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MichaelDickens

Karma: 5,407

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.

Don’t treat prob­a­bil­ities less than 0.5 as if they’re 0

MichaelDickensFeb 26, 2025, 5:14 AM
36 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Char­ity Cost-Effec­tive­ness Really Does Fol­low a Power Law

MichaelDickensJan 28, 2025, 10:52 PM
37 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

Thoughts on My Dona­tion Process

MichaelDickensJan 28, 2025, 10:49 PM
26 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Where I Am Donat­ing in 2024

MichaelDickensNov 19, 2024, 12:09 AM
181 points
73 comments46 min readEA link

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

Derek ShillerNov 3, 2023, 12:26 PM
231 points
93 comments13 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensDec 17, 2022, 12:30 AM
45 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

When to di­ver­sify? Break­ing down mis­sion-cor­re­lated investing

jhNov 29, 2022, 11:18 AM
33 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

Should Pa­tient Philan­thropists In­vest Differ­ently?

MichaelDickensSep 14, 2022, 8:16 PM
23 points
5 comments19 min readEA link

Philan­thropists Prob­a­bly Shouldn’t Mis­sion-Hedge AI Progress

MichaelDickensAug 23, 2022, 11:03 PM
28 points
9 comments36 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensAug 6, 2022, 3:44 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensMay 13, 2022, 4:01 PM
45 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

The Risk of Con­cen­trat­ing Wealth in a Sin­gle Asset

MichaelDickensApr 29, 2022, 5:58 PM
97 points
20 comments11 min readEA link

A Pre­limi­nary Model of Mis­sion-Cor­re­lated Investing

MichaelDickensApr 4, 2022, 6:50 PM
34 points
2 comments22 min readEA link

A Com­par­i­son of Donor-Ad­vised Fund Providers

MichaelDickensMar 9, 2022, 6:53 PM
113 points
37 comments13 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensNov 12, 2021, 10:55 PM
85 points
23 comments23 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensOct 18, 2021, 10:19 PM
34 points
5 comments3 min readEA link

Low-Hang­ing (Mone­tary) Fruit for Wealthy EAs

MichaelDickensOct 16, 2021, 3:43 PM
32 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

Mis­sion Hedgers Want to Hedge Quan­tity, Not Price

MichaelDickensAug 18, 2021, 8:32 PM
28 points
6 comments5 min readEA link

How Do AI Timelines Affect Giv­ing Now vs. Later?

MichaelDickensAug 3, 2021, 3:36 AM
36 points
8 comments8 min readEA link

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

MichaelDickensJul 22, 2021, 1:56 AM
20 points
17 comments2 min readEA link