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Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: 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. 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. Last stated 5 years ago
15 Feb 2022
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is not appropriate to donate to your own employer, however good a giving opportunity it would otherwise be. — tap to centre the map on it It is not appropriate to donate to your own employer, however good a giving opportunity it would otherwise be. Last stated 12 years ago
17 Dec 2014
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Elie Hassenfeld — holds since 2014-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stated company value that nobody would take the other side of is a platitude, not a choice. — tap to centre the map on it A stated company value that nobody would take the other side of is a platitude, not a choice. Last stated 12 months ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago
2 Feb 2022
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — 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 a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A giving approach that ranks options only by estimated expected value, with no preference for better-grounded estimates, is flawed. — tap to centre the map on it A giving approach that ranks options only by estimated expected value, with no preference for better-grounded estimates, is flawed. Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When politicians or executives offer a choice between two bad options, refuse the frame: reframe the question instead of accepting responsibility for either. — tap to centre the map on it When politicians or executives offer a choice between two bad options, refuse the frame: reframe the question instead of accepting responsibility for either. Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are