Essays on Reducing Suffering Home Essays on Reducing Suffering This site contains writings on the topic of reducing

Essays on Reducing Suffering Home Essays on Reducing Suffering This site contains writings on the topic of reducing

The Cost of Kids Home The Cost of Kids By Brian Tomasik

Is There A Hard Problem of Consciousness? Home Is There A Hard

have high uncertainty not just about what the best project is for reducing suffering but even whether

prevent insect infestations talk and blog about the importance of reducing insect suffering. In

Three Types of Negative Utilitarianism Home Three Types of Negative Utilitarianism By Brian Tomasik First

ve seen enough examples of weird reductions like this that I don't find reducing consciousness to functional

think it's best to err on the side of reducing our greenhouse-gas emissions

example was just to clarify the idea. It's not obvious that reducing short-term suffering actually

Why Free Will is Not an "Illusion" Home Why Free Will is Not an "Illusion" By Brian Tomasik First

Predictions of AGI Takeoff Speed vs. Years Worked in Commercial Software Home Predictions

A Short Introduction to Reducing Suffering Home A Short Introduction to Reducing Suffering By

One Trillion Fish Home One Trillion Fish By Brian Tomasik First published: 2012 Jan 01 . Last nontrivial update: 2020

How Many Wild Animals Are There? Home How Many Wild Animals Are There? By Brian Tomasik First published: 2009 .

prevent insect infestations talk and blog about the importance of reducing insect suffering. In

the long-run future, my top recommendation is the Center for Reducing Suffering (CRS), closely followed

knew whether conventional goals were good or bad. For instance, it seems obvious that reducing global poverty is desirable

of information to exploring approaches for promoting tolerance and reducing aggressive impulses, both at

compared with ecosystems, and this is one reason medicine is arguably less difficult than reducing wild-animal suffering.) Learned

2016 May 20 . Summary Quantification and metric optimization are powerful tools for reducing suffering, but they have

spreads. In the USA, margin interest can offset net investment income, thereby potentially reducing taxes. Arguments against margin

with minutiae, and it doesn't highlight the big-picture concerns, like reducing populations of r

and are good at within the bounds of reasonable usefulness toward reducing suffering. Frederick Buechner has

Caring about Animal Suffering Home Caring about Animal Suffering By Brian Tomasik First written: 4 Jun 2009

The Haste Consideration, Revisited Home The Haste Consideration, Revisited By Brian Tomasik First published: 2013 Feb

In What Ways Is Writing Valuable? Home In What Ways Is Writing Valuable? By Brian Tomasik

Is Kosher Slaughter Humane? Home Is Kosher Slaughter Humane? By Brian Tomasik First written: 2006. Last nontrivial update: 21

Advice for Students on Earning to Give Home Advice for Students on

Random Ideas and Suggestions Home Random Ideas and Suggestions By Brian Tomasik First written: 2009 -

of people. -- Eliezer Yudkowsky Many of my richest insights into philosophy and reducing suffering have come from

t be even if you're investing for altruistic reasons), you should care about reducing the variance

Suffering in Animals vs. Humans Home Suffering in Animals vs. Humans By Brian Tomasik First

Should We Intervene in Nature? Home Should We Intervene in Nature? By Brian Tomasik First

Calculator for Expected Utility of Founding a Startup Home Calculator for

Does Vegetarianism Make a Difference? Home Does Vegetarianism Make a Difference? By Brian Tomasik First

Turn Discussions into Blog Posts Home Turn Discussions into Blog Posts By Brian Tomasik First written: 18 Feb 2013.

ve never lost an idealized commitment to the overriding goal of reducing suffering (though I have

breeders of farmed animals.) Human engineers with the specific goal of reducing suffering and promoting

an effort to bolster a conclusion favorable to your values. Reducing the inclination

t be even if you're investing for altruistic reasons), you should care about reducing the variance

Summary of My Beliefs and Values on Big Questions Home Summary of My

predators, that seems like a good thing in terms of reducing the painfulness

and its divergent viewpoints. One day we see a health news story about X reducing life expectancy; tomorrow we

numbers of them to be born. Alternatively, it may mean stopping humans from reducing predator populations. There are

When Should Altruists Be Financially Risk-Averse? Home When Should Altruists Be Financially Risk-Averse? By Brian Tomasik First

How Painful Is Death from Starvation or Dehydration? Home How Painful Is Death from Starvation or Dehydration? By Brian

Większość cierpienia doświadczanego przez zwierzęta ma miejsce w naturze... Home Większość cierpienia doświadczanego przez zwierzęta ma miejsce w naturze... ...

Most of the world's animal suffering occurs in nature.... ...and while

Why Activists Should Consider Making Lots of Money Home Why Activists Should Consider Making Lots

Wild-animal suffering on The Reality Check podcast Home Wild-animal suffering on The Reality

First, where I agree: In terms of combating short-term suffering, if reducing wild-animal populations is

Employers with Huge Matching-Donations Limits Home Employers with Huge Matching-Donations Limits By Brian Tomasik First written: 28

going to eat meat, we should kill the largest animals possible, thereby reducing the number

Donate $400K per Year by Working at Soros Fund Management Home Donate $400K per Year by Working at Soros

predators chased their prey particularly exciting. I was saddened to learn that humans were reducing wildlife habitats, since I

agony that animals endure when dying while keeping meat consumption roughly constant (or at least not reducing it as much as

for publishing in journals/conferences Signaling quality Appearing more normal Building on previous literature Reducing insularity Formal and

My Personal Reactions to Confrontational Animal Activism Home My Personal Reactions to Confrontational Animal Activism

Spreading Google Grants with Caution about Counterfactuals Home Spreading Google Grants with Caution about Counterfactuals By Brian Tomasik First

Should Altruists Focus on Reducing Short-Term or Far-Future Suffering? Home Should Altruists Focus on Reducing Short-Term or Far

Speculations on Invertebrate Population Dynamics Relevant to Reducing Suffering Home Speculations on Invertebrate Population Dynamics Relevant to Reducing

long-run effects on society's values. Compared with veg outreach, other approaches to reducing animal suffering on factory

is right? Infinite arms race? Let future generations work out the details Footnotes Introduction Reducing suffering requires knowing what

mainly a theoretical existence proof for the possibility of reducing insect suffering in

a lawn is that big, and shade can sometimes even help plants by reducing water losses during hot

insecticides reduce or increase insect suffering on balance seems unclear. And of course, reducing insect habitat permanently would

Why Maximize Expected Value? Home Why Maximize Expected Value? By Brian Tomasik First written: fall 2007. Last nontrivial update:

Cognitive Abilities of Unicellular Organisms Home Cognitive Abilities of Unicellular Organisms compiled by Brian Tomasik

there are many other far-future side effects of saving lives and reducing malaria, complicating the

have high uncertainty not just about what the best project is for reducing suffering but even whether

more beans/nuts and (maybe) potatoes . Translations: Russian Contents Summary Introduction Impact on vertebrates Reducing population densities Killing vertebrates

copies of themselves), I might prefer for people who aren't focused on reducing suffering to take

Why I Don't Support Eating Insects Home Why I Don't Support Eating Insects By Brian Tomasik First

Deberíamos Intervenir en la Naturaleza? Home ¿Deberíamos Intervenir en la Naturaleza? por Brian Tomasik Primera versión: otoño de 2009;

Finding the right genes per species Would gene drives always work? Getting government signoff Reducing pain sensitivity across all

would matter more in total, so increasing their numbers would increase suffering more than reducing forage-fish numbers would

and may serve as useful "hooks" for getting people interested in reducing insect suffering. However, the

they're affected by anthropic updates, and how much impact we could make toward reducing suffering if they were

La importancia del sufrimiento de los insectos Home La importancia del sufrimiento de los insectos por Brian Tomasik Primera

other pollution NOx and NOy Acid rain Rule of law Family planning Reducing poverty Shade balls Road

has the potential to offset the benefit of reducing insect populations on the

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Fitness Considerations Regarding the Suffering of Short-Lived Animals Home Fitness Considerations Regarding

Paul Almond on AI, Atheism, Consciousness, and the Multiverse Home Paul Almond on AI, Atheism,

However, ironically, this complexity is a reason in favor of reducing NPP (such as via

may be similar wagers in other domains. In general, it seems that reducing the harm

Which Stimuli Are Painful to Invertebrates? Home Which Stimuli Are Painful to Invertebrates? By Brian

egg (Litchfield, 1996). However, in other animals it may cause suffering without death, by reducing immune function in

Let N be the total hectares of land on Earth. Then by reducing forest cover from 46

be offset by restocking? In that case, the effects of reducing the caught

Haller’s Rule and Sentience Per Unit Biomass Home Haller’s Rule and Sentience Per

Why Your Laptop May Be Marginally Sentient Home Why Your Laptop May Be Marginally Sentient By Brian Tomasik First

Comparison table More explanation of the above table ΔN D S R Selectively reducing chicken Parameters Let ΔN