Michael Nielsen’s (somewhat critical) Notes on Effective Altruism. I particularly liked the framing of EA as an example of moral invention. I particularly agree with the discussion of sustainability. Some of the arguments lose their force if you ask whether there is an alternative ideology that does better on these factors.
Transcript of a Twitter Discussion on EA from June 2022. A little underspecified, but brings up some interesting points.
A website devoted to listing AI Safety Ideas.
This article says that GPT-4 won’t be super big. Good! Massive scaling can lead to unexpected behavior; in the context of AI risk that’s a bad thing.
Who Owns Outer Space with Angela Dennis
Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds: A how-to guide
Marx discussing Georgism. It seems like Marx agrees that land value tax would be an improvement on the status quo and endorses it as part of a transitional policy to socialism. Though he doesn’t think it goes far enough. Add him to the list of prominent economists from across the political spectrum that support land value taxation!
Some papers on the heritability of altruism:
Genes, psychological traits and civic engagement
Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking
Altruism and aggression: The heritability of individual differences
Harsimony 