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A Complete Quantitative Model for Cause Selection
MichaelDickens
May 18, 2016, 2:17 AM
42
points
44
comments
22
min read
EA
link
Quantifying the Far Future Effects of Interventions
MichaelDickens
May 18, 2016, 2:15 AM
9
points
0
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Lessons from the history of animal rights
JesseClifton
May 17, 2016, 7:32 PM
46
points
10
comments
9
min read
EA
link
GiveWell’s Charity Recommendations Require Taking a Controversial Stance on Population Ethics
MichaelDickens
May 17, 2016, 1:51 AM
30
points
52
comments
8
min read
EA
link
Some Background on Open Philanthropy’s Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Holden Karnofsky
May 16, 2016, 1:08 PM
3
points
0
comments
29
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
GiveWell money moved in 2015: a review of my forecast and some future predictions
vipulnaik
May 15, 2016, 8:41 PM
18
points
1
comment
26
min read
EA
link
Upcoming workshops on future of AI [link]
Andy_Schultz
May 14, 2016, 8:04 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Room For More Funding In AI Safety Is Highly Uncertain
Evan_Gaensbauer
May 12, 2016, 1:52 PM
6
points
4
comments
7
min read
EA
link
Assessment of Meetup.com Accounts for Local Groups
StephenR
May 11, 2016, 5:17 PM
6
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
$500 prize for anybody who can change our current top choice of intervention
Joey🔸
May 11, 2016, 2:21 AM
15
points
19
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Institutional Change in Animal Rights vs. Global Poverty
zdgroff
May 10, 2016, 11:05 PM
12
points
3
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Improving long-run civilisational robustness
RyanCarey
May 10, 2016, 11:14 AM
9
points
6
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Career Workshop Recommendation
StephenR
May 9, 2016, 11:21 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
MFA Ad Study Targeting Former Vegetarians
jonathonsmith
May 8, 2016, 9:38 PM
9
points
22
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Minding Our Way – Conviction without self-deception
Tessa A 🔸
May 8, 2016, 1:56 PM
9
points
0
comments
4
min read
EA
link
(mindingourway.com)
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence (Open Philanthropy)
Holden Karnofsky
May 7, 2016, 2:13 AM
14
points
0
comments
29
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Accomplishments Open Thread—May 2016
Gleb_T
May 6, 2016, 8:36 PM
7
points
31
comments
1
min read
EA
link
The Effective Altruism Newsletter & Open Thread – May 2016
Michal_Trzesimiech
May 6, 2016, 8:03 PM
2
points
4
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
Holden Karnofsky
May 6, 2016, 12:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
23
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Collaborative Truth-Seeking
Gleb_T
May 4, 2016, 10:56 PM
15
points
16
comments
6
min read
EA
link
Philosophical Critiques of Effective Altruism by Prof Jeff McMahan
Robert_Wiblin
May 3, 2016, 9:05 PM
50
points
9
comments
12
min read
EA
link
Update on the New EA Hub
Eric_Bruylant
May 1, 2016, 4:37 PM
6
points
29
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Stories of Local Effective Altruism Groups
georgie_mallett
Apr 28, 2016, 10:53 PM
13
points
1
comment
4
min read
EA
link
The Attribution Moloch
Dawn Drescher
Apr 28, 2016, 6:43 AM
12
points
1
comment
11
min read
EA
link
On Priors
MichaelDickens
Apr 26, 2016, 10:35 PM
12
points
26
comments
12
min read
EA
link
A framework for comparing global problems in terms of expected impact
Robert_Wiblin
Apr 26, 2016, 6:43 PM
36
points
7
comments
19
min read
EA
link
(80000hours.org)
How Should a Large Donor Prioritize Cause Areas?
MichaelDickens
Apr 25, 2016, 8:46 PM
15
points
9
comments
11
min read
EA
link
Why Poverty?
Michelle_Hutchinson
Apr 24, 2016, 9:25 PM
11
points
11
comments
3
min read
EA
link
11 changes to the Effective Altruism Forum: EA Profiles integration and more
rebecca_raible
Apr 24, 2016, 8:31 PM
15
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
“Horrifying Things Caused By Shockingly Naive Charities”
Chriswaterguy
Apr 24, 2016, 7:46 AM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Advice Wanted on Expanding an EA Project
Denkenberger🔸
Apr 23, 2016, 11:20 PM
4
points
3
comments
2
min read
EA
link
Effective Altruism Is Exploring Climate Change Action, and You Can Be Part of It
Evan_Gaensbauer
Apr 22, 2016, 4:39 PM
10
points
4
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can is Cause Neutral
Michelle_Hutchinson
Apr 22, 2016, 12:54 PM
16
points
20
comments
3
min read
EA
link
The Poor Meat Investor Problem
zdgroff
Apr 21, 2016, 9:17 PM
11
points
14
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can’s outreach and ‘active membership’
MarinellaCapriati
Apr 21, 2016, 3:02 PM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
EA
link
Environmental risk postdoctoral research position at CSER.
Sean_o_h
Apr 20, 2016, 12:12 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
New climate change report from Giving What We Can
HaydenW
Apr 19, 2016, 3:29 PM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Looking for Wikipedia article writers (topics include many of interest to effective altruists)
vipulnaik
Apr 17, 2016, 4:37 AM
10
points
17
comments
5
min read
EA
link
The Science of Effective Fundraising: Four Common Mistakes to Avoid
Gleb_T
Apr 11, 2016, 3:14 PM
14
points
11
comments
5
min read
EA
link
Four free CFAR programs on applied rationality and AI safety
AnnaSalamon
Apr 10, 2016, 2:02 AM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
EA
link
The Effective Altruism Newsletter & Open Thread – April 2016
Michal_Trzesimiech
Apr 8, 2016, 3:49 PM
3
points
21
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Accomplishments Open Thread—April 2016
Gleb_T
Apr 7, 2016, 8:39 PM
6
points
15
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Giving What We Can Chapter Efforts: 1 Year Review and 6 Month Plan
jonathancourtney
Apr 7, 2016, 8:39 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Why You Should Visit Vancouver
Evan_Gaensbauer
Apr 7, 2016, 1:57 AM
10
points
2
comments
4
min read
EA
link
Expected Value Estimates You Can (Maybe) Take Literally
MichaelDickens
Apr 6, 2016, 3:11 PM
21
points
6
comments
11
min read
EA
link
What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer
Paul_Christiano
Apr 6, 2016, 1:18 AM
11
points
22
comments
2
min read
EA
link
EA Forum FAQ
Introduction
Apr 5, 2016, 1:17 PM
8
points
5
comments
2
min read
EA
link
End of year celebration thread!
Bernadette_Young
Apr 5, 2016, 9:02 AM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
EA
link
Hits-based Giving
Holden Karnofsky
Apr 4, 2016, 7:45 AM
99
points
2
comments
19
min read
EA
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
Why “scout mindset” is crucial to good judgment (Julia Galef)
EA Handbook
Apr 4, 2016, 7:00 AM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
EA
link
(www.youtube.com)
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