Peter Wildeford

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Along with my co-founder, Marcus A. Davis, I run Rethink Priorities. I’m also a Grant Manager for the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund and a top forecaster on Metaculus. Previously, I was a professional data scientist.

Giving now currently seems to beat giving later

Peter Wildeford18 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC

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What Is earning to give?

Peter Wildeford26 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC

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Why I’m skeptical about unproven causes (and you should be too)

Peter Wildeford7 Aug 2013 4:00 UTC

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Where I’m giving and why: Peter Hurford

Peter Wildeford24 Dec 2013 22:34 UTC

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Effective altruism is not a competition

Peter Wildeford3 Mar 2014 20:10 UTC

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Interview with Boris Yakubchik

Peter Wildeford8 May 2014 0:45 UTC

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A Brief Summary of “How to Raise Money Without Killing a Kitten”

Peter Wildeford16 Sep 2014 3:34 UTC

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To Inspire People to Give, Be Public About Your Giving

Peter Wildeford16 Sep 2014 17:34 UTC

22 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

Productivity 101 For Beginners

Peter Wildeford5 Nov 2014 23:17 UTC

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3 comments4 min readEA link

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

Peter Wildeford27 Nov 2014 21:08 UTC

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How to Read

Peter Wildeford20 Dec 2014 23:54 UTC

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4 comments3 min readEA link

How I Raised $5010.32 for AMF and How You Can Too!

Peter Wildeford23 Dec 2014 15:29 UTC

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27 comments13 min readEA link

List of Introductory EA Presentations

Peter Wildeford29 Dec 2014 6:22 UTC

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13 comments1 min readEA link

EA is the best choice I’ve ever made

Peter Wildeford30 Jan 2015 20:25 UTC

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The 2014 Survey of Effective Altruists: Results and Analysis

Peter Wildeford17 Mar 2015 0:29 UTC

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73 comments3 min readEA link

Peter Hurford thinks that a large proportion of people should earn to give long term

Peter Wildeford17 Aug 2015 15:42 UTC

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EA risks falling into a “meta trap”. But we can avoid it.

Peter Wildeford25 Aug 2015 15:22 UTC

109 points

65 comments6 min readEA link

Do EAs underestimate opportunities to create many small benefits?

Peter Wildeford25 Jan 2016 4:20 UTC

11 points

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Is EA growing? A concrete study idea to find out (and a $100 offer for implementation)

Peter Wildeford21 Feb 2016 21:42 UTC

18 points

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More Thoughts (and Analysis) on the Mercy For Animals Online Ads Study

Peter Wildeford27 May 2016 3:00 UTC

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15 comments22 min readEA link