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Topic archive: Party Politics

The CIA analyst who foresaw Trump in 2013 and his theory of why politics is changing

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published January 29th, 2019

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Politics is so much worse because we use an atrocious 18th century voting system. Aaron Hamlin has a viable plan to fix it.

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published May 31st, 2018

  • Founding Effective Non-profits
  • Government
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Why it’s a bad idea to break the rules, even if it’s for a good cause

Podcast by Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris · Published March 20th, 2018

  • Effective Altruism
  • Party Politics
  • Promoting Effective Altruism
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10 steps to a job in politics

Blog post by Tildy Stokes · Published January 27th, 2016

  • Party Politics

In some careers your parents can give you a huge boost. Should you do what they did?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 3rd, 2015

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What are your chances of getting elected to Congress, if you try?

Blog post by Robert Wiblin · Published July 2nd, 2015

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Party politics

Career review by Benjamin Todd · Published August 21st, 2014

  • Careers
  • Party Politics
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An estimate of the expected influence of becoming a politician

Blog post by Paul Christiano · Published February 12th, 2014

  • Party Politics

In which career can you make the most difference?

Blog post by Benjamin Todd · Published February 5th, 2014

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Reasoning about influence in politics

Blog post by Paul Christiano · Published January 23rd, 2014

  • Foundation Program Management
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How hard is it to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Blog post by Carl Shulman · Published February 17th, 2012

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