Less-discussed causes

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Less-discussed causes are causes that receive comparatively less attention within the effective altruism community. Posts tagged with this topic can suggest, consider, or present a cause or intervention. This is independent of the quality of the suggestion, the community consensus about it, or the level of specificity.

Picón, Leonardo (2022) Big list of cause candidates: January 2021–March 2022 update, Effective Altruism Forum, April 30.

Cause X | impact assessment | cause prioritization | global priorities research

Less-discussed causesare causes that receive comparatively less attention within the effective altruism community. 

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Update:Less-discussed causes are causes that receive comparatively less attention within the effective altruism community. 

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Sempere, Nuño (2020) This post outlines a huge numberBig list of cause areas, including every post with this tag as of late 2020.candidates, Effective Altruism Forum, December 25.

Some cause areas get a lot of attention within effective altruism; others get relatively little.

The less-discussed causes tag is meant for posts about causes in the latter category. This isn't meant as a value judgment; rather, it's a way of gathering novel and rarely-discussed ideas under a single umbrella, so that people can scan through a wide range of causes and see what interests them.

Update: This post outlines a huge number of cause areas, including every post with this tag as of late 2020.

The Less-Discussed Causesless-discussed causes tag is meant for posts about causes in the latter category. This isn't meant as a value judgment; rather, it's a way of gathering novel and rarely-discussed ideas under a single umbrella, so that people can scan through a wide range of causes and see what interests them.

Some cause areas get a lot of attention within effective altruism; others get relatively little.

The Less-Discussed Causes tag is meant for posts about causes in the latter category. This isn't meant as a value judgment; rather, it's a way of gathering novel and rarely-discussed ideas under a single umbrella, so that people can scan through a wide range of causes and see what interests them.

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