Archive - Tiny Points of Vast Value

Pascal's Hell

Fanaticism is the idea that tiny probabilities of huge payoffs can have enormous expected value. A world filled with fanatical agents can be almost…

May 3, 2023 •

Petra Kosonen

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April 2023

EA, Rationality, Gender Ratios and Harassment

Skewed gender ratios might mean that women in effective altruism and rationality experience more harassment than women in other social settings.

Apr 29, 2023 •

Petra Kosonen

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March 2023

Longtermism and Tiny Probabilities

If you discount small probabilities to zero, should you still be a longtermist? Yes! Or so I argue in an interview I gave to Future Matters-newsletter.

Mar 22, 2023 •

Petra Kosonen

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