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There’s good points on both sides of the EA debate. And I think people of good faith can disagree on them. But there is also something of a solution, if you’re willing to split the difference. EA is driven by deliberation and attempts to override the quick and dirty rules our brains evolved to use to determine whose suffering is worthy of compassion. It’s emotions like compassion that usually drive giving, and so if they’re not part of the picture (as they often aren’t welling up in EA deliberations), it takes some of the warm glow out of giving. Recognizing this, Giving Multiplier (developed by psychologists Joshua Greene and Lucius Caviola) is a platform that allows you to do both. I’d urge interested WOC readers to check it out at givingmultiplier.org.

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