While I think the practice of sharing purchasing recommendations can be good (I love the concept of crowdsourcing research into great purchases!), I am concerned about some of the items that you’ve recommended here.
The diet books and health supplements you’ve listed are not items that I would personally endorse, and I don’t believe that the EA community as a whole would uncritically endorse them either. While I’m comfortable with EA forum posts that argue for their effectiveness, I am not comfortable with EA posts that give the impression that these are not controversial recommendations.
Without intending to start a discussion into why these are controversial recommendations, I just wanted to flag that they are, since this post is presented as though the EA community should be already agreed upon their effectiveness.
However, the non-supplement recommendations you’ve listed here are pretty great! I’d like to especially shout out the saving money section as having several services that I use regularly.
Thanks Eric, glad you found some of this to be useful. And yes, I certainly agree with you that my suggestions on health and diet are not likely to be endorsed by the whole EA community—or likely the entirety of any other community! Diet and health topics tend to be controversial and we have a lot we’re still learning in the area. However, having read a lot on the topic I stand by the recommended books which are the best I’ve found in terms of being strongly scientifically grounded. Same with the supplements, my review of the literature (and Examine.com) lead me to believe they’re very likely net positive for most. But if you’ve got something I should look at on either topic that might change my view I’ll check it out!
While I think the practice of sharing purchasing recommendations can be good (I love the concept of crowdsourcing research into great purchases!), I am concerned about some of the items that you’ve recommended here.
The diet books and health supplements you’ve listed are not items that I would personally endorse, and I don’t believe that the EA community as a whole would uncritically endorse them either. While I’m comfortable with EA forum posts that argue for their effectiveness, I am not comfortable with EA posts that give the impression that these are not controversial recommendations.
Without intending to start a discussion into why these are controversial recommendations, I just wanted to flag that they are, since this post is presented as though the EA community should be already agreed upon their effectiveness.
However, the non-supplement recommendations you’ve listed here are pretty great! I’d like to especially shout out the saving money section as having several services that I use regularly.
Thanks Eric, glad you found some of this to be useful. And yes, I certainly agree with you that my suggestions on health and diet are not likely to be endorsed by the whole EA community—or likely the entirety of any other community! Diet and health topics tend to be controversial and we have a lot we’re still learning in the area. However, having read a lot on the topic I stand by the recommended books which are the best I’ve found in terms of being strongly scientifically grounded. Same with the supplements, my review of the literature (and Examine.com) lead me to believe they’re very likely net positive for most. But if you’ve got something I should look at on either topic that might change my view I’ll check it out!