Effec­tive Altru­ism is Not a Competition

Act util­i­tar­i­anism: crite­rion of right­ness vs. de­ci­sion procedure

Build­ing Co­op­er­a­tive Episte­mol­ogy (Re­sponse to “EA has a Ly­ing Prob­lem”, among other things)

Ben’s ex­penses in 2016

A re­view of what af­fec­tive neu­ro­science knows about suffer­ing & valence. (TLDR: Affec­tive Neu­ro­science is very con­fused about what suffer­ing is.)

Donor lot­tery details

Why I donated to the En­vi­ron­men­tal Data & Gover­nance Initiative

Es­say con­test: gen­eral con­sid­er­a­tions for eval­u­at­ing small-scale giv­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties ($300 for win­ning sub­mis­sion)

The Giv­ing What We Can Pledge: self-de­ter­mi­na­tion vs. self-binding

Giv­ing What We Can Pledge thoughts

Pro­posal for an Pre-reg­istered Ex­per­i­ment in EA Outreach

Tell us how to im­prove the forum

80,000 Hours: EA and Highly Poli­ti­cal Causes

EAG 2017 Bos­ton Up­date: moved to June

Talk­ing about the Giv­ing What We Can Pledge

SHIC In­terim Re­port Survey

EAs are not perfect utilitarians

Where I gave and why in 2016

3 Ex­am­ples You Can Use To Pro­mote Causes Hon­estly and Effectively

OPP’s “Last Dol­lar”

My 5 fa­vorite posts of 2016

FHI is hiring a pro­ject manager

EA es­say con­test for <18s

Col­lab­o­ra­tors Wanted: Could war dis­rupt EA orgs in the US or UK in the next 10 years?

Ra­tional Poli­tics Project