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How might we be wildly wrong?
William_MacAskill
Sep 4, 2013, 7:19 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Efficient charity: do unto others...
Scott Alexander
Sep 3, 2013, 4:40 AM
83
points
13
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Replaceability in altruism
Ben Kuhn
Aug 29, 2013, 4:00 AM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
How efficient is the charitable market?
lukeprog
Aug 26, 2013, 4:00 AM
1
point
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
Three Impacts of Machine Intelligence
Paul_Christiano
Aug 23, 2013, 10:10 AM
33
points
5
comments
8
min read
EA
link
(rationalaltruist.com)
Preventing human extinction
Peter Singer
Aug 19, 2013, 9:07 PM
25
points
6
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Effective altruism
Holden Karnofsky
Aug 14, 2013, 4:00 AM
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Update on the establishment of Cambridge’s Centre for Study of Existential Risk
Sean_OHeigeartaigh2
Aug 12, 2013, 4:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Peter Singer – Good Charity, Bad Charity
Zach Stein-Perlman
Aug 10, 2013, 4:01 PM
4
points
1
comment
4
min read
EA
link
(web.archive.org)
CEA is hiring
admin3
Aug 9, 2013, 4:00 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Why I’m skeptical about unproven causes (and you should be too)
Peter Wildeford
Aug 7, 2013, 4:00 AM
54
points
1
comment
11
min read
EA
link
Show me the harm
Benjamin_Todd
Aug 6, 2013, 4:00 AM
7
points
1
comment
7
min read
EA
link
Effective altruists and outsiders
Ben Kuhn
Aug 5, 2013, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Personal consumption changes as charity
Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Jul 31, 2013, 4:00 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Money can buy you (a bit) of happiness
William_MacAskill
Jul 29, 2013, 4:00 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Counterfactual credit assignment
Brian_Tomasik
Jul 24, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Giving now vs. later: a summary
Julia_Wise🔸
Jul 23, 2013, 4:00 AM
43
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
On discount rates
William_MacAskill
Jul 22, 2013, 4:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Haiti and disaster relief
Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Jul 19, 2013, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk
Holden Karnofsky
Jul 18, 2013, 4:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Why it should be easy to dominate GiveWell’s recommendations
Robert_Wiblin
Jul 17, 2013, 4:00 AM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Notes on not dying
William_MacAskill
Jul 15, 2013, 4:00 AM
11
points
2
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effectiveness or altruism?
Katja_Grace
Jul 10, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
1
comment
6
min read
EA
link
Four focus areas of effective altruism
lukeprog
Jul 8, 2013, 4:00 AM
13
points
7
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Spending on yourself vs. charity
Ben Kuhn
Jul 5, 2013, 4:00 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Helping other altruists
William_MacAskill
Jul 1, 2013, 4:00 AM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Keeping choices donation neutral
Jeff Kaufman 🔸
Jun 28, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
2
comments
2
min read
EA
link
What Is earning to give?
Peter Wildeford
Jun 26, 2013, 4:00 AM
10
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
The rules of effective altruism. Rule #1: don’t die
William_MacAskill
Jun 24, 2013, 4:00 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Cheerfully
Julia_Wise🔸
Jun 21, 2013, 4:00 AM
128
points
27
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Giving now currently seems to beat giving later
Peter Wildeford
Jun 18, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
1
comment
8
min read
EA
link
Using time effectively as a student
Katja_Grace
Jun 17, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
EA
link
The best reason to give later
Paul_Christiano
Jun 14, 2013, 4:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
8
min read
EA
link
A personal history of involvement with effective altruism
Jonah_Sinick
Jun 12, 2013, 4:00 AM
6
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Common responses to earning to give
Ben Kuhn
Jun 10, 2013, 4:00 AM
1
point
1
comment
5
min read
EA
link
Social impact, effective altruism, and motivated cognition
Jonah_Sinick
Jun 8, 2013, 4:00 AM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Vegetarianism, health, and promoting the right changes
William_MacAskill
Jun 7, 2013, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Could you live on the international poverty line?
RyanCarey
May 30, 2013, 4:00 AM
7
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Earning to give vs. altruistic career choice revisited
Jonah_Sinick
May 28, 2013, 4:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
8
min read
EA
link
A proposed adjustment to the astronomical waste argument
Nick_Beckstead
May 27, 2013, 4:00 AM
43
points
0
comments
12
min read
EA
link
On the robustness of cost-effectiveness estimates
William_MacAskill
May 24, 2013, 4:00 AM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Peter Singer’s TED talk on effective altruism
William_MacAskill
May 22, 2013, 4:00 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Getting inspired by cost-effective giving
William_MacAskill
May 20, 2013, 4:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
$1.25/day—What does that mean?
William_MacAskill
May 17, 2013, 4:00 AM
91
points
4
comments
2
min read
EA
link
An example of do-gooding done wrong
William_MacAskill
May 15, 2013, 4:00 AM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
What is effective altruism?
William_MacAskill
May 13, 2013, 4:00 AM
15
points
23
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Doing well by doing good: careers that benefit others also benefit you
William_MacAskill
Apr 18, 2013, 4:00 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Giving now vs. later
Paul_Christiano
Mar 12, 2013, 4:00 AM
4
points
1
comment
7
min read
EA
link
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
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