In a previous post I discussed consequentialism and how consequentialist ethics are outcome based. Effective altruism is all about being good at doing good. It's not enough to feel good about doing good but in order to be good at doing good you have to measure the impact of your ethical decisions and try to continuously improve upon it.
Effective Altruism Global is an annual conference for people who are interested in evidence based social improvements. To anyone who is a consequentialist and also in a position to give back, this conference might be for you.
Anyone who might be interested in using Steemit for altruistic purposes might want to have a look at this video:
If the video intrigues you then you might want to go to the conference and represent Steem. In my opinion Steem should be part of the discussion at this conference.
This is a concept I invented and blogged about a while back which could put into practice effective altruism using the mechanics of Steemit. I'll list the five steps which make a reputation lottery work below:
Reputation lotteries can leverage greed to encourage effective altruism
UPDATE: Anyone who liked the idea for reputation lotteries should have a look at this post exclusively on that topic: https://steemit.com/steem/@dana-edwards/reputation-lotteries-can-leverage-greed-to-encourage-effective-altruism
UPDATE #2:
This post is certified as from the original author by way of public keys posted at these locations: http://darkai.org/?p=527
and https://steemit.com/steemit/@dana-edwards/private-communication-with-me-via-pgp-for-those-who-know-and-understand
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