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Risk aversion and investment (for altruists)
Paul_Christiano
Feb 28, 2013, 5:00 AM
5
points
6
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Why might the future be good?
Paul_Christiano
Feb 27, 2013, 5:00 AM
5
points
0
comments
9
min read
EA
link
To save the world, don’t get a job at a charity; go work on Wall Street
William_MacAskill
Feb 27, 2013, 5:00 AM
3
points
5
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Nick Bostrom – Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
Zach Stein-Perlman
Feb 1, 2013, 5:00 PM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
(www.existential-risk.org)
Replaceability
Paul_Christiano
Jan 22, 2013, 5:00 AM
15
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Some general concerns about GiveWell
William_MacAskill
Dec 23, 2012, 5:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
GiveWell’s recommendation of GiveDirectly
William_MacAskill
Nov 30, 2012, 5:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Researching what we should
William_MacAskill
Nov 12, 2012, 5:00 AM
0
points
0
comments
6
min read
EA
link
The most important unsolved problems in ethics
William_MacAskill
Oct 15, 2012, 2:28 AM
16
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
How to be a high impact philosopher, part II
William_MacAskill
Sep 27, 2012, 4:00 AM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Objections and Concerns About Our New Direction
Holden Karnofsky
Jun 22, 2012, 3:59 PM
2
points
0
comments
7
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
How to be a high impact philosopher
William_MacAskill
May 8, 2012, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Philanthropy’s Success Stories
Holden Karnofsky
Mar 1, 2012, 4:53 PM
3
points
0
comments
7
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Practical ethics given moral uncertainty
William_MacAskill
Jan 31, 2012, 5:00 AM
23
points
5
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Giving isn’t demanding*
William_MacAskill
Nov 25, 2011, 5:00 AM
22
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
The Cognitive Science of Rationality
lukeprog
Sep 12, 2011, 10:35 AM
14
points
3
comments
14
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Brian Tomasik – The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering
Babel
Jul 8, 2009, 12:42 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(longtermrisk.org)
Pascal’s Mugging
EA Handbook
Jul 1, 2009, 7:00 AM
9
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(www.nickbostrom.com)
Scott Alexander – A Modest Proposal
Zach Stein-Perlman
Nov 26, 2008, 5:00 PM
19
points
4
comments
3
min read
EA
link
(web.archive.org)
Policymaking for Posterity
EA Handbook
Sep 2, 2008, 1:39 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(www.nber.org)
Biotechnology and biosecurity
EA Handbook
Sep 1, 2008, 7:00 AM
10
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Three ways to advance science (Nick Bostrom)
EA Forum Archives
Jan 31, 2008, 9:04 PM
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
(www.nickbostrom.com)
What is evidence?
EliezerYudkowsky
Sep 22, 2007, 4:09 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Scope Insensitivity
EA Handbook
May 13, 2007, 11:08 PM
36
points
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
EA Forum Archives
May 1, 2005, 1:18 PM
39
points
3
comments
20
min read
EA
link
(nickbostrom.com)
Peter Singer – Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Zach Stein-Perlman
Mar 1, 1972, 5:00 PM
43
points
2
comments
19
min read
EA
link
(www.jstor.org)
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