MichaelPlant

karma rank #28 · 9,194 karma · 10 posts sampled · profile ↗

Top cause areas

mental health 8.0 +5.1σ

prioritization 7.7 +3.1σ

effective giving 5.1 +1.6σ

global health 5.0 +2.7σ

Show all 15 cause areas

ea meta 4.1 -0.7σ

moral circle values 1.7 +0.3σ

forecasting epistemics 0.8 -0.7σ

rationalist meta 0.5 -0.9σ

longtermism xrisk 0.4 -0.9σ

ai safety 0.0 -0.9σ

ai governance 0.0 -0.7σ

animal welfare 0.0 -0.7σ

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

▲ cause_mental_health +5.1σ

▲ cause_cause_prioritization +3.1σ

▲ stance_suffering_focused +2.7σ

▼ stance_longtermist_framing -2.1σ

▼ style_personal_narrative -1.2σ

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

quantitative 6.9 +1.9σ

empirical 7.3 +2.3σ

philosophical 5.8 +1.6σ

speculative 4.1 -0.0σ

operational howto 5.2 +0.6σ

critical contrarian 5.0 +0.9σ

Show all 9 style dims

personal narrative 1.5 -1.2σ

synthesizing 7.7 +2.0σ

question asking 2.6 -0.2σ

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

inside ea 8.0 +0.2σ

ea org coded 7.6 +1.0σ

longtermist framing 2.9 -2.1σ

Show all 9 stance dims

suffering focused 6.5 +2.7σ

rationalist coded 3.9 -1.2σ

optimism ea institutions 5.9 +0.0σ

ai doom axis 5.0 -0.6σ

animal moral status 5.0 -0.7σ

welfarist vs rights 5.0 -0.7σ

Tone

combativeness 1.5 -0.5σ

calibration 7.5 +1.1σ

jargon 5.8 +0.9σ

humility 6.2 +0.5σ

Quality

rigor 8.3 +2.0σ

originality 7.2 +1.5σ

clarity 8.2 +0.3σ

Neighbors in dimension space

Nearest: Joey🔸

Foil: RyanCarey

Most characteristic post

Donating money, buying happiness: new meta-analyses comparing the cost-effectiveness of cash transfers and psychotherapy in terms of subjective well-being

baseScore: 153

This is a cross-post from the website of the Happier Lives Institute. TL;DR: We estimate that StrongMinds is 12 times (95% CI: 4, 24) more cost-effective than GiveDirectly in terms of subjective well-being. This puts it roughly on a par with the top deworming charities recommended by GiveWell. [Edit 26/10/2021: Table 4 and accompanying text added] 1. Background and summary In order to do as much good as possible, we need to compare how much good different things do in a sing…

Highest-karma post in sample

Will faster economic growth make us happier? The relevance of the Easterlin Paradox to Progress Studies

baseScore: 158