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On Caring
So8res
7 Oct 2014 5:12 UTC
307
points
16
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism is a Question (not an ideology)
Helen
16 Oct 2014 4:16 UTC
276
points
48
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Aim high, even if you fall short
Julia_Wise🔸
11 Oct 2014 17:26 UTC
151
points
11
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effective altruism as the most exciting cause in the world
Kaj_Sotala
26 Sep 2014 9:17 UTC
104
points
12
comments
2
min read
EA
link
All Animals Are Equal
Introduction
9 Sep 2014 16:45 UTC
76
points
3
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Supportive Scepticism
Jess_Whittlestone
18 Sep 2014 14:02 UTC
75
points
21
comments
4
min read
EA
link
The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle
Peter Singer
9 Sep 2014 15:16 UTC
70
points
32
comments
6
min read
EA
link
You have a set amount of “weirdness points”. Spend them wisely.
Peter Wildeford
27 Nov 2014 21:08 UTC
69
points
50
comments
4
min read
EA
link
On Progress and Prosperity
Paul_Christiano
15 Oct 2014 7:03 UTC
68
points
32
comments
9
min read
EA
link
The history of the term ‘effective altruism’
William_MacAskill
11 Mar 2014 2:03 UTC
54
points
9
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Certificates of impact
Paul_Christiano
11 Nov 2014 5:22 UTC
54
points
41
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Cosmopolitanism
TopherHallquist
10 Sep 2014 7:30 UTC
47
points
40
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Scott Alexander – Nobody Is Perfect, Everything Is Commensurable
Tessa A 🔸
19 Dec 2014 16:02 UTC
41
points
3
comments
11
min read
EA
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
The perspectives on effective altruism we don’t hear
Jess_Whittlestone
30 Dec 2014 12:04 UTC
35
points
33
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Kidney donation is a reasonable choice for effective altruists and more should consider it
Tom_Ash
15 Nov 2014 11:53 UTC
33
points
44
comments
16
min read
EA
link
Parenthood and effective altruism
Bernadette_Young
14 Apr 2014 1:28 UTC
30
points
26
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Will we eventually be able to colonize other stars? Notes from a preliminary review
Nick_Beckstead
22 Jun 2014 18:19 UTC
30
points
7
comments
32
min read
EA
link
Productivity through self-loyalty
So8res
2 Nov 2014 7:00 UTC
29
points
0
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Good policy ideas that won’t happen (yet)
Niel_Bowerman
11 Sep 2014 12:29 UTC
28
points
8
comments
14
min read
EA
link
The Moral Imperative Towards Cost-effectiveness
Toby_Ord
9 Sep 2014 16:14 UTC
27
points
6
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Lessons from running Harvard Effective Altruism
Ben Kuhn
19 Sep 2014 4:05 UTC
27
points
2
comments
15
min read
EA
link
How to treat problems of unknown difficulty
Owen Cotton-Barratt
30 Jul 2014 2:57 UTC
27
points
0
comments
9
min read
EA
link
Why long-run focused effective altruism is more common sense
Benjamin_Todd
21 Nov 2014 0:12 UTC
26
points
19
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Carl Shulman – What portion of a boost to global GDP goes to the poor?
Tessa A 🔸
24 Jan 2014 1:15 UTC
24
points
4
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(reflectivedisequilibrium.blogspot.com)
Brian Tomasik – Reasons to Be Nice to Other Value Systems
Tessa A 🔸
17 Jan 2014 0:28 UTC
24
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(longtermrisk.org)
Improving disaster shelters to increase the chances of recovery from a global catastrophe
Nick_Beckstead
19 Feb 2014 22:17 UTC
24
points
5
comments
26
min read
EA
link
Expected value estimates you can take (somewhat) literally
Gregory Lewis🔸
24 Nov 2014 15:55 UTC
23
points
25
comments
14
min read
EA
link
Make your own cost-effectiveness Fermi estimates for one-off problems
Owen Cotton-Barratt
11 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
23
points
11
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Productivity 101 For Beginners
Peter Wildeford
5 Nov 2014 23:17 UTC
22
points
3
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Why is effective altruism new and obvious?
Katja_Grace
30 Sep 2014 22:10 UTC
22
points
33
comments
5
min read
EA
link
An epistemology for effective altruism?
Benjamin_Todd
21 Sep 2014 21:46 UTC
22
points
19
comments
3
min read
EA
link
To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving
Peter Wildeford
16 Sep 2014 17:34 UTC
22
points
13
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Career choice: Evaluate opportunities, not just fields
Ben Kuhn
28 Sep 2014 21:37 UTC
22
points
8
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Paul Christiano – Machine intelligence and capital accumulation
Tessa A 🔸
15 May 2014 0:10 UTC
21
points
0
comments
6
min read
EA
link
(rationalaltruist.com)
The timing of labour aimed at reducing existential risk
Toby_Ord2
4 Jul 2014 4:08 UTC
21
points
7
comments
7
min read
EA
link
How I Raised $5010.32 for AMF and How You Can Too!
Peter Wildeford
23 Dec 2014 15:29 UTC
20
points
27
comments
13
min read
EA
link
Self-signaling the ability to do what you want
So8res
26 Oct 2014 7:00 UTC
19
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
How much does it cost to have a child?
Julia_Wise🔸
24 Dec 2014 15:06 UTC
19
points
22
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Cooperation in a movement supporting diverse causes
Owen Cotton-Barratt
23 Sep 2014 10:47 UTC
18
points
15
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Frugal living without sacrifice
yboris
11 Dec 2014 0:55 UTC
18
points
4
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Moving towards the goal
So8res
7 Dec 2014 8:00 UTC
18
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
When should an Effective Altruist be vegetarian?
Katja_Grace
23 Nov 2014 5:23 UTC
17
points
56
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Keeping the effective altruist movement welcoming
Owen Cotton-Barratt
7 Feb 2014 1:21 UTC
17
points
1
comment
4
min read
EA
link
Should Giving What We Can change its Pledge?
Michelle_Hutchinson
22 Oct 2014 16:40 UTC
16
points
143
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Consider raising IQ to do good
Lila_Rieber
13 May 2014 5:53 UTC
16
points
7
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Stuck? Talk to an EA Buddy!
Giles
10 Dec 2014 4:40 UTC
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Why we should err in both directions
Owen Cotton-Barratt
21 Aug 2014 2:23 UTC
15
points
0
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Shop for Charity: how to earn proven charities 5% of your Amazon spending in commission
Tom_Ash
26 Oct 2014 8:56 UTC
15
points
26
comments
1
min read
EA
link
How to Read
Peter Wildeford
20 Dec 2014 23:54 UTC
14
points
4
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Introducing an EA Donation Registry
Tom_Ash
3 Oct 2014 23:15 UTC
14
points
12
comments
2
min read
EA
link
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