EA reading list: EA motivations and psychology

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Start here:

On caring (Nate Soares, 2014)

The psychology of existential risk and long-termism (Stefan Schubert, 2018)

Why we have to lie to ourselves about why we do what we do (Robin Hanson, 2018)

Further reading:

Replacing guilt (Nate Soares, 2015)

The value of a life (Nate Soares, 2015)

Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately (Eliezer Yudkowsky, 2009)

Altruistic motivation based on pain vs enjoyment (Brian Tomasik, 2017)

Tradeoffs (Julia Wise, 2014)

Aim high, even if you fall short (Julia Wise, 2014)

Purchase fuzzies and utilons separately (Eliezer Yudkowsky, 2009)

Mr Rogers on unconditional love (Brian Tomasik, 2013)

Effective altruism complaints (Robin Hanson, 2015)

The Elephant in the Brain (Simler and Hanson, 2018)