Clifford

• CliffordNov 28, 2022, 12:41 PM

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  in reply to: DE’s comment on: Effec­tive giving

  Thanks Dewi!
  
  Yes, if you click “New Post”—you can turn this off in the normal way by unticking the checkbox: “This post may appear on the frontpage”.

  New Threads will only appear in the subforum.

• CliffordNov 28, 2022, 9:01 AM

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  on: Effec­tive giving

  Pre-commitent: I will reply on this thread with where I decide to donate by New Years Day.
  
  I’m planning to meet up with a friend and decide where to give my donations on New Years Eve. I often find I put my giving off so I’m using this post as a commitment device.
  
  1. If anyone wants to join me, feel free to comment with the date you plan to donate by.
  2. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to structure your thinking on where to donate? I’m planning to spend a couple of hours on this with a friend.

• CliffordNov 23, 2022, 2:09 PM

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  in reply to: bruce’s comment on: Where are you donat­ing this year, and why? (Open thread)

  Thanks for this candid answer! I really appreciate hearing your thinking and more emotional motivations behind the decisions.

• CliffordNov 23, 2022, 1:04 PM

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  in reply to: bruce’s comment on: Where are you donat­ing this year, and why? (Open thread)

  Thank you Bruce! If it’s easy to share, how did you decide on these nonprofits?

• CliffordOct 11, 2022, 6:19 PM

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  on: Ask Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship Anything

  What are the main advantages of having entrepreneurs start separate organisations vs running the projects inside a larger organisation? You could imagine a world in which entrepreneurs are employees of CE and this would have benefits.

• CliffordOct 5, 2022, 11:09 AM

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  on: Ask (Every­one) Any­thing — “EA 101”

  Does anyone know why the Gates Foundation doesn’t fill the GiveWell top charities’ funding gaps?

• CliffordAug 30, 2022, 9:39 PM

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  in reply to: DirectedEvolution’s comment on: Have you ever made a valuable con­nec­tion with some­one via the Fo­rum?

  Thanks for sharing!

• CliffordAug 30, 2022, 9:39 PM

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  in reply to: Emrik’s comment on: Have you ever made a valuable con­nec­tion with some­one via the Fo­rum?

  Useful to know, thanks. I think that’s an interesting way to think about it.

• CliffordAug 25, 2022, 10:53 AM

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  in reply to: OscarD🔸’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Thanks Oscar! I’ve updated the sentence in the essay now to read: “The result would be an enormous transformation, perhaps of a significance similar to or greater than the industrial revolution in the 1800s.”

• CliffordAug 24, 2022, 9:30 AM

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  in reply to: Yelnats T.J.’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Good question—I think there are a bunch to choose from but perhaps not one winner. We cover this in one of the FAQs (copy and pasting below).
  
  What resources have inspired people to get involved with effective altruism in the past?

  Some examples of resources that have inspired people to get involved in effective altruism (but don’t necessarily represent its current form) include:

  • Doing Good Better, by Will MacAskill

  • The 80,000 Hours career guide, by Benjamin Todd

  • The Precipice, by Toby Ord

  • Taking Charity Seriously, by Toby Ord

  • Our top charities, by GiveWell

  • Rationality: A-Z, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

  • Doing Good – A conversation with William MacAskill, by Sam Harris

  • The why and how of effective altruism, by Peter Singer at TED.

  • The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle, by Peter Singer

  • On Caring, by Nate Soares

  • The most important century, by Holden Karnofsky

  • 500 million, but not a single one more, by Jai Dhyani

  • An introduction to effective altruism, by Ajeya Cotra

  • Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer

  • Effective altruism: an introduction, the 80,000 Hours podcast

• CliffordAug 23, 2022, 9:56 PM

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  in reply to: AndreFerretti’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  Great to hear Andre! :)

• CliffordAug 23, 2022, 1:56 PM

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  in reply to: PatrickL’s comment on: An­nounc­ing a new in­tro­duc­tion to effec­tive altruism

  That’s really cool to see—thanks for sharing Patrick!

• CliffordAug 11, 2022, 11:00 AM

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  in reply to: Jay Bailey’s comment on: Book a chat with an EA professional

  Thanks Jay! @Quinn, this is what I intended it to mean.

• CliffordAug 4, 2022, 12:42 PM

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  in reply to: Marcel D’s comment on: Some up­dates in EA communications

  Good point, thanks.

• CliffordAug 3, 2022, 5:53 PM

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  in reply to: Eddie Liu’s comment on: Some up­dates in EA communications

  Thanks Eddie. We’re planning to make some design tweaks and some edits in the coming weeks including a table of contents. I’ll post in the forum when this is done. To be clear, I wouldn’t recommend sharing widely until then.

  I would definitely encourage collecting 1 on 1 feedback by having people new to EA read the content in person and speak their thoughts out loud.

  We have done exactly that in the process of writing this essay!
  
  Thanks for the feedback on the image preview—I hadn’t spotted that.

• CliffordJul 20, 2022, 5:48 PM

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  in reply to: DavidNash’s comment on: Book a chat with an EA professional

  Agree!

• CliffordJul 20, 2022, 5:48 PM

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  in reply to: Dawn Drescher’s comment on: Book a chat with an EA professional

  Thanks Denis. I am a fan of the variety of this list! :)

• CliffordJul 20, 2022, 5:47 PM

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  in reply to: Eli Kaufman’s comment on: Book a chat with an EA professional

  Awesome, thanks Eli.
  
  1. Yeah something like this!
  2. Great, thanks. I’ve added you to the google form but I think it will work better if other people who comment add their calendly so that people don’t have to go through me.

• CliffordJul 20, 2022, 7:15 AM

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  in reply to: Tristan Cook’s comment on: Book a chat with an EA professional

  Thanks for pointing this out—I’ve updated this now.

  Apologies to anyone who weren’t able to complete the form.

• CliffordMay 21, 2022, 6:10 PM

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  on: Cool Offices ?

  Kind of obvious list, but things that I’ve enjoyed about other offices I’ve worked at:

  1. Interesting/​fun people. Good water cooler conversation can provide me a lot of energy.

  2. Ambitious/​hard-working people. Lunch time conversations with people working on cool projects and seeing people work in the evenings can be inspiring.

  3. Natural light.

  4. Large kitchen/​congregation area, separate to people trying to work for conversation.