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August 2015

Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?

by David Roodman Published August 21, 2015

Note: Before the launch of the Open Philanthropy Project Blog, this post appeared on the GiveWell Blog. Uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to the Open Philanthropy Project or to GiveWell as an organization. Additional comments may be available at the original post.

This is the fourth post in a series about geomagnetic storms as a global catastrophic risk. A paper covering the material in this series was recently released. [node:read-more:link]

Global Catastrophic Risks
Geomagnetic Storms

Change in our Fundraising Policy for the Open Philanthropy Project

by Elie Hassenfeld Published August 17, 2015

Note: Before the launch of the Open Philanthropy Project Blog, this post appeared on the GiveWell Blog. Uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to the Open Philanthropy Project or to GiveWell as an organization. Additional comments may be available at the original post.

We previously decided to cap the amount of funding we would request from Good Ventures at 20% of GiveWell’s operating budget (more in our October 2013 blog post).

In our most recent board meeting (Attachment E), we changed this policy and now plan to cap our request for funding from Good Ventures at: [node:read-more:link]

The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks

by Nick Beckstead Published August 13, 2015

Note: Before the launch of the Open Philanthropy Project Blog, this post appeared on the GiveWell Blog. Uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to the Open Philanthropy Project or to GiveWell as an organization. Additional comments may be available at the original post.

Note: this post aims to help a particular subset of our audience understand the assumptions behind our work on global catastrophic risks. [node:read-more:link]

Global Catastrophic Risks