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How can I can most effectively turn my time and money into making the world better? Julia and I have been into effective altruism since ~2009. In 2022 I switched from earning to give to trying to identify future pandemics earlier.
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FarmKind's Illusory OfferAugust 09, 2024
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Spending Update 2024April 16, 2024
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Pandemic Identification SimulatorApril 08, 2024
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Trying to Do More GoodApril 04, 2024
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Legality as a Career Harm Assessment HeuristicMarch 26, 2024
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A Strange ACH Corner CaseFebruary 09, 2024
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Sequencing SwabsJanuary 31, 2024
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When Does Altruism Strengthen Altruism?January 21, 2024
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Out-of-distribution BioattacksDecember 02, 2023
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Accounting for Foregone PayNovember 25, 2023
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Post-EAG Music PartyNovember 17, 2023
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AMA: Earning to GiveNovember 07, 2023
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Public Weights?November 01, 2023
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Computational Approaches to Pathogen DetectionOctober 31, 2023
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Revisiting Guide Dogs and Blindness PreventionOctober 12, 2023
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My Mid-Career Transition into BiosecurityOctober 02, 2023
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Weighing Animal WorthSeptember 28, 2023
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Commonsense Good, Creative GoodSeptember 27, 2023
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Biosecurity Culture, Computer Security CultureAugust 30, 2023
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Prevalence to Relative AbundanceApril 25, 2023
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GWWC Reporting Attrition VisualizationApril 19, 2023
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Run Posts By OrgsMarch 28, 2023
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Books: Lend, Don't GiveMarch 22, 2023
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Write a Book?March 15, 2023
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Milk EA, Casu Marzu EAFebruary 27, 2023
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Consent Isn't Always EnoughFebruary 24, 2023
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Make CoI Policies PublicFebruary 09, 2023
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When Did EA Start?January 25, 2023
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GWWC Pledge HistoryJanuary 24, 2023
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GWWC's Handling of Conflicting Funding BarsJanuary 11, 2023
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GWWC Should Require Public Charity EvaluationsJanuary 09, 2023
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CEA DisambiguationDecember 19, 2022
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Historical Notes on Charitable FundsDecember 04, 2022
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Our 2022 GivingDecember 02, 2022
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If Professional Investors Missed This...November 16, 2022
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Mildly Against Donor LotteriesNovember 01, 2022
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Consider Applying to the Future Fellowship at MITOctober 25, 2022
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Research Deprioritizing External CommunicationOctober 06, 2022
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Case Rates to Sequencing ReadsSeptember 20, 2022
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Hiring Programmers in AcademiaJuly 24, 2022
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Spending Update 2022July 19, 2022
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Passing Up PayJuly 11, 2022
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Leaving Google, Joining the Nucleic Acid ObservatoryJune 10, 2022
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Revisiting "Why Global Poverty"June 01, 2022
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Increasing Demandingness in EAApril 28, 2022
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US Taxes: Adjust Withholding When Donating?April 12, 2022
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EA Dinner Covid LogisticsDecember 11, 2021
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Issues with Giving MultiplierSeptember 29, 2021
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GiveWell Donation MatchingSeptember 21, 2021
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Limits of GivingMarch 03, 2021
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When I left GoogleFebruary 28, 2021
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Giving Tuesday 2020November 30, 2020
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EA Relationship StatusSeptember 18, 2020
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Leaving Things For OthersApril 12, 2020
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Why I'm Not VeganApril 09, 2020
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Credit Cards for GivingJanuary 04, 2020
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Offset NormsDecember 23, 2019
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One Million DollarsDecember 18, 2019
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VoluntourismDecember 16, 2019
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Getting Ready for the FB Donation MatchNovember 27, 2019
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Mosquito Net FishingNovember 13, 2019
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Jacy Reese (born Jacy Anthis)?October 26, 2019
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Candy for NetsSeptember 29, 2019
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Long-term Donation Bunching?September 27, 2019
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Effective Altruism and Everyday DecisionsSeptember 16, 2019
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Answering some questions about EASeptember 12, 2019
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Appeals to ConsequencesJuly 19, 2019
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There's Lots More To DoMay 29, 2019
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Value of Working in Ads?April 09, 2019
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Simultaneous Shortage and OversupplyJanuary 25, 2019
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College and Earning to GiveDecember 16, 2018
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Facebook Donation MatchNovember 20, 2018
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Short Term Handling of Donation MoneyMay 03, 2018
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Thoughts on Existential RiskMarch 11, 2018
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2017 DonationsDecember 23, 2017
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What should "counterfactual donation" mean?November 24, 2017
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Guardedness in EASeptember 28, 2017
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PayPal Giving FundSeptember 26, 2017
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Kids and Global WarmingSeptember 21, 2017
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Superintelligence Risk Project: ConclusionSeptember 15, 2017
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Rejoining GoogleAugust 17, 2017
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Yudkowsky and MIRIJuly 27, 2017
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Funding Constraints for EA OrgsJuly 26, 2017
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More Giving vs DoingJuly 21, 2017
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Conversation with an AI ResearcherJuly 20, 2017
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Thinking about going back to earning to giveJuly 19, 2017
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Superintelligence Risk Project Update IIJuly 18, 2017
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Conversation with Bryce WiedenbeckJuly 14, 2017
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Examples of Superintelligence RiskJuly 13, 2017
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Technical Distance to AGIJuly 11, 2017
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Superintelligence Risk Project UpdateJuly 10, 2017
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Conversation with Michael LittmanJuly 09, 2017
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Conversation with Dario AmodeiJuly 04, 2017
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Superintelligence Risk ProjectJuly 03, 2017
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Looking into AI RiskJune 26, 2017
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Should I run for office?June 21, 2017
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What's Next?June 20, 2017
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What should income mean in pledging?January 21, 2017
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Transcript: making sense of long-term indirect effectsJanuary 17, 2017
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Leaving Google, Joining WaveJanuary 3, 2017
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EA VolunteeringDecember 22, 2016
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Estimating the Value of Mobile MoneyDecember 20, 2016
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More Meta Funding ThoughtsDecember 11, 2016
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EA Global Videos 2016December 10, 2016
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Details Behind the InIn DocumentOctober 24, 2016
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Participating in Donation MatchingOctober 21, 2016
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Responsible Transparency ConsumptionOctober 02, 2016
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Conversation with Gleb of Intentional InsightsAugust 16, 2016
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Earning to Give TranscriptAugust 08, 2016
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Scientific Charity MovementJuly 17, 2016
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Giving Game WriteupJune 07, 2016
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Poorly Organized Thoughts on FundingJune 05, 2016
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Giving vs DoingNovember 29, 2015
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EA Global VideosNovember 16, 2015
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Thoughtful Non-consumptionNovember 09, 2015
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Anti-Capitalist Effective AltruismAugust 26, 2015
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Pluralism in Effective AltruismAugust 16, 2015
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Dismissing CausesAugust 12, 2015
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Why Global Poverty?August 11, 2015
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Meat at EA GlobalAugust 10, 2015
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Effectiveness: Gaussian?August 08, 2015
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My Country is the WorldAugust 07, 2015
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Applying the 'Best Tradeoff' Argument GenerallyMay 18, 2015
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The Counterfactual Validity of Donation MatchingMarch 02, 2015
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Ethics TradingJanuary 24, 2015
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The Privilege of Earning To GiveJanuary 14, 2015
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2014 DonationsDecember 22, 2014
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Effective Altruism at Your WorkNovember 11, 2014
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A Very Hard ProblemOctober 05, 2014
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Lawyering to GiveSeptember 25, 2014
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Disability WeightsSeptember 17, 2014
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Persistent IdealismAugust 25, 2014
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Adding Up Small BenefitsJuly 26, 2014
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Giving HalfJuly 15, 2014
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Counterfactual TrustJuly 11, 2014
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Optimizing Looks WeirdJune 25, 2014
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Relative and Absolute BenefitJune 17, 2014
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Misleading Slavery FootprintsMay 21, 2014
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How To Move More Nets?March 16, 2014
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Multiple Cause-Neutral Charity EvaluatorsNovember 26, 2013
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Eating Just Peanut ButterNovember 19, 2013
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OK to Have Kids?October 22, 2013
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History of Earning to Give III: John WesleyOctober 01, 2013
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Altruism isn't about sacrificeSeptember 04, 2013
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Flow Through Effects ConversationAugust 31, 2013
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History of Earning to Give IIAugust 25, 2013
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Rationing with small reservesAugust 22, 2013
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Would I pay for someone else to?August 21, 2013
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My Effective Altruism TimelineAugust 10, 2013
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Saving lives for seven cents eachAugust 09, 2013
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Donating and Tax BreaksAugust 04, 2013
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Money vs Talent: RatiosAugust 03, 2013
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It's not fair to settle for "good"July 30, 2013
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Prioritizing By HappinessJuly 06, 2013
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Charity Navigator Pushing for ResultsJune 19, 2013
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Identifying the Worst CharitiesJune 13, 2013
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All-Pay Auction for CharityJune 12, 2013
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Good Charity as Neither Tragedy nor FarceJune 08, 2013
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Arguing About BankingJune 03, 2013
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Haiti and Disaster ReliefMay 28, 2013
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The Complexity of Donation NumbersMay 22, 2013
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Talent or Money?May 20, 2013
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Keeping Choices Donation NeutralMay 11, 2013
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Vegetarian Survey ProposalMay 07, 2013
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Helping Specific PeopleMay 01, 2013
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Measuring Veg Conversion By CommentsApril 17, 2013
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Vegetarian Years for $11?April 15, 2013
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Pay other people to go vegetarian for you?April 11, 2013
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Taking Charity Seriously: Toby Ord talkApril 09, 2013
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What Rate of Return Should You Expect?April 06, 2013
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The Unintuitive Power Laws of GivingApril 01, 2013
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Effective Altruism termsMarch 27, 2013
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Joining Giving What We CanMarch 15, 2013
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Summaries of Earning to GiveMarch 11, 2013
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How Good Is Earning To Give, Relatively?March 02, 2013
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Give to multiple charities?February 26, 2013
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Sins of Omission and CommissionFebruary 14, 2013
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Sustained Committment to GivingFebruary 11, 2013
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Donation MatchingFebruary 04, 2013
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Debt Relief Is Bad Means TestingJanuary 22, 2013
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Underselling DonationNovember 23, 2012
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Talking about Volunteering and DonatingNovember 20, 2012
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Founder Stories and Low-Paid CEOsNovember 15, 2012
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Cryonics as a CharityNovember 10, 2012
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Taking Care of Our OwnNovember 08, 2012
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Charity Variance: VisionNovember 05, 2012
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Socially Acceptable Charity RequestsNovember 03, 2012
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Make Your Giving PublicSeptember 21, 2012
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History of "Earning to Give"September 18, 2012
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Doing things for charitySeptember 13, 2012
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Objecting to SituationsSeptember 11, 2012
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SmartGiving ImageryAugust 28, 2012
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Professional PhilanthropyAugust 15, 2012
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Think Globally, Act GloballyJuly 16, 2012
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Why the SmartGiving Subreddit Isn't Interested in Your CharityJuly 13, 2012
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Asking for sustainabilityJuly 06, 2012
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All vs MostJune 28, 2012
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Do my actions reveal me to be selfish?June 25, 2012
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Balancing Costs to Ourselves with Benefits to OthersJune 22, 2012
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Altruistic Kidney DonationJune 17, 2012
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Debate between 80,000 hours and a socialistJune 07, 2012
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MetacharitiesJune 05, 2012
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The Trouble With Charity NavigatorMay 29, 2012
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Buying out a KMartMay 24, 2012
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Who Counts?April 30, 2012
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Government Share of DonationsApril 25, 2012
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SmartGiving and Food ChoicesApril 11, 2012
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Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen transcriptApril 06, 2012
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Replaceability: thinking on the marginApril 03, 2012
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Sending Clothing to AfricaMarch 27, 2012
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Leaving CogoLabs, Joining GoogleMarch 22, 2012
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What is the ROI of a tribute gift?March 20, 2012
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Animal Welfare Charity Evaluation: UpdateMarch 18, 2012
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A Name for a Movement?March 12, 2012
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More Animal Welfare Charity EvaluationMarch 07, 2012
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Single Issue CharitiesMarch 02, 2012
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GiveWell and Money MovedJanuary 13, 2012
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Dead Child CurrencyJanuary 09, 2012
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Giving: is money better than options?January 05, 2012
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Charles Gray, World Equity ManDecember 11, 2011
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New GiveWell Top Charities: AMF, SCIDecember 01, 2011
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Setting Up a Giving SubredditNovember 28, 2011
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Keeping Yourself GivingNovember 25, 2011
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Personal Consumption Changes As CharityNovember 13, 2011
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Estimating Charity Effectiveness: Vegan OutreachNovember 10, 2011
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How Many People Will There Be?October 24, 2011
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Transfer of Feelings; Vaccination as HousefireOctober 18, 2011
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What About Non-Work Time?October 17, 2011
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Giving For Yourself, Giving For OthersOctober 16, 2011
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Local Action and Remote DonationOctober 15, 2011
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Occupy [Place] and InequalityOctober 13, 2011
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Future People and GivingOctober 07, 2011
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Found a startup; limit dance organizingOctober 06, 2011
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Charities and WasteSeptember 09, 2011
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How Much Should You Give?August 09, 2011
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Professional Giving AdvocateAugust 05, 2011
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Belief Listing Project: GivingJuly 27, 2011
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Donate Money, Not Time or StuffMarch 11, 2011
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Diversity In GivingJanuary 19, 2011
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Perhaps We Need A "Day of Proselytizing"December 16, 2010
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Leaving BBN, Joining Adverplex, Risk-neutral GivingDecember 07, 2010
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Abstracting CompassionDecember 05, 2010
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Why I think Oxfam Is a Good ChoiceNovember 04, 2010
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External PerceptionsOctober 13, 2010
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Housing DebtSeptember 16, 2010
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What Discount Rate do we Apply to Giving?August 24, 2010
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Should We Buy a House?August 22, 2010
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Should we treat inexpensive diseases first?August 11, 2010
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Does only 10% of the fairtrade premium go to producers?July 23, 2010
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Things not to do, even in pursuit of greater goodJuly 22, 2010
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How we spend moneyJuly 19, 2010
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Why it makes sense to pick one charityJuly 14, 2010
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The make-food-organic CharityJuly 13, 2010
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Why I don't Buy OrganicJuly 12, 2010
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Living Frugally So We Can Give Away MoreJuly 06, 2010
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Give-Well and Deciding who to Give ToJuly 05, 2010
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GivingJanuary 3, 2009