Friday, September 23, 2016

The Tree of Priorities: A (Cause) Prioritization Framework

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Imagine a couple that tries to make a decision about how to set the table at their wedding. They spend all their time trying to work out thi...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Cause Prioritization

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“ Cause prioritization is the most effective use of altruistic resources.” — Paul Christiano People who want to improve the world are, li...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

New Book: 'Reflections on Intelligence'

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A lot of people are talking about “superintelligent AI” these days. But what are they talking about? Indeed, what is “intelligence” i...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

A Short Critique of 'The Effective Altruism Handbook'

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Today I read the recently published Effective Altruism Handbook . I had been looking forward to reading it, hoping to read some...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

New Book: 'Speciesism: Why It Is Wrong and the Implications of Rejecting It'

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Why is speciesism wrong, and what are the implications of rejecting it? These are the questions I try to answer in my latest book...
Friday, January 30, 2015

An Important Book: 'The Hedonistic Imperative'

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Few things have influenced and inspired me as much as The Hedonistic Imperative by David Pearce  — a controversial book that advocat...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

"Animal Agriculture" – A Distributed Evil

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How many of us would be willing to kill a non-human being whom we had raised ourselves if we had absolutely no need to eat this bein...