Patrick Brinich-Langlois 🔸

• Patrick Brinich-Langlois 🔸Nov 28, 2014, 7:41 PM

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  on: You have a set amount of “weird­ness points”. Spend them wisely.

  But reforming the earned income tax credit and relaxing zoning laws would also both do a lot to help the poor in the US.

  The link above didn’t seem to have any proposals of how to reform the earned income tax credit. It argues for an alternative measure of poverty in the US.

EARa­dio: A New Pod­cast for Effec­tive Altruists

• Patrick Brinich-Langlois 🔸Apr 15, 2014, 10:50 PM

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  in reply to: disqus_hFsAAN4tD4’s comment on: Effec­tive Altru­ism Sum­mit 2014

  Space limitations: http://​​lesswrong.com/​​lw/​​jxd/​​effective_altruism_summit_2014/​​apw3

  This raises the question, Why not choose a larger space? Perhaps because of financial limitations.

• Patrick Brinich-Langlois 🔸Apr 4, 2014, 8:31 PM

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  in reply to: disqus_hFsAAN4tD4’s comment on: Effec­tive Altru­ism Sum­mit 2014

  Maybe they want an idea of how many people will attend. If people just needed to type in their names and e-mail addresses, it could be that a lot more people sign up than attend. Also, they might have space limitations, and so they might have to turn people away. Normally rationing of conference attendance is done by charging a fee for a limited number of slots. Maybe they wanted to base attendance on interest rather than willingness to spend.

  But it would be nice to hear an official explanation.