Career Advice for Reducing Suffering

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The Reducing Suffering Podcast

Center for Reducing Suffering

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Welcome to the new podcast from the Center for Reducing Suffering. Our mission is to reduce severe suffering, taking all sentient beings into account. We develop ethical views that give priority to suffering, and research how to best reduce suffering. Our top priority is to avoid worst-case futures. We are working on a new podcast, and in the meantime we're delighted to share the full audiobook of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann. Subscribe now so you don't miss our new episodes when they are ready.

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Career Advice for Reducing Suffering - Audio Article

The Reducing Suffering Podcast

10 minutes 27 seconds

1 year ago

Career Advice for Reducing Suffering - Audio Article

In this audio version of a popular post on the Center For Reducing Suffering's website, we outline our thoughts on promising paths for those who wish to use their career to reduce suffering.

What we do in our professional life is arguably our best opportunity to do good, far more so than other decisions such as consumption choices or voting (which is not to say that those are not also important). Choosing a high-impact career is therefore of critical importance for aspiring effective altruists...

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