Assorted topics
- A Short Introduction to Utilitarianism
- The Basics of Cost-Effectiveness Calculations
- Do Call Options Have High Expected Returns?
- Reviews of Some AI Projects
- The Predominance of Wild-Animal Suffering over Happiness: An Open Problem (.tex)
- Killing Animals May Increase Deaths Per Unit Time (.tex)
- Pain-free Animals? (pdf backup)
- Counterfactual Credit Assignment (pdf backup)
- Approximate Mass of a Typical Bug
- When should wildlife photographers interfere? (a short interview)
- Some of My Facebook Posts
Old (don't take these numbers at face value)
- The following pieces are probably overly optimistic. For the latest, see the work of Animal Charity Evaluators.
- How to Give Encouragement to Several New Vegetarians in Just a Few Minutes
- Calculations Regarding Wild-Animal Suffering (.tex)
- Donatable-Wealth Calculator
- Anthropics and the Doomsday Argument
- Values Spreading is Often More Important than Extinction Risk