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This post is co-authored with Ben Garfinkel. It is cross-posted from the CEA blog. A PDF version can be found here.
Summary: Some strategic decisions available to the effective altruism m...
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TL;DR: I'm releasing a website that ranks philanthropists according to EA principles and research, and allows users to re-rank the list using their own assumptions. I'd like feedback and help making it better. I'd especially like ideas for how to make the results more trustworthy. Funding may be available.
Crossposted to LessWrong.
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(Please share with your friends in the Netherlands).
On August 5, in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, there’s a protest that could help shut down the world’s largest insect farm. It’s at Teleportboulevard 105 1043 EJ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Read more at this link. There’s also a zoom call on Wednesday 29th July at 12:30pm (CEST) with more info. This...
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For posts that are very short like this, I recommend using the Shortform format.
Also, if you're wondering about how certain ideas have or haven't been incorporated into EA, it's probably better to ask a question (the more specific you are, the easier it will be for people to give helpful answers). You can also look at tags like "EA Psychology".
I'm not sure what you mean by "incorporating" ideas like "length of life", but it's safe to assume that any core issue in a mainstream ethical theory has been discussed in an EA context at some point (the community includes a lot of working philosophers). And of course, practicality is central to EA.
To see some of the core ideas associated with EA, I recommend 80,000 Hours' Key Ideas page.
Sorry. Thanks!