Analyst in the Australian Treasury reporting on the economies of Australiaâs major trading partners and financial markets. Giving What We Can (GWWC) pledge member since September 2022. EA Sydney organiser.
Mitchell Laughlinđ¸
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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!
tldr, thanks for writing.
I would consider myself to be a very trusting and forgiving person who always starts with the mentality of âYes, but most people are inherently goodâ. I definitely went through a long period of âAh well I mean surely Sam (SBF) isnât actually a âbadâ guy rightâ. 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.
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.
I noticed there was one Jewish organisation and one Christian organisation on the list, and am familiar with GiveDirectlyâs 2022-2023 Zakat fund. Do you know if there is an organisation focussed on effective giving for Muslims? Afterfund was mentioned here but Iâm not sure how effective the proposed interventions would be in contrast to others that the EA community would typically support. Not sure if itâs worth flagging, but Iâm not Muslim, just interested!
Thanks!
This is super cool! Best of luck! I see you took inspiration from the Life You Can Saveâs logo too!
Done!
Thank you!
Super helpful addition, thanks Mo.
This was helpful, thanks Vasco.
I really like Bastilleâs Hope For the Future (especially their Coal Drops version).
Be More Kind by Frank Turner is a really lovely song.
Iâm atheistic/âagnostic and am unfamiliar with Dominic Roser.⌠but I think that discussing the compatibility of EA with religious views/âa religious view would be very interesting and appealing to a large number of people.
Hiya! Wondering if anyone wanted to donation swap with me for 2024?
Iâm 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 thereâs 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 Iâve organised my swap! Thanks all
Hi Kaj, enjoyed the post!
I just wanted to ask if you might consider changing the âhisâ in âby donating a measly 10% of his incomeâ to âtheirâ, noting that there are no other gendered references in the post. Maybe Iâm being a little pedantic but I think Iâm always quite eager to make sure women feel as at home in EA as I do!
Hi Josh, apologies if this was detailed elsewhere, but do you have any skills youâre after for pool members? Iâd be keen to help out if you thought I could.
I identified with so many aspects of this post. Thank you for writing it, Michael.
Hiya! I think the Smoking in developing countries read more link is broken. Might be worth fixing. Also if in the process of fixing it someone could link me to it (or let me know if itâs no longer recommended, etc.) thatâd be great!!! Thanks
Thanks for adding those links, definitely helpful.
I think it might be more comprehensible to use 10^x notation, given I imagine most readers would be more familiar with that concept (happy to be corrected). It would also make it so units would be comparable (i.e., itâs easy to see that 10^-8 is much less than 10^-4) without switching back and forth between a Wikipedia article (as I had to do).
I understand this is a joke, but I think itâs in poor taste.