″“If this had been published a decade earlier…” Help us change the career-advice canon for the better!” by Bella, 80000_Hours

80,000 Hours (the book) comes out in just one month!! We asked OWID's Hannah Ritchie if she wanted to say something nice about the book, and she said: “If this had been published a decade earlier, it'd have saved me many restless nights.” I think that applies to me too… But also: wow, I’d really love for us to get the book in the hands of as many ten-years-ago-Hannah-Ritchies as possible! Can we do that? And if so, how? Well, the audacious goal that we’ve been aiming at is to embed the book as part of the “canon” of go-to career advice books. If we manage to pull that off — which is far from guaranteed — it could have a further-reaching impact than any other research we’ve published. In this post, I thought I’d: Describe why I think that's valuable Tell you how you can help increase the odds it goes far (a few individuals could help a lot!) Why do this? This is a bold claim, but it's actually my best guess that the 80k career guide is among the best content ever published, when it comes to helping people have higher impact careers — according [...] --- Outline: (01:10) Why do this? (03:46) How you can help (04:47) Thanks all!! 3 --- First published: April 27th, 2026 Source: --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO . --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts , or another podcast app.