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On Caring

So8res7 Oct 2014 5:12 UTC
303 points
16 comments10 min readEA link

Effec­tive Altru­ism is a Ques­tion (not an ide­ol­ogy)

Helen16 Oct 2014 4:16 UTC
276 points
48 comments4 min readEA link

Aim high, even if you fall short

Julia_Wise🔸11 Oct 2014 17:26 UTC
151 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism as the most ex­cit­ing cause in the world

Kaj_Sotala26 Sep 2014 9:17 UTC
103 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

All An­i­mals Are Equal

Introduction9 Sep 2014 16:45 UTC
76 points
3 comments3 min readEA link

Sup­port­ive Scepticism

Jess_Whittlestone18 Sep 2014 14:02 UTC
75 points
21 comments4 min readEA link

The Drown­ing Child and the Ex­pand­ing Circle

Peter Singer9 Sep 2014 15:16 UTC
70 points
32 comments6 min readEA link

On Progress and Prosperity

Paul_Christiano15 Oct 2014 7:03 UTC
68 points
32 comments9 min readEA link

You have a set amount of “weird­ness points”. Spend them wisely.

Peter Wildeford27 Nov 2014 21:08 UTC
65 points
50 comments4 min readEA link

The his­tory of the term ‘effec­tive al­tru­ism’

William_MacAskill11 Mar 2014 2:03 UTC
54 points
9 comments4 min readEA link

Cer­tifi­cates of impact

Paul_Christiano11 Nov 2014 5:22 UTC
54 points
41 comments8 min readEA link

Cosmopolitanism

TopherHallquist10 Sep 2014 7:30 UTC
47 points
40 comments5 min readEA link

Scott Alexan­der – No­body Is Perfect, Every­thing Is Commensurable

Tessa A 🔸19 Dec 2014 16:02 UTC
41 points
3 comments11 min readEA link
(slatestarcodex.com)

The per­spec­tives on effec­tive al­tru­ism we don’t hear

Jess_Whittlestone30 Dec 2014 12:04 UTC
35 points
33 comments5 min readEA link

Kid­ney dona­tion is a rea­son­able choice for effec­tive al­tru­ists and more should con­sider it

Tom_Ash15 Nov 2014 11:53 UTC
33 points
44 comments16 min readEA link

Par­ent­hood and effec­tive altruism

Bernadette_Young14 Apr 2014 1:28 UTC
30 points
26 comments11 min readEA link

Will we even­tu­ally be able to colonize other stars? Notes from a pre­limi­nary review

Nick_Beckstead22 Jun 2014 18:19 UTC
30 points
7 comments32 min readEA link

Pro­duc­tivity through self-loyalty

So8res2 Nov 2014 7:00 UTC
29 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

Good policy ideas that won’t hap­pen (yet)

Niel_Bowerman11 Sep 2014 12:29 UTC
28 points
8 comments14 min readEA link

The Mo­ral Im­per­a­tive Towards Cost-effectiveness

Toby_Ord9 Sep 2014 16:14 UTC
27 points
6 comments10 min readEA link

Les­sons from run­ning Har­vard Effec­tive Altruism

Ben Kuhn19 Sep 2014 4:05 UTC
27 points
2 comments15 min readEA link

How to treat prob­lems of un­known difficulty

Owen Cotton-Barratt30 Jul 2014 2:57 UTC
27 points
0 comments9 min readEA link

Why long-run fo­cused effec­tive al­tru­ism is more com­mon sense

Benjamin_Todd21 Nov 2014 0:12 UTC
26 points
19 comments2 min readEA 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 comments4 min readEA 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 comments1 min readEA link
(longtermrisk.org)

Im­prov­ing dis­aster shelters to in­crease the chances of re­cov­ery from a global catastrophe

Nick_Beckstead19 Feb 2014 22:17 UTC
24 points
5 comments26 min readEA link

Ex­pected value es­ti­mates you can take (some­what) literally

Gregory Lewis🔸24 Nov 2014 15:55 UTC
23 points
25 comments14 min readEA link

Make your own cost-effec­tive­ness Fermi es­ti­mates for one-off problems

Owen Cotton-Barratt11 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
23 points
11 comments3 min readEA link

Pro­duc­tivity 101 For Beginners

Peter Wildeford5 Nov 2014 23:17 UTC
22 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Why is effec­tive al­tru­ism new and ob­vi­ous?

Katja_Grace30 Sep 2014 22:10 UTC
22 points
33 comments5 min readEA link

An episte­mol­ogy for effec­tive al­tru­ism?

Benjamin_Todd21 Sep 2014 21:46 UTC
22 points
19 comments3 min readEA link

To In­spire Peo­ple to Give, Be Public About Your Giving

Peter Wildeford16 Sep 2014 17:34 UTC
22 points
13 comments6 min readEA link

Ca­reer choice: Eval­u­ate op­por­tu­ni­ties, not just fields

Ben Kuhn28 Sep 2014 21:37 UTC
22 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

Paul Chris­ti­ano – Ma­chine in­tel­li­gence and cap­i­tal accumulation

Tessa A 🔸15 May 2014 0:10 UTC
21 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(rationalaltruist.com)

The timing of labour aimed at re­duc­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk

Toby_Ord24 Jul 2014 4:08 UTC
21 points
7 comments7 min readEA link

How I Raised $5010.32 for AMF and How You Can Too!

Peter Wildeford23 Dec 2014 15:29 UTC
20 points
27 comments13 min readEA link

Self-sig­nal­ing the abil­ity to do what you want

So8res26 Oct 2014 7:00 UTC
19 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(mindingourway.com)

How much does it cost to have a child?

Julia_Wise🔸24 Dec 2014 15:06 UTC
19 points
22 comments3 min readEA link

Co­op­er­a­tion in a move­ment sup­port­ing di­verse causes

Owen Cotton-Barratt23 Sep 2014 10:47 UTC
18 points
15 comments3 min readEA link

Fru­gal liv­ing with­out sacrifice

yboris11 Dec 2014 0:55 UTC
18 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

Mov­ing to­wards the goal

So8res7 Dec 2014 8:00 UTC
18 points
0 comments4 min readEA link
(mindingourway.com)

When should an Effec­tive Altru­ist be veg­e­tar­ian?

Katja_Grace23 Nov 2014 5:23 UTC
17 points
56 comments10 min readEA link

Keep­ing the effec­tive al­tru­ist move­ment welcoming

Owen Cotton-Barratt7 Feb 2014 1:21 UTC
17 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Should Giv­ing What We Can change its Pledge?

Michelle_Hutchinson22 Oct 2014 16:40 UTC
16 points
143 comments10 min readEA link

Con­sider rais­ing IQ to do good

Lila_Rieber13 May 2014 5:53 UTC
16 points
7 comments7 min readEA link

Stuck? Talk to an EA Buddy!

Giles10 Dec 2014 4:40 UTC
16 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Why we should err in both directions

Owen Cotton-Barratt21 Aug 2014 2:23 UTC
15 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Shop for Char­ity: how to earn proven char­i­ties 5% of your Ama­zon spend­ing in commission

Tom_Ash26 Oct 2014 8:56 UTC
15 points
26 comments1 min readEA link

How to Read

Peter Wildeford20 Dec 2014 23:54 UTC
14 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing an EA Dona­tion Registry

Tom_Ash3 Oct 2014 23:15 UTC
14 points
12 comments2 min readEA link