A very important article by Anthony Kalulu ofhttp://www.ugandafarm.org/.

"EA is even worse than traditional philanthropy in the way it excludes those of us who are directly battling ultra poverty in the global south...Top-bottom approaches...have had more than a good run. This has been the default way of ending global extreme poverty since the dawn of time...The only thing this has accomplished, is that it has helped keep the world’s ultra poor on the sidelines"

http://dear-humanity.org/effective-altruism-worse-for-poor/

Friction, a YouTube channel devoted to philosophical interviews, has posted a supercut of philosophers (and Steven Pinker) explaining the value of philosophy.

#Philosophy, #Value, #Video

A man feeds swans in the snow.

Photo by Marcin Ryczek https://www.lensculture.com/articles/marcin-ryczek-a-man-feeding-swans-in-the-snow

#interesting #cool #amazing #incredible #pics #photos #rare #rarepics #rarephotos #amazingshots #photography #swan #swans #snow #animals #nature #animal

Stages of getting into a new research thing

1. No one has thought of this
2. Oh, some people have, but it’s not exactly the same
3. Oh, it’s exactly the same
4. OMG, everyone already knows about this, but they all call it something different