Marcus Davis on Rethink Priorities
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In this episode of 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Marcus Davis about Rethink Priorities. Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript. They cover: Interventions to help wild animal Aquatic noise Rethink Priorities strategy Mistakes that RP has made since it was founded Careers in global priorities research And the most surprising thing Marcus has learned at RP Who this episode is for: People who want to learn about Rethink Priorities People interested in a career in global priorities research People open to novel ways to help wild animals Who this episode isn’t for: People who think global priorities research sounds boring People who want to host very loud concerts under the sea Click here to read Rethink Priorities’ Leadership Statement on the FTX situation. Get this episode by subscribing to our more experimental podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type ‘80k After Hours’ into your podcasting app. Or read the transcript below. Producer: Keiran Harris Audio mastering: Milo McGuire and Ben Cordell Transcriptions: Katy Moore
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- 0:00 Keiran’s intro
- 0:48 The interview begins
- 3:01 Rethink Priorities
- 14:32 Interventions to help wild animals
- 20:13 Aquatic noise
- 23:20 Poisons that kill rodents
- 27:33 Rethink Priorities strategy
- 37:04 Examples of RP’s influence
- 43:02 Rethink Priorities mistakes
- 48:16 Careers
- 56:46 What Rethink Priorities would do with more funding
- 59:04 Most surprising thing Marcus has learned at Rethink
- 1:00:01 Keiran’s outro
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