How does Focus Philanthropy compare and contrast with Farmed Animal Funders?
Good luck!
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My local EA group has an unfriendly and impersonal vibe (via r/EffectiveAltruism)
Thank you for trying <3
[Question] Is there a list of causes that have been evaluated and rejected?
This subject was discussed by Fai here:
In the comments no one seemed to know of anyone taking on this issue so it seems fully neglected.
Very nice post. It does seem like two of your points are potentially at odds:
>People who are not totally dedicated to EA will make some concession to other selfish or altruistic goals, like having a child, working in academia, living in a specific location, getting fuzzies, etc. If this would make them miss out on a multiplier, their “EA part” should try much harder to avoid this concession, or find a way to still hit the multiplier.
vs.
>Aiming for the minimum of self-care is dangerous.
It seems the “concessions” could fall under the category of self-care.
Red team: This is not the most important century.
Context: https://www.cold-takes.com/most-important-century/
Thanks for writing, I agree with a bunch of these.
As far as #14, is this something you’ve thought about trying to tackle at Rethink? I don’t know of another org that would be better positioned...
Nature: Nuclear war between two nations could spark global famine
[Question] Does “calibrated probability assessment” training work?
I’m giving to the EA Animal Welfare Fund.
https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare
I thought this was likely among the best giving opportunities around. And then was further persuaded by the investigation from GWWC.
Hello!
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Onshore algae farms could feed the world
Below is a link to the Philanthropy 50 from last year. It is US only and ranks by amount given
Very exciting project, congratulations
Hi Saulius, thank you for the interesting post. When you consider wild animal interventions do you include wild-caught fish?
e.g.
This is my favorite criticism contest entry. The amount of actionable information is really great. I would love to see various organizations move to incorporate these methods, where applicable. Very nice use of visuals as well.
I know you said in a previous post that you are not involved in EA. I hope you’ll consider staying involved after this criticism contest. It seems you have a lot of value you could add.
I’m not sure if this perspective is helpful but this issue reminds me of a somewhat analogous situation in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement. Originally the focus was on drastically limiting spending, increasing the savings rate to as high as possible, and retiring shockingly young. Then, as time passed some people realized they didn’t want to live in such austerity. Other people found that they could move things along faster by focusing on earning more, instead of spending less. Then there were people who didn’t really want to retire but more like get enough income to be comfortable and then downshift their lifestyles. There were folks who just focused on making as much money as possible and remained in the community even though they were just about getting rich. Then some people sort of stumbled into the movement having made a ton of money on cryptocurrency or Tesla options or whatever...they never really applied any of the principles but still retired early.
With all these changes in the demographics and mindsets of the community I’ve noticed that the subjects discussed and the behavior encouraged has notably changed over the years. It does not look much like what I saw 15 years ago.
Part of the change I’ve seen is that people with different flavors in mind self-select to associate with others that are similar. /r/leanfire separates from /r/fatfire etc. I’m guessing that drift and fragmentation like this are very likely for any group/movement that gets big enough. I don’t know if it is a good or bad thing.