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diff --git a/content/entry/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact.md b/content/entry/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact.md index a3e9887..847fb6f 100644 --- a/content/entry/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact.md +++ b/content/entry/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact.md @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ So that's my basic advice for how to maximize your positive impact. Others have ### Effective Altruism (EA) -The organization [80,000 Hours](https://80000hours.org/2013/12/a-framework-for-strategically-selecting-a-cause/ "80,000 Hours"), part of the broader [Effective Altruism](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ "Effective Altruism") (EA) movement, has put a *lot* of thought into the question of how to maximize impact. They've published [a framework for selecting a cause](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ "80,000 Hours: A framework for strategically selecting a cause"), a document for [assessing the impact of a career](https://80000hours.org/2013/07/how-to-assess-the-impact-of-a-career/ "80,000 Hours: How to assess the impact of a career"), and their founders and members also have several books out on the subject that you should consider reading. I suggest reading some of it just to get yourself thinking critically about the topic. +The organization [80,000 Hours](https://80000hours.org "80,000 Hours"), part of the broader [Effective Altruism](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ "Effective Altruism") (EA) movement, has put a *lot* of thought into the question of how to maximize impact. They've published [a framework for selecting a cause](https://80000hours.org/2013/12/a-framework-for-strategically-selecting-a-cause/ "80,000 Hours: A framework for strategically selecting a cause"), a document for [assessing the impact of a career](https://80000hours.org/2013/07/how-to-assess-the-impact-of-a-career/ "80,000 Hours: How to assess the impact of a career"), and their founders and members also have several books out on the subject that you should consider reading. I suggest reading some of it just to get yourself thinking critically about the topic. ### Philosophy Tube -If you do read EA material, you *must* also watch [Philosophy Tube](https://yewtu.be/channel/UC2PA-AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ "Philosophy Tube Youtube Channel")'s [video essay](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Lm0vHQYKI-Y "The Rich Have Their Own Ethics: Effective Altruism & the Crypto Crash (ft. F1nn5ter)") compiling criticisms of EA as an organization, and as a philosophy. +If you do read EA material, you *must* also watch [Philosophy Tube](https://yewtu.be/channel/UC2PA-AKmVpU6NKCGtZq_rKQ?dark_mode=true "Philosophy Tube Youtube Channel")'s [video essay](https://yewtu.be/embed/Lm0vHQYKI-Y?local=true "The Rich Have Their Own Ethics: Effective Altruism & the Crypto Crash (ft. F1nn5ter)") compiling criticisms of EA as an organization, and as a philosophy. One of the criticisms against EA as a movement outlined in the video is that **EA has an observability bias. By limiting itself to evidence-based remedies, it's always working within the system, potentially reinforcing the (difficult to measure) root causes of the problems it purports to solve.** In only recommending "evidence-based" ways to do good, it discounts other unquantifiable options that may do far greater good. |