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← Any harm can in principle be outweighed by a small enough benefit delivered to a large enough number of people.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Any harm can in principle be outweighed by a small enough benefit delivered to a large enough number of people. Any harm can in principle be outweighed bya small enough benefit delivered to alarge enough number of people. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The causes of an outcome cannot be divided into slices that add up to 100 per cent, so a large effect from one cause does not leave a small remainder for the others. — tap to centre the map on it The causes of an outcome cannot bedivided into slices that add up to100 per cent, so a large effect fromone cause does not leave a smallremainder for the others. Last stated a year ago 24 Apr 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The moral theory underneath longtermism treats people as containers of value rather than as the point of it, which is why creating more of them counts as making the universe better. — tap to centre the map on it The moral theory underneathlongtermism treats people ascontainers of value rather than asthe point of it, which is whycreating more of them counts asmaking the universe better. Last stated 5 years ago 19 Oct 2021 ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: If everyone does only a little to help solve a big problem, the collective result will still be only a little. — tap to centre the map on it If everyone does only a little tohelp solve a big problem, thecollective result will still be onlya little. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Digital worlds should carry fewer restrictions than the physical one, because acts that would do damage in reality do none there. — tap to centre the map on it Digital worlds should carry fewerrestrictions than the physical one,because acts that would do damage inreality do none there. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Sept 2023 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over agiving decision is disturbing, andthere is still a strong case for itif you want your ethics to beprincipled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper anyone digs into acharity's cost-effectivenessestimate, the more unwarrantedoptimism they find, so the rightprior on giving is a sceptical one. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Litigation is the wrong instrument for a public health problem that comes from what people choose to buy. — tap to centre the map on it Litigation is the wrong instrumentfor a public health problem thatcomes from what people choose tobuy. Last stated a month ago 27 Jul 2026 SG Scott Greenfield — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best opportunities to do good are the ones almost nobody is paying attention to. — tap to centre the map on it The best opportunities to do goodare the ones almost nobody is payingattention to. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Any harm can in principle be outweighed by a small enough benefit delivered to a large enough number of people. Last stated 2 Feb 2022 · 5 years ago Holds Holden Karnofsky Read this korrent →