This link is the top link on google and should redirect to the handbook home page. Adding an extra click is confusing and probably loses people. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/handbook
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This link is the top link on google and should redirect to the handbook home page. Adding an extra click is confusing and probably loses people. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/handbook
It's pretty daunting for me to, to start a handbook with a load of other things I might read instead.
Is this the first article in the handbook? It says it is but then there are previous ones?
This series has been helpful in developing a curriculum for the EA Lagos Introductory Program. The articles are also well-referenced which is a big plus as I'm trying to put the ideas in a relatable context for my audience.
Distilling these to relatable content isn't easy but I know my audience and don't want to be guilty of expecting short inferential distances.
My favorite from this list of those I've read is The value of a life - Minding Our Way (15 mins) by Nate Soares.
When I first read it years ago it helped me grok the idea that the value I place on a life is so much greater than the price I can save lives at. In other words, the consumer surplus, or philanthropist's surplus or altruist's surplus, if you will, is tremendous.
A soaring tribute to the constraints we face in the material world. We can still do much much more.