"Invincible Wellbeing is a research organisation whose mission is to promote research targeting the biological substrates of suffering."
Appears on the 80,000 Hours Job Board
"Invincible Wellbeing is a research organisation whose mission is to promote research targeting the biological substrates of suffering."
Appears on the 80,000 Hours Job Board
In addition to (farmed and wild) animal organizations, OPIS is worth checking out.
+1; also a fan of OPIS.
Here's a list of organizations focusing on the quality of the long-term future (including the level of suffering), from this post:
If you are persuaded by the arguments that the expected value of human expansion is not highly positive or that we should prioritize the quality of the long-term future, promising approaches include research, field-building, and community-building, such as at the Center on Long-Term Risk, Center for Reducing Suffering, Future of Humanity Institute, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, Legal Priorities Project, and Open Philanthropy, and Sentience Institute, as well as working at other AI safety and EA organizations with an eye towards ensuring that, if we survive, the universe is better for it. Some of this work has substantial room for more funding, and related jobs can be found at these organizations’ websites and on the 80,000 Hours job board.
Thank you. Indeed, I read about S-risks, and their treatment is important but very unpredictable (so much so, that some efforts to prevent long-term suffering can actually produce it). Until I make up my mind on the matter and direct my actions - both my contribution and my career - to the prevention of long-term suffering, in the meantime I am looking for more modest but safer options to prevent the suffering that exists at this moment
For community building, there's the International Suffering Abolitionists group. It hosts meetups, a Discord server and a section of EA Gather Town.
Aren't global health charities like SCI and GiveDirectly slam-dunk answers? I switched to donating to them more than the AMF precisely because they seem to rank better as suffering alleviation rather than just saving lives.
As for whether NTD charities are funding constrained, I think obviously yes? GiveWell, as an example, put the SCI's room for more funding at a whopping $85 million last year. By contrast consider how everyone's favourite anti-malarial charity AMF has a funding gap of around $33 million. So in my head the SCI clearly has huge capacity to alleviate a ton of horrific suffering... They just lack the funds. This also isn't even considering all the other deworming charities. Last I checked the SCI has the most room for more funding out of all of the GiveWell recommended deworming charities (when deworming was still recommended that is) which is why I aggressively donate to the SCI.
Thank you! I will read again about the NTD organizations and their room for more funding.
What made it difficult for me to understand was when I read about the Gates Foundation's investment in organizations like Gavi and Sightsavers, and I got the feeling that my personal contribution to such causes would be imperceptible compared to the contribution of Gates (and other big donors).
First of all, I'm really sorry to hear about your condition.
Regarding your association: it sounds interesting, but I didn't fully understand - is it mental and social support for people who are dealing with serious illnesses, or does the organization claim to treat illnesses instead of medical treatments? What exactly does the organization do?
Hi everyone!
I’m looking for effective associations to donate to – in the field of reducing suffering, more then saving lives.
The problem that particularly bothers me is extremely suffering in the world, so I aim to focus on solutions to this problem. Unfortunately, EA's rating for the various associations didn't really help me because is focus mainly on saving lives.
I know associations that deal with animal welfare, But I would love to get to know a variety of associations that approach the problem of suffering from different directions. I also know associations that deal with NTD, but I couldn’t understand if their bottleneck right now is money.
Do someone know an effective and reliable association that focuses on reducing suffering in the world?
Thank you very much in advance!
PS: I'm new to the forum, and I was promised that my first posts would be cringe (what's more, my English isn't very good), so please be nice ;)
Center for Reducing Suffering researches ways to best reduce suffering.
StrongMinds focuses on providing mental health services to women in Africa - particularly treating depression.
I'm sure there are many others. I'll add them if I think of them. Might be good to have a master list of suffering and/or s-risk focused groups.
Center on Long-Term Risk (my employer) focuses on reducing s-risk (risks of astronomical suffering.)
(And AFAIK coined the term (long before my times though))
Thank you very much! I will read about these organizations