Hi, we've written a response to the recent deworming studies: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/2015-07-23/deworming-really-effective-response-recent-deworming-studies Hauke :)

We're always on the lookout for well-written critiques of effective altruism, and here's one that turned up recently. It's a paper by Iason Gabriel called What's Wrong with Effective Altruism? I'll try and summarize its main points in my own words, but I'd urge you to read the original. Related: ...Read More

In the past, I’ve been reviewing myself on a quarterly basis to track my progress against my goals. Again, I’m here to inventory my goals and projects, explain how I’ve accomplished them (or fallen short) throughout 2015 Q2, and then elaborate plans, goals, and projects for 2015 Q3. This is ...Read More

Moving Moral Economics Forward In these writings we propose the creation of a sub-field of knowledge, Moral Economics, and provide in broad strokes its characteristics. We assemble previous writings that can be considered prospective subfields. We also discuss several concepts that have been developed in recent years that are instrumentally ...Read More

On August 1, I'll be moderating a panel at EA Global on the relationship between effective altruism, astronomical stakes, and artificial intelligence. The panelists will be Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley), Nick Bostrom (Future of Humanity Institute), Nate Soares (Machine Intelligence Research Institute), and Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla). I'm very excited ...Read More

Robert Wiblin recently wrote a good post with the self-explanatory title "Disagreeing about what’s effective isn’t disagreeing with effective altruism" . At the end, there is one parapgrah which I think concedes too much, however, regarding the triviality of the EA message. He writes: Have I now defined ‘effective altruism’ ...Read More

Last Sunday .impact hosted a Deep Dive with Matthew Gentzel on the new Effective Altruist Organization, Effective Altruism Policy Analytics. The full video is here . It went for one hour, 40 minutes, and went through a long introduction followed by several questions and answers. A written summary, with links ...Read More

Please come and join .impact's 3rd remote and in-person Workathon, which is accessible online or at App Academy in San Francisco if you would like to attend in person. No programming skills are required and the event lasts from 12:00-4:00PM Pacific Time. You can work on any EA project's of ...Read More

Moral Economics Concepts On the shoulders of: Altruistic Arbitrage , Certificates of Impact , Cognitive Load and Effective Donation , Coordination Problems for Donations , Donation Swapping , International Donation Trade , Direct Funding for EAs and especially Moral Trade . Special thanks to Ryan Carey, Ben Hoskin and Leo ...Read More

TL;DR: Norwegian TV channels have to send informational videos from non-profits instead of regular commercials 4 days a year. The only important requirement is quality, which judging by the current videos, is set at a reachable level. We need input and people who can contribute with time, skills and/or funding. ...Read More