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Nolan Shaffer is first-year student at the University of Chicago majoring in computer science and the humanities. He is a core organizer for UChicago’s Effective Altruism group and will be starting an Alternative Protein Project chapter at UChicago next year. He is interested in learning more about AI safety and animal welfare. He aims to donate effectively, build the EA community, and work in an impactful career.

Large Study Examining the Effects of Cash Transfer Programs on Population-Level Mortality Rates

nshaff3r2 Jun 2023 18:37 UTC

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nshaff3r 24 May 2023 21:16 UTC
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on: Review of Animal Liberation Now
Great review! One small comment:
Stick to “pasture raised” eggs. I wish we had more guidance on finding humane milk options; maybe all of the readily-available ones involve calf separation, but are some common brands (e.g. Organic Valley?) at least less harmful than others?
Store bought eggs and dairy are almost certainly coming from factory farms. With regards to Organic Valley: https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/07/19/organic-valley-lawsuit-peta/

nshaff3r 12 May 2023 15:58 UTC
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in reply to: Yatlas’s comment on: US Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12!
In 2022, 8.5% of pigs farmed in the US, or 6.17 million, were classified as “breeders” ^[1]According to The Humane Society, roughly 70% of breeding pigs are kept in gestation crates ^[2]. This would mean that there were approximately 4.319 million pigs kept in gestation crates in 2022.
1. ^
  https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/rj430453j/2v23x176m/jm215w193/hgpg0622.pdf
2. ^
  https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/seaboard-prestage-gestation.pdf

nshaff3r 25 Dec 2022 2:59 UTC
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on: Open Thread: October — December 2022
Hi everyone! My name is Nolan and I’m a first year college student at the University of Chicago. I found out about EA through other students and just completed the intro fellowship. I’m particularly interested in animal welfare and AI safety. I’m excited to keep learning about EA and implement it into my life through my career choices and donations.

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Large Study Ex­am­in­ing the Effects of Cash Trans­fer Pro­grams on Pop­u­la­tion-Level Mor­tal­ity Rates

Large Study Examining the Effects of Cash Transfer Programs on Population-Level Mortality Rates