinking Priorities Research
38:56 • 3min
18
Are There Any Interesting Mistakes That Ip Has Made Since It Was Founded?
41:35 • 3min
19
We've Had a Lot of New Staff Join and It's Been a Great Transition for Us
44:08 • 3min
20
Careers in Global Priorities Research
46:58 • 3min
21
How Do You Screen People for a Job?
50:02 • 2min
22
How to Assess a Heart Problem in an Interview
51:44 • 2min
23
What Kinds of Roles Are You Plausibly Hiring for Next Year?
53:50 • 2min
24
Is There a Funding Constrained Approach to Funding a Survey?
55:36 • 3min
25
The Most Surprising Thing You've Learned While Working at Rethink Priorities
59:04 • 2min