Patient altruism

hinge of history hypothesis | investing | longtermism | timing of philanthropy

Wiblin, Robert, Howie Lempel & Keiran Harris (2020b)(2020) How becoming a “patient philanthropist” could allow you to do far more good, 80,000 Hours, March 17.
Interview with Phil Trammell.

MacAskill, William (2019) Are we living at the most influential time in history?, Effective Altruism Forum, September 3.

hinge of history hypothesis | investing | longtermism | timing of philanthropy

BibliographyFurther reading

Bibliography

Baumann, Tobias (2020) Thoughts on patient philanthropy, Reducing Risks of Future Suffering, September 8.

MacAskill, William (2019) Are we living at the most influential time in history?, Effective Altruism Forum, September 3.

Todd, Benjamin (2020) The emerging school of patient longtermism, 80,000 Hours, August 7.

Trammell, Philip (2021) Dynamic public good provision under time preference heterogeneity: Theory and applications to philanthropy, unpublished.

Wiblin, Robert, Howie Lempel & Keiran Harris (2020b) How becoming a “patient philanthropist” could allow you to do far more good, 80,000 Hours, March 17. Interview with Phil Trammell.

The Patient Altruism altruismtag (sometimes called patient longtermism) is for posts about:

1. Whether to "give now vs later"the view that individuals can have a greater positive impact by investing current altruistic resources and spending them later than by spending them now. These resources include both financial and non-financial resources. The narrower view that altruists should invest and later donate financial resources, instead of donating them now, is sometimes called patient philanthropy, or how much to give at various times (sometimes discussed as a debate about "patient philanthropy")
2. Similar questions in relation to work, such as whether to do a directly useful job now vs building career capital to do directly useful jobs later
3. How to implement patient altruism (e.g., tips for investing to give), if one chooses to take that approach

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See also Hinge of History, Investing, and discussion of the term "patient altruism".

1. Whether to "give now vs later", or how much to give at various times (sometimes discussed as a debate about "patient philanthropy")
2. Similar questions in relation to work, such as whether to do a directly useful job now or buildvs building career capital to do directly useful jobs later
3. How to implement patient altruism,altruism (e.g., tips for investing to give), if one chooses to take that approach (e.g., tips for investing to give)

See also Hinge of History and discussion of the term "patient altruism".