Mitchell Laughlin🔸

Senior Analyst @ Reserve (Central) Bank of Australia
275 karmaJoined Working (0-5 years)Sydney NSW, Australia

Participation
3

  • Attended an EAGx conference
  • Attended more than three meetings with a local EA group
  • Completed the Introductory EA Virtual Program

Comments
35

Amusingly, I can see this being useful as a dumb exposure therapy game for people (um, me) who put off applying for roles out of fear of rejection.

Downvoted as I don't think this type of content should be tolerated on the EA Forum. When I click on posts on April 1 (which coincidentally is my birthday), I expect to leave after a 'ha ha funny', not a 'ha ha, this is fine, oh wait, no it's not, someone please help me deal with my now increased existential dread'

Yours sincerely,
Mitchell (is unfortunately not) Laugh(l)ing 

I worry I'm too pessimistic in general, but the world economy (and general living standards), have improved significantly over time, and farmed animal welfare seems to be a lot worse. That seems to be evidence to me that amazing technological progress won't be sufficient for animal welfare progress.  

Kudos to you for taking such a serious pay cut to work on something you feel is important. 'Made me laugh' reacting only because reading 'I yearn for the diamond emoji' did make me chuckle.

I agree with all of the points you've raised, but am holding off on agree voting for the moment. Do you know why that EAG restricted handing out materials?

Can confirm, and happy to vouch.

Tax-effective Australian charities and funds:

  • Against Malaria Foundation
  • Deworm the World Initiative (led by Evidence Action)
  • Effective Altruism Australia
  • GiveDirectly
  • Giving What We Can
  • Helen Keller International
  • Malaria Consortium
  • New Incentives
  • One Acre Fund
  • StrongMinds
  • Unlimit Health (formerly SCI)
  • All Grants Fund by GiveWell
  • Top Charities Fund by GiveWell
  • Environment Fund by Giving Green

Do you (/anyone reading this) know if TapTapSend is for-profit (/whether they're just using their current profits to scale but have hopes of slashing fees once they do so)? 

I know very little about the business model of remittance companies, but from two seconds' worth of thought, this seems like an area where a nonprofit could try to undercut the market and provide a massive public good.

I really don't have a strong view, but I find myself sympathetic to the idea that the world is not great and is getting worse (if you consider non-human animals).

This post was really inspiring, (+1ing gergo) thank you for writing it. I'm glad you exist.

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