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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
16h ago“When giving money away, how much should you trust your gut feelings about who needs help versus cold data about what actually works?”
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What would civilizational purpose actually mean?: Effective altruists
The most important century Run the numbers and one fact dwarfs the rest: if humanity survives, the overwhelming majority of all people who will ever live are still ahead of us — trillions of lives, across deep time. That single observation reorganizes everything.... Why haven't we eradicated more diseases?: Effective altruists
The math nobody argues with A long-lasting insecticidal bed net costs about $2. It prevents roughly 0.5 cases of malaria per year. The Against Malaria Foundation distributes them. GiveWell estimates the cost per life saved at around $5,000....