Looking forward to this!
While I do like spacing things out, 1 month between posts seems like a long time to me
Rasool
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“The Tango of Ethics”—Book launch and discussion
Thanks for sharing! This is exactly the kind of thing I’d love to see more of on the forum
You mentioned starting ADHD meds? I’d be very interested in reading about the process leading up to that, if you feel like sharing
Do you have a view on using LLMs as therapists as suggested here?
The “poorly identified fiat” did tickle me
Thanks for the summary!
You mention that ~9% of Trial Pledgers have gone on to take the GWWC Pledge, do you know what the other 91% did (eg. extend their trial, stop entirely, commit to a smaller pledge like OFTW)?
Amazing work! And great write-up
This is potentially very exciting idea! Some thoughts:
How does this compare to running a fundraiser for an effective charity (for example via GWWC like this one)
Or possibly running 3 fundraisers simultaneously to get people thinking about comparing charities
You are kind of imposing a burden on people, like if I were to receive this coupon, I’d have a deadline to go and do some stuff, which I might not end up doing, and then feel guilty about
I wonder about the privacy angle, I guess people’s choices here are known to the organiser?
The viral effect is interesting but how will it be measured?
I’d be interested in seeing your comments David!
Further resources and discussion at this post How and why to turn everything into audio
That link to the The Harvard Grant longitudinal study is dead, and isn’t on archive.org, but this is the study’s homepage, an Atlantic piece ($), and a TED talk, by the director of the study
Very interesting question!
I don’t have that much to add, it seems like you’ve got a pretty good handle on the different options available. Though a couple of things:
That DAF post you linked to is a bit out of date (I keep meaning to write an updated version!), since the CAF DAF now charges 1.2-1.5% on balances up to £100,000 (and less above that), with a minimum balance of £10,000-£25,000, so is a more viable option even if you aren’t a mega-donor
ISAs are still a ridiculous vehicle, you can put £20,000 in per year, and be exempt from capital gains, stamp duty, dividend tax etc forever on that money (today is the last day of the tax year so fill your ISA today for this year’s allowance!). Though you do contribute from your post-tax income.
It was a pleasure! I especially liked the supplementary spreadsheets though I didn’t get round to including them in my list
Since this post argues for expanding our moral circle and advocates for non-human welfare, I choose The Humane League.
Thanks for your donation!
I’m super excited by this! The figures around stickiness and new money are very promising
P.S. Love the handwritten notes!
Not to be confused with https://tythe.org/ which is another EA-ish effective giving charity :)
There are two kinds of taxes—income tax and national insurance—and donating to charity only reduces your income tax[1].
I talk a bit about donating through your payroll vs via Gift Aid with some examples in my post here.
To add to Raoul’s point, the government provides a benefit whether you donate via your payroll, or through your post-tax earnings, but donating via payroll:
Is easier for you, especially if you are a high earner, since you don’t have to apply for your tax rebate
Is easier for the charity, they don’t have to worry about Gift Aid
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If you have a student loan, this is also deducted from your paycheck, and also not affected by charitable donations
People might like the slides from the Stanford University CS 007: Personal Finance for Engineers
It’s criminal that this post doesn’t have more attention, and I assumed there’d be a heated competition but here’s my 19:
Playful alteration of a famous quote by Jeremy Bentham.
“disfingerment”
Comparing the number of portraits to the number of cat videos on the internet
Comparison of solving a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded
The inclusion of data “paralysis” and “divination”
The mention of Hogwarts
Holding séances with deceased experts.
The suggestion of using a brain computer interface to consult with ChatGPT
The idea of being prepared to deny everything
The mention of the “Overall Vibes” rating
The organizations’ acronyms, such as PAINT, CARE, CALM, and SUPER, SPEWS, ABLE
The request for $1-70 million to put together a funding application
The acknowledgement of unpaid interns working 31.2 hours per day for two years
The mention of 79 applicants conducting unpaid research trials for the director of research position, without anyone being hired or receiving feedback
The mention of deceased figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, and Frida Kahlo, among others, as having reviewed early drafts of the post
The use of 666 ethically sourced and well-paid monkeys using typewriters for an infinite amount of time to generate the model
The mention of a minor earthquake caused by the powerful model
The idea of excluding participants to create a rounder number with better vibes
The mention of a 113.1% response rate in a survey about SPEWS
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See also: https://www.emilydamstra.com/please-enough-dead-butterflies/