Doing Good Badly? Philosophical Issues Related to Effective Altruism (D. Phil Thesis)

I've now passed the D. Phil. In the (unlikely) event anyone wants to read it, [...]

On Measuring and Maximising What Matters | EAGxAustralia

The footage from my talk at EAGxAustralia. Here's the abstract: Effective altruists want to do [...]

How Many Lives is Notre Dame Worth?

Co-written with Peter Singer. This is cross-posted from Project Syndicate, where it originally appeared. PRINCETON – Just [...]

Cause profile: mental health

[This was originally posted on the EA forum] I argue that mental illness may be [...]

Ineffective Entrepreneurship: Post-Mortem Of Hippo, The Happiness App That Never Quite Was

60 word summary: I spent two and half years trying to start a startup I [...]

Armageddon, who’s it bad for, anyway?

First published as part of the Huffington Post's Apocalypse series. How bad is the end [...]