Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on So you say you're an altruist... - Less Wrong

11 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 12 March 2009 10:15PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 13 March 2009 01:13:42AM *  7 points [-]

Yes, but there are ways to save people for not very much money. See http://givewell.net/psi

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 March 2009 01:20:36AM 1 point [-]

Anna or Carl or Vassar: was Givewell one of the good guys or one of the bad guys?

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 13 March 2009 01:33:30AM *  8 points [-]

One of the good guys. Givewell isn't a specific charity; it's a serious attempt to research and publicize means of effective giving, in the sense of figuring out how to get the most {lives saved / education / other specific goals} per dollar.