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Benjamin Todd is the founder and president of 80,000 Hours. Dissatisfied with the career advice he received at university, he began researching the guidance he wished he’d had. Over the next ten years, he grew 80,000 Hours from a student society in Oxford into a non-profit with over fifty staff, reaching four million readers a year, going through Y Combinator, and earning coverage in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and BBC News. The organization’s advice has led thousands to change career path, including individuals who have helped launch the field of AI safety, taken key roles preventing the next pandemic, and donated hundreds of millions of dollars to charity. Today he writes about what to do about advanced AI. Benjamin holds a M ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 2,229 ratings · 274 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good 3.92 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Enemy: An Undergraduate Story by Benjamin Todd, Shannon Geary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	80000 Hours, The Year You Forgot To People-Please & This Year Will Be Different 3 Books Collection Set by Benjamin Todd, Juno Clarke, Sophie Larkspur 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The true impact of an action depends on what happens because of that action, not on what happens, period. When we work hard and see positive results, it’s often easy to neglect the fact that some portion of those results would have occurred anyway, or that someone else might have filled our role just as well as we did. There is often a gap between true impact and ‘tangible impact’ – the immediate results of our actions – and understanding that gap is crucial to finding the places where you can make a real difference.”
― Benjamin Todd, 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good

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“Rather than “follow your passion”, our slogan for a fulfilling career is: get good at something that helps others. Or simply: do what contributes.”
― Benjamin Todd, 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good

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“Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again and you will be filled with joy. – Buddha A man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world. – Muhammad Love your neighbor as you love yourself. – Jesus Christ Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. – Martin Luther King, Jr.”
― Benjamin Todd, 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good

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