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Niel Bowerman - Why & How We Should Prioritise - EA Global Melbourne 2015

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Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Niel talks about why we should prioritise altruistic causes and how we should do it.  Including discussion on comparing effectiveness, factoring cost effectiveness, choosing a cause area, choosing an intervention within a cause area, choosing organisations which focus on desired interventions, and more.

Take-home points: 
1. Some things we can work on are far more effective than others 
2. Prioritisation is challenging 
  • However there is a growing body of experts working on this problem 
3. Take prioritisation seriously 
  • Change your mind 
  • Change your actions

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/adam_ford/niel-bowerman-why-how-we-should-prioritise-ea-global-melbourne-2015

Dr. Niel Bowerman is Director of Operations at the Future of Humanity Institute. Niel co-founded the Centre for Effective Altruism, the Global Priorities Project, climate policy think tank Climatio, and was part of the 80,000 Hours founding team. Niel has a PhD in physics from Oxford University, he was a member of President Obama’s Energy and Environment Policy Team, and was Climate Science Advisor to the President of the Maldives. Niel has delivered speeches at G8 Summits, the European Parliament, World Bank, UK Treasury and at the World Economic Forum. 

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