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My Cause Selection: Michael Dickens
MichaelDickens
Sep 15, 2015, 11:29 PM
36
points
69
comments
43
min read
EA
link
On Values Spreading
MichaelDickens
Sep 11, 2015, 3:57 AM
33
points
13
comments
11
min read
EA
link
A Defense of Normality
EricHerboso
Sep 7, 2015, 9:00 PM
32
points
15
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Bertrand Russell on statistical empathy
jonathanstray
Sep 28, 2015, 4:16 PM
31
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
See the dark world
So8res
Sep 20, 2015, 5:00 AM
31
points
1
comment
8
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
Humane Pesticides as the Most Marginally Effective Cause
JeffMJordan
Sep 22, 2015, 6:35 AM
28
points
20
comments
10
min read
EA
link
Empathic communication and strategy for Effective Altruism, Part 1
LucasNarukami
Sep 24, 2015, 12:24 AM
27
points
15
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Why we need more meta
Benjamin_Todd
Sep 26, 2015, 10:40 PM
27
points
16
comments
3
min read
EA
link
To Grow, Hit the Brakes (Why Conversion Rate Matters So Much and Means EA is Not Doing Anywhere Close to as Well as We Think)
Josh Jacobson
Sep 7, 2015, 5:12 PM
20
points
11
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism and Religious Faiths: Mutually Exclusive Entities, or an Important Nexus to Explore?
sophieritchie
Sep 20, 2015, 12:50 PM
19
points
7
comments
25
min read
EA
link
We’ll write you a will for free if you leave a gift to GiveWell’s top charities
kierangreig🔸
Sep 23, 2015, 11:25 PM
19
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
Being unable to despair
So8res
Sep 13, 2015, 5:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
Residing in the mortal realm
So8res
Sep 6, 2015, 5:00 AM
15
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
Effective Altruism’s fact-value separation as a weapon against political bias
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 11, 2015, 2:58 PM
15
points
1
comment
3
min read
EA
link
Systematically under explored project areas?
RomeoStevens
Sep 28, 2015, 8:16 PM
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Choose without suffering
So8res
Sep 27, 2015, 5:00 AM
14
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
You Can Now Make Any Event a Fundraiser for Effective Charities
Joey🔸
Sep 12, 2015, 6:17 PM
13
points
9
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Thread for discussing critical review of Doing Good Better in the London Review of Books
Benjamin_Todd
Sep 21, 2015, 2:27 AM
13
points
20
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Cause selection: a flowchart [link]
Owen Cotton-Barratt
Sep 10, 2015, 11:52 AM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
A minimal definition of Effective Altruism:
AlasdairGives
Sep 20, 2015, 6:43 PM
11
points
11
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Permanent Societal Improvements
Larks
Sep 6, 2015, 1:30 AM
11
points
10
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Introducing the EA Assembly
Clifford
Sep 3, 2015, 9:36 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Should we give to SCI or fund research into schistosomiasis?
MaxDalton
Sep 23, 2015, 3:00 PM
10
points
1
comment
7
min read
EA
link
Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
EA Handbook
Sep 25, 2015, 7:00 AM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
(www.theguardian.com)
The last 3 months in EA projects
Tom_Ash
Sep 27, 2015, 10:51 PM
8
points
3
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Charities I Would Like to See
MichaelDickens
Sep 20, 2015, 3:22 PM
7
points
31
comments
3
min read
EA
link
My Cause Selection: Denis Drescher
Dawn Drescher
Sep 2, 2015, 11:28 AM
6
points
13
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Reducing Catastrophic Risks: A Practical Introduction
RyanCarey
Sep 9, 2015, 10:33 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Might wireheaders turn into paperclippers?
Lila
Sep 13, 2015, 9:11 PM
5
points
13
comments
4
min read
EA
link
EA London Strategy Quarterly
DavidNash
Sep 5, 2015, 9:48 PM
5
points
2
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Should people be allowed to ear-mark their taxes to specific policy areas for a price?
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 13, 2015, 11:01 AM
4
points
11
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Political Debiasing and the Political Bias Test
Stefan_Schubert
Sep 11, 2015, 2:52 PM
4
points
7
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
Nick_Beckstead
Sep 29, 2015, 10:23 AM
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
EA
link
(blog.givewell.org)
Low hanging fruit and ‘quick wins’
MichaelDello
Sep 27, 2015, 6:24 AM
4
points
16
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Some Writings on Cause Selection
MichaelDickens
Sep 8, 2015, 9:56 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
EA
link
CEA is Hiring! Applications due by 18th October
Sebastian_Farquhar
Sep 24, 2015, 1:18 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
A new response to effective altruism
Benjamin_Todd
Sep 12, 2015, 4:25 AM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
EA
link
The term “Vegan” needs to evolve
jonathonsmith
Sep 12, 2015, 5:59 PM
2
points
5
comments
2
min read
EA
link
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Impact of Philanthropy on the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Milan Griffes
Sep 1, 2015, 10:25 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
EA
link
(blog.givewell.org)
The Redundancy of Quantity
Dawn Drescher
3 Sep 2015 17:47 UTC
2
points
3
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Doing Good Better—Introduction through to the end of Chapter 3.
Jesse Rothman
1 Sep 2015 23:00 UTC
1
point
0
comments
EA
link
(play.google.com)
Meetup : Stanford EA Meetup
AlexRichard
29 Sep 2015 20:11 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Meetup : EA Chennai Meetup
harysh
29 Sep 2015 15:51 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
September Open Thread
RyanCarey
13 Sep 2015 14:22 UTC
0
points
61
comments
1
min read
EA
link
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