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We have a reasonably clear sense of what "good" is, but it's not perfect. Suffering is bad, pleasure is good, more people living enjoyable l

In theory you can upload someone's mind onto a computer, allowing them to live forever as a digital form of consciousness, just like in the

I've been logging my happiness for a year now. [1] My phone notifies me at unpredictable intervals, and I respond with some tags. For exampl

When I talk to people about earning to give, it's common to hear worries about "backsliding". Yes, you say you're going to go make a lot of

The New York Times has a calculator to explain how getting on a jury works. They have a slider at the top indicating how likely each of the

Someone comes to you claiming to have an intervention that dramatically improves life outcomes. They tell you that all people have some leve

A: [Surprising fact] B: [Question] When someone has a claim questioned, there are two common responses. One is to treat the question as a

If you're trying to prevent information-theoretic death by preserving the brain it's critical that the information that makes you be "you" a

People kept noticing that blood donors were healthier than non-donors. Could giving blood be good for you, perhaps by removing excess iron?

If you asked me how happy I've been, I'd think back over my recent life and synthesize my memories into a judgement. Since I'm the one exper