Felicifia was a utilitarianism discussion forum active between late 2006 and the mid-2010s.
The forum hosted discussions, by contributors such as Toby Ord, Carl Shulman, and Brian Tomasik, about many ideas that would later become a core part of effective altruism, including earning to give, wild animal welfare, the timing of philanthropy, and others.
History
Two versions of the Felicifia forum existed. The original version (“Old Felicifia”) was created in late 2006 to early 2007 by Seth Baum, as a group blog/forum which superseded an earlier solo blog by Baum with the same name.[2] In 2008, Ryan Carey and Sasha Cooper created a new version (“New Felificia”),[3] and Old Felicifia was abandoned shortly thereafter.[4]
Further reading
Francini, Louis (2020) Complete archive of the Felicifia forum, Effective Altruism Forum, May 30.
External links
Felicifia. Complete archive of New Felicifia.
Old Felicifia. Incomplete archive of Old Felicifia.
Related entries
history of effective altruism | utilitarianism
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Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2022) Sam Bankman-Fried on taking a high-risk approach to crypto and doing good, 80,000 Hours, April 14.
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Baum, Seth (2006) New users start here, (Old) Felicifia, September 24.
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Anthis, Jacy Reese (2022) Some early history of effective altruism, Jacy Reese Anthis’s Website, May 15 (updated 7 June 2022).
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Tomasik, Brian (2018) History of Old Felicifia, Old Felicifia, December 7.