Epistaxis

Are you arguing that there is actually a distinct ethical value in not going too far out of the mainstream, in order to avoid discouraging others from joining you? Or just excusing people who do less than they could because they're still doing more than nothing?

Indeed, The Life You Can Save spends a lot of time talking about unconditional cash transfers, and GiveDirectly is prominently listed among "Best Charities to Donate to" on theliveyoucansave.org.

If there's a puncture in your spacesuit and you get infected with a fatal, transmissible disease, how does your institution quarantine you while you die so you don't start a plague?

Even when I'm sick of hearing about the latest Supreme Court decision, I always tune in to hear your dramatic readings of the arguments. It's one of the best things on NPR!

Justice John Paul Stevens's retirement project is calling for several constitutional amendments, including one that would overrule recent precedent about campaign finance. Do you sense any frustration among the current Justices with the document they're duty-bound to interpret? And any bad blood over Citizens United?

How does effective altruism intersect with animal welfare/rights/liberation/etc.?

That is, how do you balance the most preventable human problems, like obstetric fistulas, against the most preventable problems of other species, like suffering in factory farms? Have there been specific calculations of cost-effectiveness for animal-related charities? And is the position of nonhuman animals divisive within the community of effective altruists?