finm and I are interviewing Ben Todd on our podcast next week. Ben is the CEO & co-founder of 80,000 Hours, which you likely have heard of.
We want to introduce 80k and the significance of career choice to non-EA listeners, but also to explore some questions you are curious about!
If you have a question you would like to ask Ben, we would love to hear it. This could be about the core ideas behind 80k, 80k strategy, questions about career choices, and things EA might be getting wrong (etc.)
Fin and I always find these comments useful, and we will pick our favourites on Friday 9th July. Thanks all!
How and when did 80,000 Hours decide to focus more on longtermism and create longtermist content and career advice? If Ben is willing to share, whether through the Forum or the podcast, I'd love to know the story behind how this happened. Or if anyone else knows the basic story, feel free to comment it here too.
(I'm not saying it's a bad thing that 80K focused on longtermism.)