Benjamin_Todd

karma rank #27 · 9,196 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

ea meta 7.3 +1.0σ
prioritization 4.1 +0.7σ
effective giving 3.7 +0.7σ
forecasting epistemics 1.7 -0.1σ
Show all 15 cause areas
longtermism xrisk 1.3 -0.5σ
moral circle values 1.1 -0.2σ
ai safety 0.9 -0.3σ
global health 0.9 -0.2σ
rationalist meta 0.8 -0.7σ
mental health 0.4 -0.1σ
ai governance 0.1 -0.7σ
animal welfare 0.1 -0.6σ
biosecurity 0.0 -0.8σ
nuclear great power 0.0 -0.6σ
climate 0.0 -0.7σ

Distinguishing dimensions z-score vs top-30 cohort

▲ stance_inside_ea +1.1σ
▲ cause_ea_meta +1.0σ
▲ quality_clarity +1.0σ
▼ cause_biosecurity -0.8σ
▼ cause_climate -0.7σ

Style quantitative / empirical / philosophical / speculative / operational / contrarian

quantitative 4.5 +0.3σ
empirical 3.9 +0.1σ
philosophical 3.7 -0.0σ
speculative 3.7 -0.4σ
operational howto 4.5 -0.0σ
critical contrarian 5.0 +0.9σ
Show all 9 style dims
personal narrative 2.4 -0.1σ
synthesizing 5.6 +0.2σ
question asking 2.3 -0.4σ

Stance signature top 3 stance dims furthest from neutral (5)

inside ea 8.7 +1.1σ
ea org coded 7.1 +0.4σ
optimism ea institutions 6.3 +0.5σ
Show all 9 stance dims
longtermist framing 5.5 -0.2σ
ai doom axis 5.4 +0.3σ
rationalist coded 4.7 -0.5σ
animal moral status 5.2 -0.4σ
welfarist vs rights 5.2 -0.3σ
suffering focused 5.0 -0.3σ

Tone

combativeness 1.9 +0.2σ
calibration 6.7 +0.4σ
jargon 5.1 +0.1σ
humility 6.0 +0.2σ

Quality

rigor 6.6 +0.4σ
originality 6.0 +0.5σ
clarity 8.4 +1.0σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Peter Wildeford

Foil: NunoSempere

Most characteristic post

What does the growth of EA mean for our priorities and level of ambition?

baseScore: 51

Lots of people have claimed that effective altruism hasn’t been growing in recent years. In a talk at the most recent EA Global, I argued that it has. I then explored how this growth has changed the priorities for the movement, and argued that we should be more ambitious. You can see the video by clicking here, or read a transcript below. The talk was 30 minutes, followed by a Q&A with audience-submitted questions. It summarises several recent pieces of research, including Is…

Highest-karma post in sample

More empirical data on 'value drift'

baseScore: 114