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22HhT9n2ZzCnyCmDj | EA Netherlands: 2025 in Review and Plans for 2026 | ea-netherlands-2025-in-review-and-plans-for-2026 | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/22HhT9n2ZzCnyCmDj/ea-netherlands-2025-in-review-and-plans-for-2026 | null | 2026-03-18T17:08:09.544Z | 60 | 29 | 3,940 | <p><i>This is a summary of an extract from our grant renewal application for CEA's Community Building Grants programme</i></p><h2>TL;DR</h2><p>2025 was a solid year for EA Netherlands. Completions of our in-house introductory course grew 140% (36 → 87); EAGx attendance grew 36% (380 → 517) and set an all-time EAGx reco... | [{"_id":"wBQwxcA4MD9n3Neaj","postId":"22HhT9n2ZzCnyCmDj","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2026-03-18T18:25:40.414Z","baseScore":1,"voteCount":1,"wordCount":73,"htmlBody":"<p>Well done, impressive work from both of you! What has been achieved over the past year truly deserves a big compliment.... | [] | dkzLCBqT4RKy7KnoT | James Herbert | james-herbert-1 | James Herbert |
22ujc9Z6S7rDxmbwK | Is EA tax / state budget allocation politically viable? | is-ea-tax-state-budget-allocation-politically-viable | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/22ujc9Z6S7rDxmbwK/is-ea-tax-state-budget-allocation-politically-viable | null | 2025-11-22T00:45:56.324Z | 3 | 2 | 234 | <p>Would it be politically viable to campaign for EA tax? Like a very small (but extremely important) tax that's used exclusively to fund EA charities?</p><p>Or for allocation of some small part of government spending on EA charities, like 1%?</p><p>1% is not a huge number, but given the enormous sizes of government bu... | [{"_id":"67n3GFhuxrybtwsFv","postId":"22ujc9Z6S7rDxmbwK","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2025-11-22T03:46:48.428Z","baseScore":6,"voteCount":3,"wordCount":149,"htmlBody":"<p>No, this wouldn’t be politically viable. Taxes are unpopular, the vast majority of people (including both voters and p... | [] | DRtQZcm4ciun2bfJr | Zlatko Jovičić | zlatko-jovicic | Zlatko Jovičić |
23BjNccCdG9a3v8PD | The good, the bad, and the fair cop | the-good-the-bad-and-the-fair-cop | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/23BjNccCdG9a3v8PD/the-good-the-bad-and-the-fair-cop | https://animainternational.org/blog/fair-cop | 2026-03-31T14:19:26.983Z | 38 | 14 | 5,817 | <p>Hi, I’m Thorbjørn “Toby” Schiønning, co-founder of <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/anima-international">Anima International</a>. I was encouraged by my colleague <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/jakub-stencel">Jakub Stencel</a> to share our new blog post on negotiating and campai... | [] | [] | XxSpAfWhN26ZCwKbg | Toby_S | toby_s | Toby_S |
23CjXyD5qpD4iqo9T | Modeling Moral Trade in Antibiotic Resistance and Alternative Proteins | modeling-moral-trade-in-antibiotic-resistance-and | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/23CjXyD5qpD4iqo9T/modeling-moral-trade-in-antibiotic-resistance-and | null | 2023-11-24T22:13:04.194Z | 22 | 8 | 915 | <h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>Has anyone tried mathematically modeling opportunities for <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/moral-trade">moral trade</a> and applying the framework to real interventions? The forum posts mostly seem to talk about meat consumption and global health donations without using num... | [{"_id":"wTuG4mXkFyXTZpYCN","postId":"23CjXyD5qpD4iqo9T","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2023-11-27T13:23:31.069Z","baseScore":1,"voteCount":1,"wordCount":205,"htmlBody":"<p><strong>Executive summary</strong>: The post proposes a mathematical framework for modeling opportunities for collabor... | [] | SQpMbG3ZjdhgnuuwJ | Pete Rowlett | pete-rowlett | Pete Rowlett |
23KvQKKNoCMayJyZE | Moral Considerations In Designing AI Systems | moral-considerations-in-designing-ai-systems | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/23KvQKKNoCMayJyZE/moral-considerations-in-designing-ai-systems | null | 2024-07-05T18:13:06.620Z | 8 | 4 | 2,196 | <p>(This is a cross-post from my blog Cosmic Censorship: <a href="https://hansgundlach.substack.com/p/why-have-two-minds-when-you-can-have)">https://hansgundlach.substack.com/p/why-have-two-minds-when-you-can-have)</a> </p><p>There’s a lot of uncertainty about the potential moral status of future AI systems. This ... | [{"_id":"ASmELm46fCQuMZ9gq","postId":"23KvQKKNoCMayJyZE","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2024-07-08T17:25:05.238Z","baseScore":1,"voteCount":1,"wordCount":149,"htmlBody":"<p><strong>Executive summary:</strong> When designing AI systems, we should prioritize creating cohesive, intelligent sys... | [] | qnC8BhiWgEfqfAuAZ | Hans Gundlach | hans-gundlach | Hans Gundlach |
24jyswc7dvuEv6fz6 | Cybersecurity of Frontier AI Models: A Regulatory Review | cybersecurity-of-frontier-ai-models-a-regulatory-review | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/24jyswc7dvuEv6fz6/cybersecurity-of-frontier-ai-models-a-regulatory-review | null | 2024-04-25T14:51:25.602Z | 9 | 4 | 2,499 | <p><i>This article is part of a series of ~10 posts comprising a <strong>2024 State of the AI Regulatory Landscape Review</strong>, conducted by the </i><a href="https://www.convergenceanalysis.org/programs/governance-research"><i><strong><u>Governance Recommendations Research Program</u></strong></i></a><i> ... | [{"_id":"gQSyGWDQ6mNJT9dne","postId":"24jyswc7dvuEv6fz6","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2024-04-25T15:10:15.249Z","baseScore":1,"voteCount":1,"wordCount":214,"htmlBody":"<p><strong>Executive summary:</strong> Cybersecurity of frontier AI models is a key concern for AI labs and regulators, w... | [] | HFjRRkGzhPTrgykqn | Deric Cheng | deric-cheng-1 | Deric Cheng |
24rwhxPjyKeQz7uBD | Deontological bars should reference the actor's beliefs | deontological-bars-should-reference-the-actor-s-beliefs | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/24rwhxPjyKeQz7uBD/deontological-bars-should-reference-the-actor-s-beliefs | https://www.thefloatingdroid.com/deontological-bars-should-reference-the-actors-beliefs/ | 2026-05-03T15:10:40.892Z | 3 | 1 | 1,019 | <p>Scott Alexander has a <a href="https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/what-deontological-bars">recent piece</a> about "deontological bars" in the context of AI safety. He describes the state of the discourse like this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I’ve been thinking about this lately because of an internal debate in the AI safety ... | [] | [] | bt9RBqrvQtegakpDw | TFD | tfd | TFD |
25vy2j8ZnxFa2yj6F | Meetup : Stanford Effective Altruism | meetup-stanford-effective-altruism | https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/25vy2j8ZnxFa2yj6F/meetup-stanford-effective-altruism | null | 2014-11-09T04:10:10.639Z | 0 | 0 | 38 | <html><body><h2>Discussion article for the meetup : <a href="/meetups/1b">Stanford Effective Altruism</a></h2>
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<p>
<strong>WHEN:</strong>
<span>09 November 2014 04:30:00PM (-0800)</span><br>
</p>
<p>
<strong>WHERE:</strong>
<span>Old Union, Stanford CA</span>
</p>... | [] | [] | jnAtyS8TLrupKwXa9 | CarolineEllison | carolineellison | CarolineEllison |
266keE3kHpCYDeDaT | Is "superhuman" AI forecasting BS? Some experiments on the "539" bot from the Centre for AI Safety | is-superhuman-ai-forecasting-bs-some-experiments-on-the-539 | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/266keE3kHpCYDeDaT/is-superhuman-ai-forecasting-bs-some-experiments-on-the-539 | https://open.substack.com/pub/titotal/p/is-superhuman-ai-forecasting-bs-some?r=1e0is3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | 2024-09-18T13:07:40.392Z | 69 | 36 | 4,082 | <p><i>Disclaimer: I am a computational physicist’s and this investigation is outside of my immediate area of expertise. Feel free to peruse the experiments and take everything I say with appropriate levels of skepticism.</i></p><p><strong>Introduction:</strong></p><p>The <a href="https://www.safe.ai/">centre for AI saf... | [{"_id":"FFrvz6yYq25esGJfk","postId":"266keE3kHpCYDeDaT","parentCommentId":null,"topLevelCommentId":null,"postedAt":"2024-09-18T21:08:02.894Z","baseScore":31,"voteCount":16,"wordCount":115,"htmlBody":"<p>Thank you for this. I really appreciate this in-depth analysis, but I think it is unnecessarily harsh and critical i... | [] | XEBNfnzi95sezWho2 | titotal | titotal | titotal |
267SjTH63BMJ3HDk7 | Rethinking Giving Pledges: Permanent vs Time-Bound Commitments | rethinking-giving-pledges-permanent-vs-time-bound | https://forum-bots.effectivealtruism.org/posts/267SjTH63BMJ3HDk7/rethinking-giving-pledges-permanent-vs-time-bound | null | 2026-03-09T14:47:23.236Z | 18 | 10 | 1,663 | "<p>Giving What We Can (GWWC) has inspired thousands of people to commit a meaningful share of their(...TRUNCATED) | "[{\"_id\":\"ozezytZfpCZekr8wo\",\"postId\":\"267SjTH63BMJ3HDk7\",\"parentCommentId\":null,\"topLeve(...TRUNCATED) | [] | jXr4tuSB47ajz3pe7 | Chris_Eats_Plants | chris-popa | Chris Popa |
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Dataset Card for ea_forum_260506
Dataset Summary
A structured crawl of posts and comments from the Effective Altruism Forum, a ForumMagnum-powered discussion site. The dataset contains 8,913 posts and ~49,700 comments with full threaded structure (replies, nesting, timestamps, votes).
The EA Forum covers topics including global health and development, animal welfare, long-termism, AI safety, and effective giving.
Dataset Details
Dataset Sources
- Source Website: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org
Uses
Direct Use
Suitable for:
- Academic research into forum dynamics and community epistemics
- Linguistic analysis of formal and informal argumentative discourse
- Studying thread/reply structures and voting patterns in web forums
- Analysis of knowledge dissemination in the effective altruism community
Dataset Structure
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
post_id |
string | Unique post identifier |
title |
string | Post title |
slug |
string | URL slug |
pageUrl |
string | Full URL to the post on the forum |
url |
string or null | External link URL for link posts |
postedAt |
string | Post timestamp (ISO-8601) |
baseScore |
double | Net score (upvotes minus downvotes) |
voteCount |
int64 | Total number of votes cast |
wordCount |
int64 | Word count of the post body |
htmlBody |
string | Post body in HTML |
comments |
string | Comment tree as a JSON string (array of nested comment objects) |
orphan_comments |
string | Orphaned comments as a JSON string |
user_id |
string or null | Author user ID |
user_username |
string or null | Author username |
user_slug |
string or null | Author URL slug |
user_displayName |
string or null | Author display name |
Comment Object (inside comments JSON)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
_id |
string | Unique comment identifier |
postId |
string | Parent post ID |
parentCommentId |
string or null | ID of the parent comment this replies to |
topLevelCommentId |
string or null | ID of the top-level ancestor comment |
postedAt |
string | Comment timestamp (ISO-8601) |
baseScore |
double | Net score |
voteCount |
int64 | Total votes |
wordCount |
int64 | Word count |
htmlBody |
string | Comment body in HTML |
deleted |
bool | Whether the comment is deleted |
deletedPublic |
bool | Whether the deletion is public |
retracted |
bool | Whether the comment is retracted |
user |
object | Author info (_id, username, slug, displayName) |
children |
array | Nested child comments |
Statistics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Posts | 8,913 |
| Comments | 49,744 |
| Orphan comments | 80 |
| Date range | 2005-05-01 to 2026-05-06 |
| Mean comments per post | 5.6 |
| Median comments per post | 1 |
| Longest post thread | 512 comments |
| Max nesting depth | 24 |
| Unique authors | 2,682 |
| Posts with no author | 110 (1.2%) |
| Link posts | 2,252 (25.3%) |
| Text posts | 6,661 (74.7%) |
| Posts with no comments | 3,278 (36.8%) |
| Negative scores | 221 (2.5%) |
| Mean word count | 1,557 |
| Median word count | 855 |
| Mean body HTML length | 15,594 characters |
| Median body HTML length | 7,469 characters |
The most prolific posters include organisational accounts such as The Centre for Effective Altruism (138 posts), 80,000 Hours (113 posts), and EA Japan (68 posts), alongside individual contributors.
Dataset Creation
Curation Rationale
The EA Forum is a central hub for long-form discussion within the effective altruism community. It provides a valuable corpus of structured argumentative text, community debate, and decision-relevant analysis spanning more than two decades.
Source Data
Data Collection and Processing
- Tool: Custom Python script using the public ForumMagnum GraphQL API
- Scope: Public posts discoverable via anonymous GraphQL queries
- No filtering was applied to content; all fetched posts and comments are included
- Comments are stored as a nested JSON tree in the
commentscolumn, preserving parent-child relationships
Who are the source data producers?
EA Forum users posting under real names or pseudonyms.
Bias, Risks, and Limitations
Content Risks
- Content reflects the specific ideological and epistemic commitments of the effective altruism community
- Posts may contain opinions on sensitive topics including AI existential risk, bioethics, and population ethics
- Occasional misinformation presented as fact
Structural Limitations
- The crawl was conducted on 2026-05-06 and includes no content posted beyond that date
- Score and vote counts are snapshot values at crawl time and may have changed since
- The dataset is a subset of the full EA Forum history, limited to what was discoverable via the public API
- Some organisational posts may duplicate content published elsewhere
Personal and Sensitive Information
- No systematic PII detection or redaction was performed
- Many authors post under real names; the dataset may contain identifying information
- Posts may contain references to real individuals, institutions, or events
- The dataset should be treated as containing potentially sensitive information
Licence and Redistribution
No licence was identified for the source forum content. This dataset is therefore marked as license: unknown.
The dataset consists of scraped public forum posts authored by third parties. The dataset publisher does not claim ownership of the underlying post text and does not grant additional rights beyond any rights users may already have under applicable law.
Users are responsible for determining whether their intended use is lawful, including with respect to copyright, privacy, data protection, and platform terms.
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