David Manheim
Researcher, Decision Theorist, and Public Policy Wonk in Israel
David Manheim is the founder and head of research and policy at the Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER), as well as a visiting lecturer at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in addition to his full-time work as a happily married father of four wonderful kids.
After David completed his undergraduate degree in mathematics, he worked in equity derivatives risk and pricing at an investment bank, then built models for reinsurance terrorism risk. He then decided to pivot his career to more altruistic endeavors, and completed a PhD in Public Policy at the Pardee Rand Graduate School focusing on risk analysis and decision theory. His research now focuses on public policy research and advocacy, with research for and with a variety of other organizations on a wide-ranging list of topics including mitigating risks from artificial intelligence, the future of biological technologies and pandemic prevention, and geopolitical and technological forecasting.
In his copious spare time, he is also an advisor to 1DaySooner, EA For Jews, the Effective Institutions Project, the Unjournal, and various other projects, like thinking about Goodhart's Law and blogging about the future of cooperation.
If you'd like to be in touch with him or collaborate on anything, you can get in touch on various social media platforms - he's easy to find.