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Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Have Already Killed More People Than The Iraq War • The projected death toll is well over one million
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Have Already Killed More People Than The Iraq War
The projected death toll is well over one million
benthams.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Have Already Killed More People Than The Iraq War • The projected death toll is well over one million
50 Hot Takes • For paid subscribers only
50 Hot Takes
For paid subscribers only
benthams.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
50 Hot Takes • For paid subscribers only
It's Good To Create Happy People: A Comprehensive Case • Why the person-affecting view is wrong, much more than you wanted to know
It's Good To Create Happy People: A Comprehensive Case
Why the person-affecting view is wrong, much more than you wanted to know
benthams.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's Good To Create Happy People: A Comprehensive Case • Why the person-affecting view is wrong, much more than you wanted to know
There Is Exactly One Good Objection To The Drowning Child Argument • But it won't let you off the hook completely
There Is Exactly One Good Objection To The Drowning Child Argument
But it won't let you off the hook completely
benthams.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There Is Exactly One Good Objection To The Drowning Child Argument • But it won't let you off the hook completely
Against The Doomer Worldview • Actually look at the numbers
Against The Doomer Worldview
Actually look at the numbers
benthams.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Against The Doomer Worldview • Actually look at the numbers
AI 2027 Uber Alles • Why AI 2027 isn't like abolish the police
AI 2027 Uber Alles
Why AI 2027 isn't like abolish the police
benthams.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
AI 2027 Uber Alles • Why AI 2027 isn't like abolish the police
Philosophy and The English Language • Footnotes to Orwell
Philosophy and The English Language
Footnotes to Orwell
benthams.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Philosophy and The English Language • Footnotes to Orwell
Populism As Moral and Intellectual Rot • Your problems are not all caused by foreigners
Populism As Moral and Intellectual Rot
Your problems are not all caused by foreigners
benthams.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Populism As Moral and Intellectual Rot • Your problems are not all caused by foreigners
Why Are They So Bad? • On two recent objections to effective altruism
Why Are They So Bad?
On two recent objections to effective altruism
benthams.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Why Are They So Bad? • On two recent objections to effective altruism
Madness In Washington • Trump's AI policy doesn't make any sense
Madness In Washington
Trump's AI policy doesn't make any sense
benthams.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Madness In Washington • Trump's AI policy doesn't make any sense
A Life That Cannot Be A Failure • How you can prevent animals from spending millions of years in a cage and save hundreds of lives without any personal sacrifice
A Life That Cannot Be A Failure
How you can prevent animals from spending millions of years in a cage and save hundreds of lives without any personal sacrifice
benthams.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A Life That Cannot Be A Failure • How you can prevent animals from spending millions of years in a cage and save hundreds of lives without any personal sacrifice
Why The World Is Underestimating AI Progress • Underrating exponential growth
Why The World Is Underestimating AI Progress
Underrating exponential growth
benthams.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Why The World Is Underestimating AI Progress • Underrating exponential growth
Think For More Than Nine Seconds Before Coming to a Strong View • The nine second rule
Think For More Than Nine Seconds Before Coming to a Strong View
The nine second rule
benthams.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Think For More Than Nine Seconds Before Coming to a Strong View • The nine second rule
Fanaticism Dominates Given Moral Uncertainty • If you're morally uncertain, you should behave like a fanatic
Fanaticism Dominates Given Moral Uncertainty
If you're morally uncertain, you should behave like a fanatic
benthams.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fanaticism Dominates Given Moral Uncertainty • If you're morally uncertain, you should behave like a fanatic
The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe • Maybe the best paper ever
The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe
Maybe the best paper ever
benthams.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Possibility of an Ongoing Moral Catastrophe • Maybe the best paper ever
Three Mistakes in “Three Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existential Risk” • That would be a very confusing title without quotes!
Three Mistakes in “Three Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existential Risk”
That would be a very confusing title without quotes!
benthams.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Three Mistakes in “Three Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existential Risk” • That would be a very confusing title without quotes!
Teach Philosophy in Schools • For a better world
Teach Philosophy in Schools
For a better world
benthams.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Teach Philosophy in Schools • For a better world
Personal Updates • Graduating college and turning 22
Personal Updates
Graduating college and turning 22
benthams.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Personal Updates • Graduating college and turning 22
Against Asking For Definitions • You can use words without knowing their definitions
Against Asking For Definitions
You can use words without knowing their definitions
benthams.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Against Asking For Definitions • You can use words without knowing their definitions
Of Course You Can Write People Off Without Extensively Reading Their Work • We do this all the time
Of Course You Can Write People Off Without Extensively Reading Their Work
We do this all the time
benthams.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Of Course You Can Write People Off Without Extensively Reading Their Work • We do this all the time
Most Arguments For Nature Clearly Prove Too Much • There are obviously conceivable cases where it's good to destroy nature!
Most Arguments For Nature Clearly Prove Too Much
There are obviously conceivable cases where it's good to destroy nature!
benthams.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Most Arguments For Nature Clearly Prove Too Much • There are obviously conceivable cases where it's good to destroy nature!
Talking With Henry Shevlin About Consciousness • This was a super fun chat!
Talking With Henry Shevlin About Consciousness
This was a super fun chat!
benthams.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Talking With Henry Shevlin About Consciousness • This was a super fun chat!
My Shrimp Debate With Jeff Maurer • One third fundraising, one third debate, one third comedy
My Shrimp Debate With Jeff Maurer
One third fundraising, one third debate, one third comedy
benthams.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My Shrimp Debate With Jeff Maurer • One third fundraising, one third debate, one third comedy
The Next Decades Will Plausibly Be Completely Insane • Takeaways from the most comprehensive report on the coming intelligence explosion
The Next Decades Will Plausibly Be Completely Insane
Takeaways from the most comprehensive report on the coming intelligence explosion
benthams.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Next Decades Will Plausibly Be Completely Insane • Takeaways from the most comprehensive report on the coming intelligence explosion