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Hilary Greaves | On the desire to make a difference | Global Priorities Institute 2022

May 14, 2023

40:35

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Be an Effective Altruist

2min

The Importance of Career Choice

1min

The Effect of Altruism Community on Difference Making

2min

The Difference Between Severe and Mild Disasters

2min

The Importance of Cause Prioritization

4min

Difference Making Risk Aversion

2min

The Importance of Choosing Between Safe and Risky

4min

The Effects of Collective Defeat on the Nash Equilibrium

2min

10.

The Stochastic Dominance Based Argument for the Collective Defeat Argument

3min

11.

Stochastic Dominance: A Betterness Relationship

3min

12.

The Stochastic Dominance Relationship Between a and B

2min

13.

Difference Making Risk Averse Preferences Can't Be Matters of Pure Benevolence

2min

14.

Difference Making Ambiguity Aversion

2min

15.

Difference Making Risk Adverse Preferences

2min

16.

The Role of Intention in Altruism

2min

You can watch this talk with the video on the GPI YouTube channel. This presentation was given at the 10th Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research, June 2022.

You can find the full transcript here: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org...

Find out more about the Global Priorities Institute: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/

Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

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