Increments
Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem
We found 6 episodes of Increments with the tag “effective altruism”.
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#46 (Bonus) - Arguing about probability (with Nick Anyos)
December 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 59 mins
bayesianism, effective altruism, longtermism, probability, statistics
Ben and Vaden make a guest appearance on Nick Anyos' podcast on criticisms of effective altruism. As usual, they end up arguing about probability for most of it.
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#44 - Longtermism Revisited: What We Owe the Future
October 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
effective altruism, ethics, longtermism, philosophy
Could have seen this one coming. We discuss Will MacAskill's new book "What We Owe the Future."
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#41 - Parenting, Epistemology, and EA (w/ Lulie Tanett)
June 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
bayesianism, critical rationalism, effective altruism, epistemology, rationality
We're joined by the wonderful Lulie Tanett to talk about effective altruism, pulling spouses out of burning buildings, and why you should prefer critical rationalism to Bayesianism for your mom's sake.
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#36 - Analyzing Effective Altruism as a Social Movement
January 26th, 2022 | 56 mins 15 secs
core values, cults, effective altruism, groupthink, social movements
Vaden and Ben debate Effective Altruism and provocatively ask "Is EA a cult?" and come up with a resounding... Kinda. Maybe. It's hard to say.
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#20 (HTI crossover episode) - Roundtable Longtermism Discussion
March 8th, 2021 | 3 hrs 14 mins
debate, effective altruism, longtermism
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#17 - Against Longtermism
December 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 30 mins
bayesianism, effective altruism, expected value, longtermism