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MichaelDickens

Karma: 4,178

I do independent research on EA topics. I write about whatever seems important, tractable, and interesting (to me). Lately, I mainly write about EA investing strategy, but my attention span is too short to pick just one topic.

I have a website: https://​​mdickens.me/​​ Most of the content on my website gets cross-posted to the EA Forum.

My favorite things that I’ve written: https://​​mdickens.me/​​favorite-posts/​​

I used to work as a software developer at Affirm.

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Cross-Cause Cost-Effec­tive­ness Model: In­tro­duc­tion and Overview

Derek Shiller3 Nov 2023 12:26 UTC
209 points
69 comments13 min readEA link

If ev­ery­one makes the same crit­i­cism, the op­po­site crit­i­cism is more likely to be true

MichaelDickens17 Dec 2022 0:30 UTC
41 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

When to di­ver­sify? Break­ing down mis­sion-cor­re­lated investing

jh29 Nov 2022 11:18 UTC
33 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Should Pa­tient Philan­thropists In­vest Differ­ently?

MichaelDickens14 Sep 2022 20:16 UTC
23 points
5 comments19 min readEA link

Philan­thropists Prob­a­bly Shouldn’t Mis­sion-Hedge AI Progress

MichaelDickens23 Aug 2022 23:03 UTC
28 points
9 comments36 min readEA link

Be­ing the per­son who doesn’t launch nukes: new EA cause?

MichaelDickens6 Aug 2022 3:44 UTC
9 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are some high-EV but failed EA pro­jects?

MichaelDickens13 May 2022 16:01 UTC
45 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

The Risk of Con­cen­trat­ing Wealth in a Sin­gle Asset

MichaelDickens29 Apr 2022 17:58 UTC
97 points
20 comments11 min readEA link

A Pre­limi­nary Model of Mis­sion-Cor­re­lated Investing

MichaelDickens4 Apr 2022 18:50 UTC
34 points
2 comments22 min readEA link

A Com­par­i­son of Donor-Ad­vised Fund Providers

MichaelDickens9 Mar 2022 18:53 UTC
100 points
28 comments11 min readEA link

Should Earn­ers-to-Give Work at Star­tups In­stead of Big Com­pa­nies?

MichaelDickens12 Nov 2021 22:55 UTC
85 points
22 comments24 min readEA link

Fu­ture Fund­ing/​Ta­lent/​Ca­pac­ity Con­straints Mat­ter, Too

MichaelDickens18 Oct 2021 22:19 UTC
34 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Low-Hang­ing (Mone­tary) Fruit for Wealthy EAs

MichaelDickens16 Oct 2021 15:43 UTC
32 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Mis­sion Hedgers Want to Hedge Quan­tity, Not Price

MichaelDickens18 Aug 2021 20:32 UTC
28 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

How Do AI Timelines Affect Giv­ing Now vs. Later?

MichaelDickens3 Aug 2021 3:36 UTC
36 points
8 comments8 min readEA link

[Question] Me­tac­u­lus Ques­tions Suggest Money Will Do More Good in the Future

MichaelDickens22 Jul 2021 1:56 UTC
20 points
17 comments2 min readEA link

Re­v­erse-Eng­ineer­ing the Philan­thropic Dis­count Rate

MichaelDickens9 Jul 2021 18:32 UTC
30 points
0 comments19 min readEA link

As­set Allo­ca­tion and Lev­er­age for Altru­ists with Constraints

MichaelDickens14 Dec 2020 20:48 UTC
31 points
0 comments25 min readEA link

Un­cor­re­lated In­vest­ments for Altruists

MichaelDickens23 Nov 2020 23:03 UTC
58 points
15 comments25 min readEA link

If Causes Differ Astro­nom­i­cally in Cost-Effec­tive­ness, Then Per­sonal Fit In Ca­reer Choice Is Unimportant

MichaelDickens23 Nov 2020 22:47 UTC
22 points
9 comments2 min readEA link