Keeping donations high as our income rose and fell
Effective Altruism
Ethics of adopting a meat-eating pet
Bringing another carnivore into the house
When to not trust my feelings
My brain is not always reliable.
Who is nature good for?
Not necessarily good for the fish.
Crying in museums
Exhibits that made me want a better world
Moral aesthetics
“Doing good” differs by subculture
Messy personal stuff that affected my cause prioritization
How I started to care about AI risk
Donations and budgeting, 15 years in
We still donate half, but that looks very different now than it used to.
Looking back on “Strangers Drowning”
Overall, MacFarquhar was an extraordinarily careful and in-depth researcher and writer. But a couple of things feel strange to me about the chapter.
Kid donations, 2020 and 2021
I told L that Jeff and I would give her $20 to donate as she chose at the end of December. We sat down and she listed her ideas, which were all about helping homeless people.