Essays on Reducing Suffering

Alan Dawrst --

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Reducing Suffering

A Donation Recommendation: SIAI -- see also this post on the high expected value of SIAI

On the Seriousness of Suffering

Ways to Reduce Suffering

Wild-Animal Suffering

The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering

Ought We Intervene in Predation?, a response to this question (Portuguese and English)

How Many Wild Animals Are There?

Can Insects Feel Pain?

Humane Insecticides: A Cost-Effectiveness Calculation

Factory Farming

Does Vegetarianism Make a Difference?

How Much Direct Suffering is Caused by Various Animal Foods?

How Much Is a Dollar Worth? (pdf) (.tex)

Vegetarianism and Wild Animals

Pascalian Thoughts

A Defense of Pascalian Reasoning

A Pascalian Comparison of Religions -- see also Motives for Punishment

Explanations for Religious Diversity

Hell and Numbers of Births

Utilitarianism, Infinity, and Religion

Making Money to Reduce Suffering

Why Activists Should Consider Making Lots of Money

The Case for Risky Investments

Why Maximize Expected Value?

Donatable-Wealth Calculator

A Free Lunch for Donors: Covariance in Wealth and Cost-Effectiveness

Miscellaneous Topics

Creating Infinite Suffering: Lab Universes

Thoughts on Friendly AI

How the Hard Problem Matters

If Free Will Were Coherent, We Ought to Believe in It

Are More Complicated Revelations Less Probable?

Further Material

Reducing Suffering Blog and Reducing Suffering Wiki

Recommended Reading

Additional Essays