Seeing so many people pledge and give 10% or more of their income with no āreligiousā motivation has been both beautiful and humbling and Iāve even felt ashamed of my own faith community. Then thereās those like Will MacKaskill, @Vasco Grilošøand Dustin Moskovitz who give far more.
Thanks for the mention, Nick! However, I have not donated much in absolute or relative terms. I have been keeping my assets (money in the bank plus global stocks) equal to 6 times the global real gross domestic product (real GDP) per capita, and have only spent 4.50 kā¬/āyear (excluding donations) since I started working. However, in practice, I have only donated 13.9 kā¬ (excluding a transfer of 10 kā¬ to PauseAI done as part of a bet), 10.7 % of my past net earnings.
hey man. From my perspective Iām at least as impressed by small earners who give high percentages, although obviously there are good utility arguments against this being the most important thing. Iāll let a wiser person explain why ;)
āSitting across from the offering box, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich were making large contributions. One poor widow came up and put in two small coinsāa measly two cents. Jesus called his disciples over and said, āThe truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what theyāll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldnāt affordāshe gave her allā
Makes sense. I should just flag my consumption is significantly larger than suggested by my past spending of 4.50 kā¬/āyear because I live with my family.
In case anyone is wondering, the speaker is Jesus in Mark 12:41ā44.
I see the bet as an investment with high returns. I am planning to count the donations I make as a result of winning the bet.
(Iāve been lurking your posts, inspired partially by Nickās high opinion of you, partially by my interest in helping animals as effectively as possible!)
Thanks for asking, JD! It is also good to know Nick played a role in your interest!
Iwouldlike to see more research informing how to i) increase the welfare of soil animals, and ii) compare hedonistic welfare across species. Rethink Priorities (RP) has a research agenda covering the latter.
I am planning to donate 3 k$ over the next few months to a project on the welfare of springtails, mites, or nematodes. It is not public, but it will most likely start next year. I hope there will be more related projects in the future. People interested in funding research informing how to increase the welfare of soil animals are welcome to fill this very short form.
My last substantial donations went to the Arthropoda Foundation. Here is their case for funding them. As I commented there, I would like them to focus more on soil animals. They have so far only made grants targeting farmed arthropods. However, I still think funding Arthropoda is the best publicly available opportunity to increase the welfare of soil animals.
Thanks for the mention, Nick! However, I have not donated much in absolute or relative terms. I have been keeping my assets (money in the bank plus global stocks) equal to 6 times the global real gross domestic product (real GDP) per capita, and have only spent 4.50 kā¬/āyear (excluding donations) since I started working. However, in practice, I have only donated 13.9 kā¬ (excluding a transfer of 10 kā¬ to PauseAI done as part of a bet), 10.7 % of my past net earnings.
hey man. From my perspective Iām at least as impressed by small earners who give high percentages, although obviously there are good utility arguments against this being the most important thing. Iāll let a wiser person explain why ;)
āSitting across from the offering box, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich were making large contributions. One poor widow came up and put in two small coinsāa measly two cents. Jesus called his disciples over and said, āThe truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what theyāll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldnāt affordāshe gave her allā
And i would count that 10k bet why not?
Makes sense. I should just flag my consumption is significantly larger than suggested by my past spending of 4.50 kā¬/āyear because I live with my family.
In case anyone is wondering, the speaker is Jesus in Mark 12:41ā44.
I see the bet as an investment with high returns. I am planning to count the donations I make as a result of winning the bet.
Thank you for your generosity! What animals are you donating to these days? Or are you stocking up a kind of DAF-like instrument for dispursing later?
(Iāve been lurking your posts, inspired partially by Nickās high opinion of you, partially by my interest in helping animals as effectively as possible!)
Thanks for asking, JD! It is also good to know Nick played a role in your interest!
I would like to see more research informing how to i) increase the welfare of soil animals, and ii) compare hedonistic welfare across species. Rethink Priorities (RP) has a research agenda covering the latter.
I am planning to donate 3 k$ over the next few months to a project on the welfare of springtails, mites, or nematodes. It is not public, but it will most likely start next year. I hope there will be more related projects in the future. People interested in funding research informing how to increase the welfare of soil animals are welcome to fill this very short form.
My last substantial donations went to the Arthropoda Foundation. Here is their case for funding them. As I commented there, I would like them to focus more on soil animals. They have so far only made grants targeting farmed arthropods. However, I still think funding Arthropoda is the best publicly available opportunity to increase the welfare of soil animals.