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“Signaling with Small Orange Diamonds” by jefftk
There are so many important efforts to make the world better that are
significantly limited by funding, and it would be great if we could
have a culture where significant and thoughtful giving was normal and
common. It's hard to build that sort of norm if people keep their
giving private, however, and so I've
long been
an advocate of being public about your giving. I
list my donations (jointly
with
Julia) and have taken
Giving What We Can's
10% Pledge (also
jointly with Julia).
In July GWWC
suggested people put the "small orange diamond" symbol (🔸)
in their usernames on social media to show that they've pledged.
Here's how the EA Forum describes this on the profile editing page:
This digital symbol reminds me of the physical Symbolic
Beads of Raikoth. In an older Scott Alexander post [...]
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
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First published:
November 7th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tLMrm7ELg2dPmP2a7/signaling-with-small-orange-diamonds
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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By LessWrongThere are so many important efforts to make the world better that are
significantly limited by funding, and it would be great if we could
have a culture where significant and thoughtful giving was normal and
common. It's hard to build that sort of norm if people keep their
giving private, however, and so I've
long been
an advocate of being public about your giving. I
list my donations (jointly
with
Julia) and have taken
Giving What We Can's
10% Pledge (also
jointly with Julia).
In July GWWC
suggested people put the "small orange diamond" symbol (🔸)
in their usernames on social media to show that they've pledged.
Here's how the EA Forum describes this on the profile editing page:
This digital symbol reminds me of the physical Symbolic
Beads of Raikoth. In an older Scott Alexander post [...]
The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI.
---
First published:
November 7th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tLMrm7ELg2dPmP2a7/signaling-with-small-orange-diamonds
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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