[Article] “Research questions that could have a big social impact, organised by discipline” by Arden Koehler, Howie Lempel episode artwork

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[Article] “Research questions that could have a big social impact, organised by discipline” by Arden Koehler, Howie Lempel

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Seeking inspiration for research questions? Discover examples of open questions that could have a big social impact. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(00:13) About these research questions(02:12) What are these lists based on?(03:18) Biology and genetics(04:59) Business and organisational development(05:48) China studies(07:11) Climate studies and earth sciences(08:15) Cognitive science and neuroscience(09:06) Economics(11:02) Epidemiology, synthetic biology, and medicine(12:07) Global Priorities Research(14:31) History(15:50) Law(16:44) Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer science(20:42) Philosophy(22:57) Physics and astronomy(23:57) Political science, international relations, and security studies(25:59) Psychology(27:26) Public policy(28:12) Science policy/infrastructure and metascience(29:39) Sociology(30:52) Statistics and mathematics(32:38) Sources(35:12) Want to work on one of the research questions above?(35:29) Thinking of going into academia? --- First published: August 27th, 2020 Source: https://80000hours.org/articles/research-questions-by-discipline --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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