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Altruism refers to actions undertaken for the concern and benefit of others at ones own expense.

"an "altruist" is someone who chooses between actions according to the criterion of others' welfare" - Eliezer Yudkowsky

Related tags and wikis: Shut up and multiply, Fuzzies, World Optimization, Effective Altruism, Cause Prioritization, Motivations, Psychology of Altruism, Ethics and Morality

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Posts tagged Altruism
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17Notes on Altruism
David Gross
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233On saving the world
So8res
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363Scope Insensitivity
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19y
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86Ineffective Altruism
lsusr
4y
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209Efficient Charity: Do Unto Others...
Scott Alexander
15y
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186Act of Charity
jessicata
7y
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177Maximizing Your Donations via a Job
Alexei
13y
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1302019 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
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Larks
6y
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130Parkinson's Law and the Ideology of Statistics
Benquo
10mo
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123Shut Up and Divide?
Wei Dai
16y
276
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100A critique of effective altruism
benkuhn
12y
153
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90Circular Altruism
Eliezer Yudkowsky
18y
310
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73Hell is wasted on the evil
lsusr
5y
20
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55EA Hangout Prisoners' Dilemma
Jeffrey Ladish
4y
18
2
49Where's my magic sword?
lsusr
4y
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