lukefreeman

• lukefreeman 15 Jun 2021 3:15 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: Jacob Eliosoff’s comment on: Shouldn’t ‘Effec­tive Altru­ism’ be cap­i­tal­ized?

  

• lukefreeman 15 Jun 2021 3:14 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: michaelchen’s comment on: Shouldn’t ‘Effec­tive Altru­ism’ be cap­i­tal­ized?

  Yeah, lowercase (other than in titles) is what helps ensure that “effective altruism” isn’t seen as a single organisation.

• lukefreeman 15 Jun 2021 3:13 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: Pablo’s comment on: Shouldn’t ‘Effec­tive Altru­ism’ be cap­i­tal­ized?

  Yeah, title case or proper case is common for page titles, article titles and headings (generally H1, H2, and often even H3).

• lukefreeman 15 Jun 2021 3:10 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Neel Nanda’s comment on: Are there any ‘max­i­mum ego­ism’ pledges?

  Thanks Neel! Yep, this is what Toby Ord does (and others also do so) and was the original conception of GWWC, however the minimum % seemed to be more popular and easier for many people to understand and calculate.

• lukefreeman 11 Jun 2021 22:52 UTC

  14 points

  on: Shouldn’t ‘Effec­tive Altru­ism’ be cap­i­tal­ized?

  I only capitalise it when referring to organisations that have effective altruism in the name (e.g. “Effective Altruism Australia”) – i.e. as a proper noun. I don’t capitalise it when referring to the philosophy and social movement (similar to feminism, environmentalism etc).

  This is also our brand guidelines at GWWC and EAA.

[Question] Cli­mate change ques­tions for Jo­hannes Ackva and John Halstead

World En­vi­ron­ment Day: How big are the risks from cli­mate change and how can we effec­tively miti­gate these risks?

[Question] Why should we be effec­tive in our al­tru­ism?

[Question] Fol­low ups to ‘Per­sonal Fi­nance for Gen­er­ous Peo­ple’ event

GWWC May 2021 Newsletter

“Other com­ments” that make my day: What peo­ple have said when sign­ing up to GWWC

Don’t we need poli­ti­cal ac­tion rather than char­ity?

• lukefreeman 14 May 2021 1:06 UTC

  10 points

  on: An­i­mal Welfare Fund: Ask us any­thing!

  Would the AWF be interested/​able to indicate if the grantees have room for more funding from individual donors?

  A grant from the AWF is a strong indication of a good potential donation opportunity, however the grant may have already filled the funding gap. If a donor (for whatever reason, e.g. tax deductibility, running a fundraiser etc) wants to donate directly to an animal welfare charity (instead of a fund), would you recommend they donate to any recent grantees or only follow the advice of a charity evaluator (e.g. ACE)?

GWWC April 2021 Newsletter

[Question] What are your ques­tions for World Malaria Day with Rob Mather (AMF), Maddy Maras­ciulo (Malaria Con­sor­tium), and Alekos Si­moni (Tar­get Malaria)?

[Question] What key facts do you find are com­pel­ling when talk­ing about effec­tive al­tru­ism?

• lukefreeman 16 Apr 2021 0:38 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Larks’s comment on: If I pay my taxes, why should I also give to char­ity?

  Thanks for the very detailed feedback! I’ve shared this with the team and we’ll be addressing it and incorporating into an updated version ὠ0

If I pay my taxes, why should I also give to char­ity?

Can for­eign aid and in­ter­na­tional char­ity make a differ­ence?

• lukefreeman 6 Apr 2021 23:23 UTC

  1 point

  on: [New org] Can­ning What We Give

  Love this. I’m quickly penning a new GWWC strategy so we can try and incorporate the proposals of CWWG in their entirety.