80k After Hours

Career advice expert Alex Lawsen discusses common mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career, including taking rankings too seriously, not trying hard enough to fail, overthinking career choices, and ignoring conventional wisdom. They also explore the importance of recognizing success, optimizing for long-term impact, and navigating uncertainties in order to maximize impact. The podcast provides a decision-making process and metaphor for making better career choices, and emphasizes the need to take action over analysis. They discuss the misconception of community work for impact and the challenges of finding the right balance when pursuing high-impact careers.

The podcast discusses GiveWell's approach and the potential inclusion of subjective well-being. They explore the concept of saving lives based on quality of life and highlight the need for input from low-income countries. They also discuss organizations improving conditions in the developing world, challenges of aggregating study results, and addressing economic growth policies and political dynamics.

This is a selection of highlights from episode #152 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusionAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type ‘80,000 Hours’ into your podcasting app. Or read the transcript.Highlights put together by Simon Monsour and Milo McGuire

This is a selection of highlights from episode #151 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive usAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type ‘80,000 Hours’ into your podcasting app. Or read the transcript.Highlights put together by Simon Monsour and Milo McGuire

This is a selection of highlights from episode #150 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the worldAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type ‘80,000 Hours’ into your podcasting app. Or read the transcript.Highlights put together by Milo McGuire and Simon Monsour

In this episode of 80k After Hours,  Luisa Rodriguez and Hannah Boettcher discuss various approaches to therapy, and how to use them in practice — focusing specifically on people trying to have a big impact.Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.They cover:The effectiveness of therapy, and tips for finding a therapistMoral demandingnessInternal family systems-style therapyMotivation and burnoutExposure therapyGrappling with world problems and x-riskPerfectionism and imposter syndromeAnd the risk of over-intellectualisingWho this episode is for:High-impact focused people who struggle with moral demandingness, perfectionism, or imposter syndromePeople who feel anxious thinking about the end of the world80,000 Hours Podcast hosts with the initials LRWho this episode isn’t for:People who aren’t focused on having a big impactPeople who don’t struggle with any mental health issuesFounders of Scientology with the initials LRHGet this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80k After Hours into your podcasting app.Producer: Keiran HarrisAudio Engineering Lead: Ben CordellTechnical editing: Dominic ArmstrongContent editing: Katy Moore, Luisa Rodriguez, and Keiran HarrisTranscriptions: Katy Moore

This is a selection of highlights from episode #149 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Tim LeBon on how altruistic perfectionism is self-defeatingAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type ‘80,000 Hours’ into your podcasting app. Or read the transcript.Highlights put together by Simon Monsour

In this episode of 80k After Hours, Perrin Walker reads Benjamin Todd and Roman Duda's career review on operations management.Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more.You might also want to check out our 80,000 Hours Podcast episodes with Tara Mac Aulay and Tanya Singh.Get this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80k After Hours into your podcasting app.Editing and narration: Perrin WalkerAudio proofing: Katy Moore

In this episode of 80k After Hours, Perrin Walker reads Benjamin Todd's article on social impact.Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more.You might also want to check out our article on why not to take a harmful career even if you think it’ll do more good.Get this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80k After Hours into your podcasting app.Editing and narration: Perrin WalkerAudio proofing: Katy Moore

In this episode of 80k After Hours, Perrin Walker reads Benjamin Todd's article on how to make tough career decisions.Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more.You might also want to check out our review of how to become happier and more productive in any job (including how to network).Get this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80k After Hours into your podcasting app.Editing and narration: Perrin WalkerAudio proofing: Katy Moore