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William MacAskill
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Oxford University. Cofounder of the Centre for Effective Altruism. Author of Doing Good Better.
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William MacAskill 29. sij
If you're a risk-neutral utilitarian, then they're the same. But if you have risk-aversion (or ambiguity-aversion) w r t your impact, then they can result in different actions. Keep an eye out for a forthcoming GPI paper on this!
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William MacAskill 27. sij
New podcast out! and I talk about recent work I’ve been doing at the Global Priorities Institute, how likely existential catastrophe is this century, and the culture of EA. It was a fun one!
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William MacAskill 14. sij
Odgovor korisniku/ci @seanjtaylor
You might want to check out my blog post discussion of the idea! (+ the comments)
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William MacAskill 8. sij
Great podcast -> Yuval Noah Harari on taking AI issues seriously even if AGI is centuries off.
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William MacAskill 24. pro
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William MacAskill 23. pro
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William MacAskill 11. pro
"It’s quite unhealthy for both you and your community to get in the habit of not looking really hard for the truth — but it is what a lot of activist communities incentivise. So, I’m wary of young people getting involved in activist communities…"
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William MacAskill 10. pro
. has opinions on how effective altruism should evolve. Interview also covers why he now leans towards total hedonistic utilitarianism, & the pros/cons of courting controversy. I enjoyed the post-episode chat between & Arden:
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Peter Singer 2. pro
After a full year of planning and work, it's out (and absolutely free): the new revised eBook and celebrity-read audiobook 10th anniversary editions of The Life You Can Save:
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William MacAskill 2. pro
"…you could be the world’s first great anthropologist focussed on effective altruism. Maybe anthropology won’t turn out to be relevant for saving the world, but if it is — you’ll make a huge difference. But it takes a lot of bravery to do that…"
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William MacAskill 28. stu
"I think it was a mistake to not pay for tutoring. In college I was really frugal, and just didn’t value my time enough. If you want to do a PhD, getting tutoring might be the difference between getting into a good programme and a great programme…"
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William MacAskill 27. stu
9 reasons to apply to grad school right now, and 8 reasons not to (from an effective altruism perspective):
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William MacAskill 22. stu
Latest 80k podcast: "It started when the USSR fell apart and there was a real desire to ensure security of nuclear materials & pathogens, and that scientists with [WMD-related] knowledge could get paid so that they wouldn’t go to countries and sell it..."
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William MacAskill 21. stu
Observer selection effects can be very reassuring sometimes. Even though I've given talks to as few as two people before (one of whom was the respondent), most of you will never know as you weren't there.
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Liv Boeree 20. stu
Ever wondered why traffic seems to go faster in the other lane? And how that relates to the apparent fine-tuning of the universe? Watch my brand new video to find out! Link 👉
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William MacAskill 19. stu
11 anonymous answers to the question 'What’s the thing people most overrate in their career?' Read here: Here's the start of answer number 9:
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William MacAskill 18. stu
"…people we advise often don’t generate additional options once they’ve received a management consulting offer… However, we think that for people with our ‘longtermist’ view of global priorities, there are often even better options for career capital."
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William MacAskill 15. stu
"It can also be easy to compare yourself to others — but how much impact other people have isn’t relevant to your decisions, or how you should feel about yourself. There will always be someone having more impact than you (with only one exception)…"
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William MacAskill 14. stu
If you've been thinking about increasing your giving, or want to signal your intention to continue your giving into the future, today would be a symbolic day to consider taking the 10% Pledge. It's an amazing community and a wonderful way to live.
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