Join our first discussion meeting, on the intersection of expected utility, fanaticism, and population ethics! Expect to learn about the weight of minuscule probabilities of catastrophic events, the consideration of suffering metrics as metrics for decision-making, and tangential ideas that are bound to arise during the discussion.
Please read the following to prepare for the discussion:
Pascal's Mugging on Lesswrong (3min read)
Summary: In Defense of Fanaticism by HaydenW on the EA Forum (7min read)
In Defense of Fanaticism by Hayden Wilkinson (complete paper for those interested)
Population Ethics: Introduction & The Total View on Utilitarianism.net(10min read)
Shut Up and Divide? by Wei Dai on Lesswrong (2min read)
Join us on Friday, September 19th from 18:00 to 19:00 in room R2-15 of the Redpath Complex.