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Stray Dog x Future-Nostalgic Teen. resonate with humane tech, xrisk mitigation, resilient societies. i teach kids to code & ignore their lesson sheets. luv u 🤖

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    1. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      6. Many employed people love to donate an hour of labor in a soup kitchen, but would have substantially bigger positive impact by donating an hour of wages. This happens because, unsurprisingly, people like to be seen as helping.

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    2. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      7. This is the reason why we give out the "I gave blood today" stickers. People donate more when asked by two solicitors rather than one. People will donate exactly as much as is needed to be a “Gold Sponsor”, and no more.

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    3. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      8. In fact, we pretty much only help out when we’re asked by others. Up to 95% of all donations are given in response to a solicitation from someone else.

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    4. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      9. Prime someone with mating cue’s or a team-building motive, and their propensity to do conspicuous good deeds like volunteering goes up drastically. Their propensity to perform unrecognized good deeds? No change.

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    5. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      10. No one likes to acknowledge we want the credit and glory for helping. But in reality, we do it in part to advertise our excess wealth and pro-social orientations. Does realizing we have these selfish motives undercut the real good we do in people’s lives? Of course not.

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    6. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      11. But what’s the take-away of this cynical view? Why acknowledge this ugly truth? As the author’s point out, if we ignore the underlying motives explaining our behavior, our attempts to reform for the better will fail.

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    7. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      12. How can this view help charity? It’s critical to align what society sees as effective charity with what actually is an effective charity. If my research says that the best charity is the “Iodine Global Network”, you have no idea if it’s a scam, if it’s my friends, etc.

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    8. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      13. Given people donate to charity at least in part to be seen helping, we need to be mindful of that and take that into account. It's perfectly natural and the consequence of evolution, and can't be easily changed.

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    9. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      14. We need to support people who research effectiveness of different charities and publicize it. Laud publicly those who help effective charities like @AgainstMalaria and the charities themselves. Don't shame people for having impure motives when they try to help, we all do.

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    10. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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      15/15 And importantly, pay attention to and support the excellent @givewell and @80000hours. They are amazing organizations doing great, transparent work. Even with mixed motives, we can do immense good

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      emily_‏ @cosimia_ 15 Jul 2018
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      Replying to @BrianTHeligman @GiveWell @80000Hours

      Awesome thread. Learning about effective altruism really helped me think deeply about the importance of cause prioritisation, and the principles of EA go well beyond charity. I met Peter Singer in the flesh! He was very humble

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        1. Brian Heligman  😷‏ @BrianTHeligman 15 Jul 2018
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          Thank you! Trying out grappling with trying to write more. The thing with Peter Singer for me is the man is just right. At least logically, the chain of reasoning seems pretty infallible. An important thinker for sure.

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