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Last update: 2025-01-23   Preparatory notes for this chapter Regarding the measurement of suffering, various studies have been done that may be useful, such as those found in Preparatory Notes for the Measurement of Suffering. However, the discipline specialized in the study of suffering is only beginning to develop, so we don’t yet have the…

Last update: 2024-11-09   A place for miscellaneous items and informal talks.

Last update: 2024-11-07 One organization in the Effective Altruism movement describes what it calls s-risks, or the possibility of suffering occurring on a gigantic scale, as follows. https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/s-risks/: Why might s-risks be an especially pressing problem? We’re concerned about impacts on future generations, such as from existential threats from pandemics or artificial intelligence. But these…

Last update: 2025-03-08 Sections: Ronald Anderson Matthew Collins Bruno Contestabile Andres Gomez Emilsson Michael Edward Johnson Brian Tomasik Luke Scott Turner Ronald Anderson Preparatory notes: Ronald Anderson: https://thesocietypages.org/worldsuffering/, https://www.compassionatesocieties.org/, https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1426877. Matthew Collins Matthew Collins writes and draws about suffering on his website ecstatic-compassion.org. He says: I vow to be an agent for healing in the…

Last update: 2024-11-07 Preparatory notes for this chapter: Sentience Research and other suffering-focused animal-centered initiatives Rethink Priorities works to identify crucial questions where empirical research could produce trajectory changes in charitable work on animal welfare, among other fields of interest. https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/three-preconditions-for-helping-wild-animals-at-scale https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/a-landscape-analysis-of-wild-animal-welfare Large-scale, lab-grown meat: Step inside a cultivated meat factory  

Last update: 2024-11-07 Suffering-focused ethics (often abbreviated to SFE) refers to a recent trend among some ethics researchers who prioritize the reduction of suffering. Some ethical views related to SFE include Negative consequentialism, Negative utilitarianism, Painism, Prioritarianism, Algoprioritarism. Various resources related to SFE include Suffering-Focused Ethics Resources, Suffering-Focused Ethics (SFE) FAQ, Negative Utilitarianism FAQ, Negative…

Last update: 2025-03-08 Sections: Algosphere Alliance Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS) World Center for the Control of Excessive Suffering Algosphere Alliance The Algosphere Alliance is a coalition of people and organizations working for a world that prioritizes the alleviation of suffering. This association has the following features that may interest us: Its…

Last update: 2025-03-08 Effective altruism (EA) is a movement concerned with the most efficient way to do what is good for others. It aims to save lives, increase happiness, relieve suffering, promote global health and well-being, improve animal welfare, mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence, prevent global catastrophes, etc. The movement currently counts thousands of…

Last update: 2025-03-08 Abolition or eradication of suffering is defined in Wikipedia as “the concept of using biotechnology to create a permanent absence of involuntary pain and suffering in all sentient beings”. Sections: David Pearce and BLTC Research Other Initiatives International Suffering Abolitionism (ISA) Invincible Wellbeing (IW) The Far Out Initiative (TFOI) David Pearce and…

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