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Peter Singer – Famine, Affluence, and Morality
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The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
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Scope Insensitivity
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What is evidence?
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Three ways to advance science (Nick Bostrom)
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Biotechnology and biosecurity
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Policymaking for Posterity
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Scott Alexander – A Modest Proposal
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17y
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Pascal's Mugging
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Brian Tomasik – The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering
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The Cognitive Science of Rationality
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lukeprog
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14y
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Giving isn’t demanding*
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William_MacAskill
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14y
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Practical ethics given moral uncertainty
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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13y
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Philanthropy's Success Stories
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Holden Karnofsky
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13y
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· 8m read
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How to be a high impact philosopher
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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13y
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Objections and Concerns About Our New Direction
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Holden Karnofsky
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13y
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How to be a high impact philosopher, part II
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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13y
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The most important unsolved problems in ethics
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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Researching what we should
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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13y
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GiveWell's recommendation of GiveDirectly
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William_MacAskill
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13y
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Some general concerns about GiveWell
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William_MacAskill
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Replaceability
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Paul_Christiano
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13y
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Nick Bostrom – Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
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Zach Stein-Perlman
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To save the world, don’t get a job at a charity; go work on Wall Street
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William_MacAskill
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12y
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Why might the future be good?
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Paul_Christiano
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12y
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Risk aversion and investment (for altruists)
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Paul_Christiano
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12y
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· 9m read
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Giving now vs. later
Paul_Christiano
Paul_Christiano
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12y
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Doing well by doing good: careers that benefit others also benefit you
William_MacAskill
William_MacAskill
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12y
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What is effective altruism?
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William_MacAskill
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12y
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An example of do-gooding done wrong
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William_MacAskill
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$1.25/day - What does that mean?
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William_MacAskill
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12y
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Getting inspired by cost-effective giving
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William_MacAskill
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Peter Singer's TED talk on effective altruism
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William_MacAskill
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On the robustness of cost-effectiveness estimates
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William_MacAskill
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A proposed adjustment to the astronomical waste argument
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Nick_Beckstead
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12y
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Earning to give vs. altruistic career choice revisited
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Jonah_Sinick
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Could you live on the international poverty line?
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RyanCarey
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Vegetarianism, health, and promoting the right changes
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William_MacAskill
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12y
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Social impact, effective altruism, and motivated cognition
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Jonah_Sinick
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12y
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Common responses to earning to give
Ben Kuhn
Ben Kuhn
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12y
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· 6m read
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A personal history of involvement with effective altruism
Jonah_Sinick
Jonah_Sinick
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12y
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The best reason to give later
Paul_Christiano
Paul_Christiano
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12y
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· 10m read
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Using time effectively as a student
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Katja_Grace
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12y
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Giving now currently seems to beat giving later
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12y
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Cheerfully
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The rules of effective altruism. Rule #1: don’t die
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William_MacAskill
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What Is earning to give?
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Peter Wildeford
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12y
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Keeping choices donation neutral
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12y
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Helping other altruists
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12y
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Spending on yourself vs. charity
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Ben Kuhn
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