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