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Less-discussed causes
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
8 posts
Cause X
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Should we buy coal mines?
John G. Halstead
7mo
31
151
Aligning Recommender Systems as Cause Area
IvanVendrov
3y
45
102
Genetic Enhancement as a Cause Area
Galton
2y
20
88
Cause X Guide
Joey
3y
35
86
Friendship Forever (new EA cause area?)
rogersbacon1
1mo
13
72
A love letter to civilian OSINT, and possibilities as a tool in EA
eukaryote
2y
4
68
A New X-Risk Factor: Brain-Computer Interfaces
Jack
2y
12
67
Cost-Effectiveness of Air Purifiers against Pollution
Lukas Trötzmüller
2y
12
59
Preprint is out! 100,000 lumens to treat seasonal affective disorder
Fabienne
1y
9
53
Tax Havens and the case for Tax Justice
Alex Barnes
2y
10
51
My list of effective altruism ideas that seem to be underexplored
turchin
6mo
19
48
Antifungal Resistance - The Neglected Cousin of Antibiotic Resistance
Madhav Malhotra
10mo
1
48
Being a donor for Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/y)
Anton Rodenhauser
5mo
12
36
EAs should recommend cost-effective interventions in more cause areas (not just the most pressing ones)
Amber Dawn
3mo
18
87
"Fixing Adolescence" as a Cause Area?
kirchner.jan
11mo
16
59
Is preventing child abuse a plausible Cause X?
Milan_Griffes
3y
34
23
A lateral way of thinking about Cause X: barely visible but potentially enormous categories of value
Writer
1y
2
20
Moral Progress and Cause X
EA Global
6y
0
19
Who is working on finding "Cause X"?
Milan_Griffes
3y
33
14
Systematically under explored project areas?
RomeoStevens
7y
18
5
Three Heuristics for Finding Cause X
Kerry_Vaughan
6y
5
4
Cause X: Public Stretch Prizes
philipkd
4mo
0