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Less-discussed causes
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Cause X
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List of cause areas that EA should potentially prioritise more
freedomandutility
3d
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Friendship Forever (new EA cause area?)
rogersbacon1
1mo
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How should I judge the impact of giving $5k to a family of three kids and two mentally ill parents?
Blake
15d
2
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Should we buy coal mines?
John G. Halstead
7mo
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Organized Cause Evaluation
Elliot Temple
22d
2
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EAs should recommend cost-effective interventions in more cause areas (not just the most pressing ones)
Amber Dawn
3mo
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Being a donor for Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/y)
Anton Rodenhauser
5mo
12
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My list of effective altruism ideas that seem to be underexplored
turchin
6mo
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Monkeypox: Is it worth worrying about?
MarcusAbramovitch
4mo
11
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How good an idea would a system to crowdfund or partner with retail giants for better consumer product safety testing and reporting be?
Pseudonym101
1mo
0
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Antifungal Resistance - The Neglected Cousin of Antibiotic Resistance
Madhav Malhotra
10mo
1
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Is there anyone looking at the importance of simplifying complex socio-technical systems?
mikbp
3mo
0
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Preprint is out! 100,000 lumens to treat seasonal affective disorder
Fabienne
1y
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Automated online suicide prevention: potentially high impact?
generic_username
4mo
11
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"Fixing Adolescence" as a Cause Area?
kirchner.jan
11mo
16
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Cause X: Public Stretch Prizes
philipkd
4mo
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A lateral way of thinking about Cause X: barely visible but potentially enormous categories of value
Writer
1y
2
59
Is preventing child abuse a plausible Cause X?
Milan_Griffes
3y
34
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Who is working on finding "Cause X"?
Milan_Griffes
3y
33
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Systematically under explored project areas?
RomeoStevens
7y
18
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Moral Progress and Cause X
EA Global
6y
0
5
Three Heuristics for Finding Cause X
Kerry_Vaughan
6y
5