On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

by Nate Silver

Singer Stream Yudkowsky-Hanson Stream Key Figures Peter Singer, Will MacAskill, Toby Ord Robin Hanson, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nick Bostrom, Scott Alexander Favorite Subjects Animal welfare, global poverty reduction, effective giving, existential risk Artificial intelligence, futurism, prediction markets, cognitive biases, existential risk Political Orientation Center left, progressive, relatively well aligned with U.S. Democratic Party Libertarian, eclectic, suspicious of major parties Ethical Philosophy Usually but not always explicitly utilitarian Sometimes utilitarian leaning but less committed to any one ethical theory Personality Type Academic, reserved,[*9] well-spoken Nerdy, quirky, provocative misfits Altruistic? Yes in theory and often but not always in practice Not necessarily; think more rigorous evaluation of evidence and probabilistic thinking can be used toward a variety of ends What They Call Themselves Effective altruists Rationalists