Joe Carlsmith

Karma: 393

Research analyst at Open Philanthropy. Doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Opinions my own.

Thoughts on being mortal

Joe Carlsmith1 Jan 2021 19:17 UTC

71 points

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Actually possible: thoughts on Utopia

Joe Carlsmith18 Jan 2021 8:27 UTC

60 points

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The impact merge

Joe Carlsmith13 Jan 2021 7:26 UTC

47 points

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On clinging

Joe Carlsmith24 Jan 2021 23:25 UTC

43 points

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Killing the ants

Joe Carlsmith7 Feb 2021 23:17 UTC

41 points

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Wholehearted choices and “morality as taxes”

Joe Carlsmith23 Dec 2020 2:21 UTC

30 points

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Grokking illusionism

Joe Carlsmith6 Jan 2021 5:50 UTC

29 points

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The despair of normative realism bot

Joe Carlsmith3 Jan 2021 23:07 UTC

18 points

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Believing in things you cannot see

Joe Carlsmith1 Feb 2021 7:26 UTC

17 points

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A ghost

Joe Carlsmith21 Jan 2021 7:14 UTC

16 points

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Contact with reality

Joe Carlsmith15 Feb 2021 4:53 UTC

15 points

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Thoughts on personal identity

Joe Carlsmith8 Jan 2021 4:19 UTC

14 points

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Alienation and meta-ethics (or: is it possible you should maximize helium?)

Joe Carlsmith15 Jan 2021 7:07 UTC

13 points

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Shouldn’t it matter to the victim?

Joe Carlsmith11 Jan 2021 7:16 UTC

5 points

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Two types of deference

Joe Carlsmith22 Feb 2021 3:32 UTC

4 points

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