William MacAskill

@willmacaskill

Associate Professor in Philosophy, Oxford University; cofounder of 80,000 Hours & Giving What We Can; author of Doing Good Better,a guide to effective altruism.

Oxford
Joined August 2011

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  1. Our co-founder and CEO shares his journey of building at in Q&A w/

  2. Interesting podcast with Adam D'Angelo, the founder of Quora on knowledge aggregation:

  3. . and discuss "Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence". So many great questions posed:

  4. There’s magic in mess: Why you should embrace a disorderly desk, by :

  5. Doctors name treatments that bring little or no benefit:

  6. "How can a supposedly Bayesian brain reason so poorly with probabilities? ... we propose an unexpected answer":

  7. "But when it comes to entrepreneurship, there’s a factor that’s probably more important than effort. It’s risk:"

  8. Tonight we cry, we despair, and we fear. Tomorrow we get back to work trying to build the world we want.

  9. "Yet despite the noisy debates ... it is a little-noticed fact that trade is no longer rising:"

  10. "Canada is not exempt from [global] stresses ... but Canada seems to be coping with them less hysterically":

  11. The SwingVoter Go site finds all your friends in swing states so you can remind them to vote. Very time-effective:

  12. The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate—or is it?

  13. "Americans who prioritize doing good for others are almost twice as likely to say they are very happy..."

  14. 21 maps and charts that will change how you think about the election:

  15. What are the odds of one vote changing the US presidential election?

  16. The power of prediction markets. Scientists are beginning to understand these ‘mini Wall Streets’:

  17. "What *is* new and interesting is how social media has transformed age-old crowd behaviors. In the past decade...":

  18. How Political Science Gets Politics Wrong:

  19. Last 4 hours to apply to go to EAGx Oxford in 2.5 weeks' time! I'll be there as will many great speakers:

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