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31 Post author: multifoliaterose 04 December 2010 10:27AM

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Comment author: multifoliaterose 04 December 2010 05:09:35PM *  5 points [-]

Thanks, will do. [Edit: Done.]

Maybe even to the existential risks career network.

There's very little on the website. Somebody should write an essay making a case for the uninitiated for existential risk reduction charity as a (potentially) highly cost-effective charitable activity.

This could include

  1. A summary of the points made in Astronomical Waste.

  2. Some of the points made in Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global catastrophic risk.

  3. Reference to and brief discussion of some existential risks.

  4. A link to a list of charities working on reducing global catastrophic risk.

  5. A link to a Do-It-Yourself charity evaluation tailored to charities focused on some sort of global catastrophic risk reduction.

Here I'll note that Nick Beckstead is doing his thesis on tangible charity vs. existential risk reduction charity.

Comment author: utilitymonster 04 December 2010 08:05:04PM 1 point [-]

Yep, good idea.