Paul_Crowley

• Paul_CrowleyDec 17, 2014, 5:18 PM

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  in reply to: Giles’s comment on: Open Thread 6

  Yes, please do do a proper post on this with cites etc, I think this is really valuable!

• Paul_CrowleyDec 13, 2014, 7:46 AM

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  on: Where are you giv­ing and why?

  In 2015 I’ll be donating 10% of my salary to the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. CSER is a particularly good giving opportunity right now: with such superb academic bona fides, it has the potential to hugely raise the profile of the study of existential risk and boost the whole field of future-oriented work, so if you are at all moved by the idea of the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future then CSER is well worth considering as a recipient. It’s a particularly good cause for me to give to because I’m in the UK, so there are substantial tax advantages.

  FHI are also a very appealing cause for UK taxpayers; I’ve been a donor to them in the past and may shift back to them in the future depending on how each is looking in room for more funding.

• Paul_CrowleyNov 29, 2014, 12:53 PM

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  in reply to: Tom_Ash’s comment on: Tell us about your re­cent EA ac­tivi­ties: thread 2

  Wow, this is amazing! Go you!

• Paul_CrowleyNov 29, 2014, 12:52 PM

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  on: Tell us about your re­cent EA ac­tivi­ties: thread 2

  I finally got to asking my partner if she would be OK with me sending 10% of my salary to charity (we have shared finances, so my money is hers too) and she said yes right away. Will start doing that from my December paycheck on. I’m finally an EA! In other news, I made a payment to CSER on Thursday which after tax and employer gift matching is sorted out should be worth £6500; I’ve been setting the money aside all year while kicking my employer and the University of Cambridge slowly along the gift matching progress.

  EDIT: I wrote CFAR, but I meant CSER! Fixed.