So you want to work on biosecurity
an incomplete reading list, seeking suggestions
Since announcing my career change to working on biosecurity (Twitter thread), I've had a few people ask me for resources for learning more about (careers in) pandemic preparedness and biosecurity. Here are some resources that I've found helpful in my reading and exploration, in the hopes that they'll be helpful for you, too.
(living list, updated as I find more things)
Other reading Lists
Article-to-paper sized content
- 80,000 Hours's article on Reducing global catastrophic biological risks (and more 80k content)
- Open Philanthropy's 2014 cause report on biosecurity
- Andrew Snyder-Beattie's talk Biotechnology and Existential Risk at EA Global London 2017
- Andrew Synder-Beattie and Ethan Alley's Concrete Biosecurity Projects list
- relevant sections of the Future Fund's project ideas list
- proposals for early warning systems from the Council on Strategic Risks, David Ecker, and the Nucleic Acid Observatory
- Erik Minikel's How pharmaceutical industry financial modelers think about your
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