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Cheerfully
Julia_Wise
21 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
125
points
27
comments
2
min read
EA
link
$1.25/day—What does that mean?
William_MacAskill
17 May 2013 4:00 UTC
84
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Efficient charity: do unto others...
Scott Alexander
3 Sep 2013 4:40 UTC
77
points
13
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Why I’m skeptical about unproven causes (and you should be too)
Peter Wildeford
7 Aug 2013 4:00 UTC
48
points
0
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Giving now vs. later: a summary
Julia_Wise
23 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
43
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
A proposed adjustment to the astronomical waste argument
Nick_Beckstead
27 May 2013 4:00 UTC
43
points
0
comments
12
min read
EA
link
Carl Shulman — How are brain mass (and neurons) distributed among humans and the major farmed land animals?
Tessa
10 Sep 2013 23:22 UTC
41
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
(reflectivedisequilibrium.blogspot.com)
Three Impacts of Machine Intelligence
Paul_Christiano
23 Aug 2013 10:10 UTC
33
points
5
comments
9
min read
EA
link
(rationalaltruist.com)
A critique of effective altruism
Ben Kuhn
3 Dec 2013 1:39 UTC
29
points
5
comments
12
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
A Long-run perspective on strategic cause selection and philanthropy
CarlShulman
5 Nov 2013 23:08 UTC
29
points
29
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Brian Tomasik – Differential Intellectual Progress as a Positive-Sum Project
Tessa
23 Oct 2013 23:31 UTC
28
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(longtermrisk.org)
Preventing human extinction
Peter Singer
19 Aug 2013 21:07 UTC
25
points
6
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Helping other altruists
William_MacAskill
1 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Nick Bostrom – Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
Zach Stein-Perlman
1 Feb 2013 17:00 UTC
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
(www.existential-risk.org)
Replaceability
Paul_Christiano
22 Jan 2013 5:00 UTC
15
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
What is effective altruism?
William_MacAskill
13 May 2013 4:00 UTC
14
points
23
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Four focus areas of effective altruism
lukeprog
8 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
13
points
7
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Effective altruism reading list
Richard_Batty
28 Oct 2013 19:10 UTC
12
points
3
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Which stage of effectiveness matters most?
Katja_Grace
22 Oct 2013 17:23 UTC
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
Notes on not dying
William_MacAskill
15 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
11
points
2
comments
2
min read
EA
link
What Is earning to give?
Peter Wildeford
26 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
10
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
An example of do-gooding done wrong
William_MacAskill
15 May 2013 4:00 UTC
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Show me the harm
Benjamin_Todd
6 Aug 2013 4:00 UTC
7
points
1
comment
7
min read
EA
link
Could you live on the international poverty line?
RyanCarey
30 May 2013 4:00 UTC
7
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
The rules of effective altruism. Rule #1: don’t die
William_MacAskill
24 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Altruism isn’t about sacrifice
Jeff Kaufman
6 Sep 2013 4:00 UTC
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Social impact, effective altruism, and motivated cognition
Jonah_Sinick
8 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
A personal history of involvement with effective altruism
Jonah_Sinick
12 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
6
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Effective altruism
Holden Karnofsky
14 Aug 2013 4:00 UTC
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Giving now currently seems to beat giving later
Peter Wildeford
18 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
5
points
1
comment
8
min read
EA
link
Using time effectively as a student
Katja_Grace
17 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
Why might the future be good?
Paul_Christiano
27 Feb 2013 5:00 UTC
5
points
0
comments
9
min read
EA
link
Where I’m giving and why: Peter Hurford
Peter Wildeford
24 Dec 2013 22:34 UTC
5
points
9
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Keeping choices donation neutral
Jeff Kaufman
28 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
5
points
2
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effectiveness or altruism?
Katja_Grace
10 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
5
points
1
comment
6
min read
EA
link
Risk aversion and investment (for altruists)
Paul_Christiano
28 Feb 2013 5:00 UTC
5
points
6
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Peter Singer – Good Charity, Bad Charity
Zach Stein-Perlman
10 Aug 2013 16:01 UTC
4
points
1
comment
4
min read
EA
link
(web.archive.org)
Why it should be easy to dominate GiveWell’s recommendations
Robert_Wiblin
17 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Personal consumption changes as charity
Jeff Kaufman
31 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Getting inspired by cost-effective giving
William_MacAskill
20 May 2013 4:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Holden Karnofsky
6 Nov 2013 17:11 UTC
3
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Geoengineering Research
Holden Karnofsky
16 Oct 2013 16:07 UTC
3
points
1
comment
6
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Effective altruists and outsiders
Ben Kuhn
5 Aug 2013 4:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Vegetarianism, health, and promoting the right changes
William_MacAskill
7 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Haiti and disaster relief
Jeff Kaufman
19 Jul 2013 4:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Where I’m giving and why: Julia Wise
Julia_Wise
27 Dec 2013 20:05 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
On the robustness of cost-effectiveness estimates
William_MacAskill
24 May 2013 4:00 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
How might we be wildly wrong?
William_MacAskill
4 Sep 2013 19:19 UTC
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
To save the world, don’t get a job at a charity; go work on Wall Street
William_MacAskill
27 Feb 2013 5:00 UTC
3
points
4
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Giving now vs. later
Paul_Christiano
12 Mar 2013 4:00 UTC
2
points
1
comment
7
min read
EA
link
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