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Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy

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Holden Karnofsky

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May 6, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger

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Holden Karnofsky

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April 23, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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Science Policy and Infrastructure

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Holden Karnofsky

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April 21, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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Breakthrough Fundamental Science

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Holden Karnofsky

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Reflections

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April 14, 2015

Many of the conversations we’ve had, as I’ve interpreted them, have stressed the difficulty of securing support for attempts at breakthrough fundamental science in the current system.
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Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and Plans for 2015

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Holden Karnofsky

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Annual Reviews

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March 12, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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Open Philanthropy Project Update: Global Catastrophic Risks

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Holden Karnofsky

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March 11, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy

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Holden Karnofsky

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March 10, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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SDI Update – March 2015

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March 1, 2015

Editor’s note: Coefficient Giving was formerly a part of GiveWell under the name “GiveWell Labs,” and later operated as Open Philanthropy. This post originally appeared on the GiveWell Blog; uses of “we” and “our” in the below post may refer to GiveWell. Some content may be outdated; you can see...
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The Path to Biomedical Progress

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Holden Karnofsky

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Reflections

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February 27, 2015

Most useful new technologies are the product of many different lines of research, which progress in different ways and on different time frames. I think that when most people think about scientific research, they tend to instinctively picture only a subset of it.
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