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66 posts and pages recovered from Internet Archive captures of the earlier blog, kept verbatim. Dated entries carry the original publication date; the rest were captured from a later rebuild of the site that recorded only "posted before" notes.

2019-07-126 Reasons to Pursue the Building of HedoniumCause Prioritization · Crucial Considerations · Existential Risk · Fundamental Ethics
2019-07-04Narrowing in on Cause XCause Prioritization · Crucial Considerations · Effective Altruism · Philosophy
2019-07-04Designing an Ideal Utilitarian Welfare ScaleCause Prioritization · Effective Altruism · Fundamental Ethics · Moral philosophy · Suffering Risk
2019-05-29Oligarchical-Libertarian-Surveillance StatesFun · Policy
2019-05-24An Entropic Decision Procedure for Many Worlds LivingExistential Risk · Favorite Posts · Policy · Rationality
2019-05-19Resigning from West Point
2019-05-07Economic Policies that Optimize for Future PeopleEconomics · Personal Blog
2019-05-02A Decision Procedure for Many-Worlds LivingCrucial Considerations
2019-04-28My Secret Addiction: Project Euler ProblemsCode · Personal Blog
2019-04-24A Counterintuitive Probability GameCode · Fun
2019-04-18Understanding the True Cost of Land-Use ProjectsEconomics · Favorite Posts · Overt Signaling · Personal Blog · Policy · Social Science
2019-04-11What Should You Do With Your Life? [Link List]Link Lists
2019-04-11Piano Songs [Overt Signaling]Overt Signaling
2019-04-05Counterfactual People Are ImportantMoral philosophy
2019-04-04The Exponential Impact of Socially-Contagious PhilanthropyCause Prioritization · Effective Altruism · Favorite Posts · Social Science
2019-03-31Productivity Link ListLink Lists
2019-03-24Suspend Moral Self-Judgement for Higher-Quality ReasoningEducation · Effective Altruism · Social Science
2019-03-24Making Total Utilitarianism More IntuitiveSocial Science
2019-03-23On Moral RelativismMoral philosophy · Social Science
2019-03-22Ethics Demands SpeedCause Prioritization · Effective Altruism
2019-03-22Effective Self-Care Link ListLink Lists · Self-Care
2019-03-21The Moral Importance of Future PeopleMoral philosophy
2019-03-20[Link] It’s Supposed To Feel Like This: 8 emotional challenges of altruism – Holly MorganEffective Altruism · Self-Care
2019-03-19Subjective ProbabilityRationality
2019-03-18Unpopular Ideas: Theory and LinksRationality
2019-03-18Remember Neuroplasticity and Do Not Enjoy That Which Is Not ProductivePersonal Blog · Self-Care
2019-03-18A Concrete Way to do GoodEffective Altruism
2019-03-17The DoD can Further Optimize its Retirement SystemEconomics · Policy
2019-03-15Our Obligation to Add Beings to the WorldMoral philosophy · Social Science
2019-03-14Risk-Tolerance is Not a ThingEconomics
2019-03-13Your Acts Need Not Be UniversalizableMoral philosophy
2019-03-12My Army Train-UpOvert Signaling
2019-03-11Necessary EA Institutions Part 1: Daily Impact JournalingEffective Altruism · Personal Blog
2019-03-10Welfare Stems from Fundamental PhysicsMoral philosophy
2019-03-09A Singleton Government is not as Dangerous as Omnicidal AgentsFavorite Posts · Policy · Social Science
2019-03-07Our Responsibility to Reduce Personal RiskFavorite Posts · Moral philosophy · Personal Blog
2019-03-06Rationality+Science+Economics Link ListLink Lists
2019-03-06My Philosophical BeliefsPersonal Blog · Social Science
2019-03-06Flavors of UtilitarianismSocial Science
2019-03-06EA Link ListLink Lists
2019-03-05College Courses Should be Student-RefinedEducation
2019-03-04On Leadership Qualities [short essay]Personal Blog
2019-03-03Primality Testing, Factorization, and Sieving ImplementationCode
2019-03-02A Mathematical Model for Visual Threat ResponseOvert Signaling
2019-03-01A Novel Way to Mitigate Sexual ViolenceEntrepreneurship · Social Science
2019-02-28We Should Have Prevented Other Countries from Ever Obtaining NukesExistential Risk · Favorite Posts · Moral philosophy · Policy
2019-02-27Special Obligations Don’t Exist, but they are Useful HeuristicsMoral philosophy
2019-02-26Is Life Insurance Rational?Economics · Effective Altruism · Personal Blog
2019-02-25Possible Moral Trade ImplementationEconomics · Entrepreneurship · Moral philosophy
2019-02-24One Post, Every DayPersonal Blog · Self-Care
2019-02-06Experience Machines Support Ethical HedonismMoral philosophy
2019-02-01The Need for and Viability of an Effective Altruism AcademyEffective Altruism
2018-12-18“Getting the Hands Dirty for a Good Cause”- a Short StoryEffective Altruism · Personal Blog
2018-12-18Let’s Not Decouple Suffering from SurvivabilityFavorite Posts · Suffering Risk
2018-12-18Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling Victory (personal post)Overt Signaling
2018-12-18Exploring Accountability in Autonomous Drone WarfarePersonal Blog · Social Science
2018-12-17On the Permissibility of AbortionMoral philosophy
2018-12-17On the Doctrine of Double EffectSocial Science

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