Anna's votes on the list Effective Altruism Books

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1	Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 6,468 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Good Thinking: Seven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think by Denise Cummins (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings Anna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self by Thomas Metzinger 4.10 avg rating — 3,267 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett 3.78 avg rating — 4,367 ratings Anna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 20,906 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference by William MacAskill (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 7,879 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Effective Altruism Handbook by Ryan Carey (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 145 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 3,809 ratings Anna rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 4,012 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Practical Ethics by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 3,527 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 6,851 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 584,332 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit 4.26 avg rating — 1,885 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	On What Matters: Volume One by Derek Parfit 4.19 avg rating — 251 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good by Benjamin Todd 3.92 avg rating — 2,013 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Nobel Laureates Guide to the Smartest Targets for the World 2016-2030 by Bjørn Lomborg 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Global Crises, Global Solutions by Bjørn Lomborg (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 62 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee 4.27 avg rating — 24,322 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua D. Greene 4.02 avg rating — 3,288 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 29,542 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients. by Jeremy N. Smith 4.12 avg rating — 817 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Famine, Affluence, and Morality by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,250 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 11,274 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Selected Writings on Utilitarianism by Jeremy Bentham 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis 4.06 avg rating — 20,600 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Global Catastrophic Risks by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 273 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 891 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Human Enhancement by Julian Savulescu (editor) 3.95 avg rating — 74 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard 3.90 avg rating — 3,739 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World by Keith E. Stanovich 4.33 avg rating — 48 ratings Anna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	רציונליות, הוגנות, אושר: מבחר מאמרים by Daniel Kahneman 3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Nature of Rationality by Robert Nozick 3.56 avg rating — 114 ratings Anna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,776 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,415 ratings Anna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System by Jacy Reese Anthis (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 524 ratings Anna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Moral Uncertainty by William MacAskill (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 77 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker 3.95 avg rating — 27,688 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 79,301 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications by Magnus Vinding (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 122 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't by Julia Galef 4.09 avg rating — 6,798 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 7,247 ratings Anna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs 4.21 avg rating — 853 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Precipice by Toby Ord (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 4,991 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Kevin Simler 3.96 avg rating — 8,400 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 618 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 4,931 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee 4.27 avg rating — 24,322 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Thinking In Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows 4.19 avg rating — 22,070 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small by John Gall 3.98 avg rating — 1,036 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock 4.08 avg rating — 22,125 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Vulnerable World Hypothesis by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 61 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 31,530 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 71,147 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 57,411 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 121,460 ratings Anna added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott 4.21 avg rating — 6,807 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Parfit's Ethics by Richard Yetter Chappell 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings Anna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell 4.04 avg rating — 4,918 ratings Anna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs 3.69 avg rating — 11,242 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Reinventing Philanthropy: A Framework for More Effective Giving by Eric Friedman (Goodreads Author) 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time, Series Number 38) by Robert William Fogel 3.79 avg rating — 73 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course by Andrew E. Clark 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings Anna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell 4.20 avg rating — 4,444 ratings Anna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars