Magnus Vinding

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Working to reduce extreme suffering for all sentient beings.

Author of Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications; Reasoned Politics; & Essays on Suffering-Focused Ethics.

Co-founder (with Tobias Baumann) of the Center for Reducing Suffering (CRS).

Ebooks available for free here and here.

[Linkpost] Can we confidently dismiss the existence of near aliens? Probabilities and implications

Magnus Vinding25 Jul 2023 11:37 UTC

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Beware frictions from altruistic value differences

Magnus Vinding1 Dec 2022 18:58 UTC

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Two contrasting models of “intelligence” and future growth

Magnus Vinding24 Nov 2022 11:54 UTC

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Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and more

Magnus Vinding28 Sep 2022 8:58 UTC

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(centerforreducingsuffering.org)

Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”

Magnus Vinding23 Aug 2022 9:21 UTC

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Research vs. non-research work to improve the world: In defense of more research and reflection [linkpost]

Magnus Vinding20 May 2022 16:25 UTC

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Against the “smarts fetish”

Magnus Vinding8 Apr 2022 7:54 UTC

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New Book: “Reasoned Politics” + Why I have written a book about politics

Magnus Vinding3 Mar 2022 11:31 UTC

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Magnus Vinding’s Quick takes

Magnus Vinding25 Sep 2020 17:25 UTC

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New book — “Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications”

Magnus Vinding31 May 2020 9:27 UTC

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Tips for overcoming low back pain

Magnus Vinding24 Mar 2020 16:41 UTC

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