emanuele ascani

(Crossposted from the EA Forum) Summary In this post, I try to evaluate Life Extension Advocacy Foundation, and I flesh out interview questions to ask them. LEAF has many foci, including crowdfunding, conference organizing, investor advisement, social media advocacy, news, YouTube shows and a podcast, partnering with YouTubers and content...

Introduction In the last post, I explained why I think SENS Research Foundation is probably a great choice for its cost-effectiveness, and I announced that I would interview its chief science officer, Aubrey de Grey, for a further evaluation of this charity. This is the interview, preceded by a small...

I especially notice this is a problem after a written exam. Even if I am 100% prepared and if I check the answers multiple times, I end up making mistakes that are the stuff of dreams. This can make a huge difference for me, because these mistakes are not isolated,...

Summary In this post, you'll find why I think SENS Research Foundation (SRF) is great to finance from an EA perspective along with the interview questions I want to ask its Chief Science Officer, Aubrey de Grey. You are welcome to contribute with your own questions in the comments or...

This is the fourth post of a series in which I'm trying to build a framework to evaluate aging research. Previous posts: 1. A general framework for evaluating aging research. Part 1: reasoning with Longevity Escape Velocity 2. Aging research and population ethics 3. Impact of aging research besides LEV...

This is the third post of a series in which I'm trying to build a framework to evaluate aging research. Previous posts: 1. A general framework for evaluating aging research. Part 1: reasoning with Longevity Escape Velocity 2. Aging research and population ethics Summary Age-related disease and decline account for,...

This is the second of a series of posts in which I'm trying to build a framework to evaluate aging research. Previous post: A general framework for evaluating aging research. Part 1: reasoning with Longevity Escape Velocity. Summary The first part of this post will explore the potential sensitivity of...