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Bob Jacobs

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I’m a student of moral science at the university of Ghent. I also started and ran EA Ghent from 2020 to 2024, at which point I quit in protest over the Manifest scandal (and the reactionary trend it highlighted). I now no longer consider myself an EA (but I’m still part of GWWC and EAA, and if the rationalists split off I’ll join again).

If you’re interested in philosophy and mechanism design, consider checking out my blog.

I co-started Effectief Geven (Belgian effective giving org), am a volunteer researcher at SatisfIA (AI-safety org) and a volunteer writer at GAIA (Animal welfare org).

Possible conflict of interests: I have never received money from EA, but could plausibly be biased in favor of the organizations I volunteer for.

Are Billion­aire Philan­thropists Effec­tive in their Altru­ism?

Bob Jacobs1 Oct 2025 14:33 UTC
11 points
12 comments7 min readEA link

Why did Effec­tive Altru­ism aban­don Open-Borders Ad­vo­cacy?

Bob Jacobs23 Aug 2025 13:45 UTC
16 points
6 comments4 min readEA link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

The Effec­tive Altru­ism com­mu­nity in­her­its the prob­lems of the eco­nomics profession

Bob Jacobs13 Aug 2025 14:16 UTC
21 points
21 comments2 min readEA link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Cash Trans­fers or Repa­ra­tions?

Bob Jacobs5 Aug 2025 14:52 UTC
23 points
9 comments4 min readEA link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Is Effec­tive Altru­ism Neo­colo­nial? (an overview of the ar­gu­ments and coun­ter­ar­gu­ments)

Bob Jacobs22 Jul 2025 14:14 UTC
84 points
21 comments10 min readEA link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Aspira­tion-based, non-max­i­miz­ing AI agent designs

Bob Jacobs7 May 2024 16:13 UTC
12 points
1 comment38 min readEA link

An­i­mal Welfare is now en­shrined in the Bel­gian Constitution

Bob Jacobs3 May 2024 22:26 UTC
95 points
11 comments10 min readEA link

[Question] Should I donate my kid­ney or part of my liver?

Bob Jacobs10 Apr 2024 15:05 UTC
67 points
25 comments1 min readEA link

An­nounce­ment: We’re launch­ing Effec­tief Geven

Bob Jacobs5 Mar 2024 10:40 UTC
90 points
6 comments4 min readEA link

Solu­tions to prob­lems with Bayesianism

Bob Jacobs4 Nov 2023 12:15 UTC
27 points
2 comments21 min readEA link

Re­solv­ing moral un­cer­tainty with randomization

Bob Jacobs29 Mar 2023 10:10 UTC
29 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

ESPR should re­turn the FTX-funded chateau

Bob Jacobs10 Dec 2022 15:54 UTC
4 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

De­moc­ra­tiz­ing the work­place as a cause area

Bob Jacobs26 Nov 2022 18:31 UTC
35 points
19 comments8 min readEA link

EA Images

Bob Jacobs11 Nov 2022 15:56 UTC
60 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Vic­tim Co­or­di­na­tion Website

Bob Jacobs6 Mar 2022 17:21 UTC
11 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

Depart­ment Voting

Bob Jacobs2 Aug 2021 9:42 UTC
12 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Bob Ja­cobs’s Quick takes

Bob Jacobs13 Feb 2021 19:35 UTC
3 points
38 commentsEA link

Re­work­ing the Tag­ging System

Bob Jacobs24 Jan 2021 18:03 UTC
24 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Mak­ing More Sequences

Bob Jacobs20 Oct 2020 12:36 UTC
56 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

Timeline Utilitarianism

Bob Jacobs9 Oct 2020 20:12 UTC
15 points
11 comments2 min readEA link