Mitchell Laughlin🔸

Pro­tect the live sheep ex­port ban | Sub­mis­sion workshop

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 10 Aug 2024 3:45 UTC

  2 points

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  in reply to: yanni kyriacos’s comment on: Who would you like to see speak at EA Global?

  I understand this is a joke, but I think it’s in poor taste.

Monthly So­cial Din­ners with Effec­tive Altru­ism Sydney

Au­gust Monthly Meetup: How can we best teach eth­i­cal rea­son­ing? Re­sults from a meta-anal­y­sis of Ran­domised Con­trol­led Trials

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 12 Jun 2024 1:00 UTC

  2 points

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  on: On Es­ti­mates of how much Zakat there is

  On 2. Have you reached out to AIM? Given their recent work in incubating new effective giving organisations they might be well equipped to support you.
  
  Best of luck with this!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 19 May 2024 4:59 UTC

  6 points

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  on: Don’t panic: 90% of EAs are good people

  tldr, thanks for writing.
  
  I would consider myself to be a very trusting and forgiving person who always starts with the mentality of “Yes, but most people are inherently good”. I definitely went through a long period of “Ah well I mean surely Sam (SBF) isn’t actually a ‘bad’ guy right”. This felt like a productive slap in the face.
  
  I would still prefer to be more than less trusting, but maybe I should dial it back a bit. Thanks.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 9 Apr 2024 10:52 UTC

  13 points

  3 ∶ 0

  on: Shar­ing Real­ity with Walt Whit­man [Video]

  I often find it quite hard to emotionally connect with longtermist ideas despite seeing their rational appeal. This was helpful, and sweet. Thank you for sharing.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 6 Mar 2024 11:15 UTC

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  on: Overview of effec­tive giv­ing organisations

  I noticed there was one Jewish organisation and one Christian organisation on the list, and am familiar with GiveDirectly’s 2022-2023 Zakat fund. Do you know if there is an organisation focussed on effective giving for Muslims? Afterfund was mentioned here but I’m not sure how effective the proposed interventions would be in contrast to others that the EA community would typically support. Not sure if it’s worth flagging, but I’m not Muslim, just interested!

  Thanks!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 6 Mar 2024 7:43 UTC

  2 points

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  on: An­nounce­ment: We’re launch­ing Effec­tief Geven

  This is super cool! Best of luck! I see you took inspiration from the Life You Can Save’s logo too!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 6 Mar 2024 7:24 UTC

  2 points

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  on: Which YouTube chan­nels do you watch? (A <2-min re­quest from 80,000 Hours)

  Done!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 4 Mar 2024 8:12 UTC

  3 points

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo🔸’s comment on: How did you find your MITx MicroMasters?

  Thank you!

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 18 Feb 2024 8:47 UTC

  1 point

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  in reply to: Mo Putera’s comment on: Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

  Super helpful addition, thanks Mo.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 18 Feb 2024 8:46 UTC

  2 points

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  in reply to: Vasco Grilo🔸’s comment on: Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

  This was helpful, thanks Vasco.

[Question] Is there a pub­lic tracker de­pict­ing at what dates AI has been able to au­to­mate x% of cog­ni­tive tasks (weighted by 2020 eco­nomic value)?

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 8 Feb 2024 3:55 UTC

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  on: Look­ing for: songs or art that in­spire EA values

  I really like Bastille’s Hope For the Future (especially their Coal Drops version).
  Be More Kind by Frank Turner is a really lovely song.
  

[Question] How did you find your MITx MicroMasters?

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 23 Jan 2024 5:34 UTC

  1 point

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  in reply to: jackva’s comment on: Who should we in­ter­view for The 80,000 Hours Pod­cast?

  I’m atheistic/​agnostic and am unfamiliar with Dominic Roser.… but I think that discussing the compatibility of EA with religious views/​a religious view would be very interesting and appealing to a large number of people.

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 20 Jan 2024 5:07 UTC

  15 points

  2 ∶ 0

  on: Mitchell Laugh­lin’s Quick takes

  Hiya! Wondering if anyone wanted to donation swap with me for 2024?
  
  I’m looking to donate around AUD 5,500 each to the Good Food Institute, Giving What We Can, and Family Empowerment Media. I think these are all tax-deductible in the US, UK, and the Netherlands, but sadly not in Australia (update: GWWC is tax-deductible in Australia via EA Australia, also there’s currently a funding match for donations made before Jan 31st).
  
  If anyone is planning on making a (roughly) similarly sized donation (GBP 2,900, USD 3,700, EUR 3,300) across 2024 (in one donation or split into months or quarters), to a charity that is tax-deductible in Australia please reach out!!!
  
  Thanks a bunch,
  Mitch
  
  Update:
  This went excellently and I’ve organised my swap! Thanks all

Mitchell Laugh­lin’s Quick takes

• Mitchell Laughlin🔸 4 Jan 2024 7:30 UTC

  4 points

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  on: Effec­tive al­tru­ism as the most ex­cit­ing cause in the world

  Hi Kaj, enjoyed the post!
  
  I just wanted to ask if you might consider changing the “his” in “by donating a measly 10% of his income” to “their”, noting that there are no other gendered references in the post. Maybe I’m being a little pedantic but I think I’m always quite eager to make sure women feel as at home in EA as I do!