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Meditation | wallowinmaya
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Another Catcher for the Why. Thoughts on Happiness (2) [Happiness Sequence, Part 3]. January 26, 2015. Previously: Happy by Habit, Thoughts on Happiness (1)] 9. Seeing the positive Stupid and/or irrational people can really annoy me. Someone just has to say that “evolutionary psychology is biologistic” and my day is ruined. The fact is that the irrationality, overconfidence and … Continue reading →. Joy in the merely Real. Stress: How UDT, the Multiverse and Stoicism can Help. Joy in the merely Real.
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Multiverse | wallowinmaya
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Another Catcher for the Why. Stress: How UDT, the Multiverse and Stoicism can Help. April 7, 2016. Some ways of viewing and interpreting reality (or certain parts of it) can make you much more productive and happy than others, although they are not less accurate than other, more “pessimistic stances” of viewing and interpreting the world 1. In this post, … Continue reading →. Thoughts on Happiness (2) [Happiness Sequence, Part 3]. January 26, 2015. Joy in the merely Real. January 20, 2015. January 3, 2015.
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What we can learn from one of the worst charities in the world — Quartz
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Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. What we can learn from one of the worst charities in the world. May 16, 2013. How about a dose of reality from the nonprofit devoted to homeopathic medicines? May 16, 2013. I normally hate to be critical of specific charities, but I’m going to make an exception because I’ve just found one of the worst charities in the world. HWB) has provided homeopathic care and education in Guatemala. Since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, it has focused efforts. Of 110 studies o...
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there could be snakes in here: July 2014
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There could be snakes in here. C) Alberto Magnelli (c. 1909). I am often guilty of comparing down in socioeconomic matters - that is, when questions of UK social justice come up, my first thoughts are things like, “Yeah, but the British minimum wage is in the top 15% of global incomes. Over the past four years, or the change in capital’s share in national income. In the past thirty). Policy*, unless giant public transfers to GiveDirectly. Reading, and it’s these that policy should hunt.*. Similarly, when...
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The Groff Spot: May 2015
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Effective altruism, animal liberation, economics, and other topics at the intersection of justice and numbers. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Re: How do people defend eating meat? Over on his blog. And the near nonexistence of humane meat. Particularly chicken, which inflicts far more misery. Per serving than beef), I disagree. (This is yet more anecdotal evidence that now that the animal rights movement has gotten animal welfare on the table, the next step is to show that humane meat is a sham.). Others have m...
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Book Post for July | Thing of Things
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Book Post for July. Asymp; 3 Comments. Thanks to Nick and Taymon Beal for giving me books.]. The Most Good You Can Do. Now piercing is antifeminist! For purposes other than hatereading, Jeffreys is at her best when she’s digging up dirt about sex-positive and liberal feminism; I particularly appreciated Anticlimax’s history of sex-positive rape and pedophilia apologia. However, Unpacking Queer Politics contains no such fascinating revelations. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. August 7, 2015 at 7:17 pm.
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FAQ | Effective Altruism Australia
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Skip to main content. Effective altruism is about answering one simple question: how can we use our resources to help others the most? When will I get my receipt? Will I get an EOFY receipt for recurrent donations? How can I make a donation? Can I donate with my credit card or paypal? What should I do if I forgot to include my donation number in my bank transfer or made a typo? What percentage of my donations will go to the partner charity I select? How do I cancel recurring bank transfers? Including you...
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Utilitarianism Resources | Michael Dickens
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Writings on philosophy, computer science, and altruism from a person with some thoughts on philosophy, computer science, and altruism. This is a collection of some of my favorite resources on utilitarianism. Practical Ethics, Peter Singer. Animal Liberation, Peter Singer. The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer. The Methods of Ethics. The Principles of Morals and Legislation, Jeremy Bentham. Common Criticisms of Utilitarianism. The High Impact Network. Giving What We Can. Effective Altruists on Facebook.
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Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are | Thing of Things
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Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are. Asymp; 51 Comments. Content note: brief mention of suicide.]. Being nonbinary has one hell of a negative externality. Is this a huge cost for most native speakers of English who don’t have a language disability? No But when you’re me, and looking at sixty years of causing other peoplt to go “she, uh, I mean, they”… well, it adds up. The best estimates suggest about 0.3% of the population is trans. We’re never going to get there to be as many nonbinary people as t...
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