Additional Essays

• A Short Introduction to Utilitarianism
• On the Precautionary Principle
• Intuition and Reason
• Utilitarianism as a Resolution to Ethical Disagreements
• General Procedure for Utilitarian Evaluations
• If Free Will Were Coherent, We Ought to Believe in It
• Ways to Reduce Suffering
• The Case for Risky Investments
• Donatable-Wealth Calculator
• A Free Lunch for Donors: Covariance in Wealth and Cost-Effectiveness
• Thoughts on Friendly AI
• Thoughts on SIAI
• Doomsday Dampening of Future Fanaticism?
• Are Most Simulations Fiction?
• Selections on Kosher Slaughter (pdf) -- see also this New Scientist piece describing an article in New Zealand Veterinary Journal, vol. 57, p. 77
• Cost-Effectiveness of Animal Charities, coauthored with Simon Knutsson
• Do Call Options Have High Expected Returns?
• How Often Should You Buy a New Stock?
• Are Petitions Effective?
• Save Notes to Wikipedia
• Vegans who Support Wildlife
• Macro- vs. Micro-Optimization
• Review of Ham and Eggonomics (renamed to Compassion by the Pound): Part 1 and Part 2
• Caring about Animal Suffering
• Expected Value of Shared Information for Competing Agents
• Hell and Numbers of Births
• Does DNA Encode Reward Feature Detectors?
• Teamwork over Envy
• Using a 401k to Avoid Capital Gains by Withdrawing Early?
• 0% Capital-Gains Rate During a Sabbatical Year
• How Many Minds Could the Future Support?
• Open Questions about Reducing Suffering