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  1. Samotná fráze "efektivní altruismus" je silně sugestivní, protože nějak implikuje, že altruismus nás ostatních je nějak neefektivní a že tu efektivitu jde nějak objektivně měřit, apod.

    #altruism #effectiveAltruism

  2. Samotná fráze "efektivní altruismus" je silně sugestivní, protože nějak implikuje, že altruismus nás ostatních je nějak neefektivní a že tu efektivitu jde nějak objektivně měřit, apod.

    #altruism #effectiveAltruism

  3. Samotná fráze "efektivní altruismus" je silně sugestivní, protože nějak implikuje, že altruismus nás ostatních je nějak neefektivní a že tu efektivitu jde nějak objektivně měřit, apod.

    #altruism #effectiveAltruism

  4. Samotná fráze "efektivní altruismus" je silně sugestivní, protože nějak implikuje, že altruismus nás ostatních je nějak neefektivní a že tu efektivitu jde nějak objektivně měřit, apod.

    #altruism #effectiveAltruism

  5. #LondonDaily:
    "
    Oxford Shuts Down Elon Musk-Funded Institute Led by Controversial Philosopher Nick Bostrom: 'Death by Bureaucracy'
    "
    "The closure is a setback for the effective altruism and longtermism movements, which Bostrom has advocated for decades, but have recently faced scandals related to racism, sexual, and financial fraud."

    londondaily.com/oxford-shuts-d

    9.9.2026

    #Altruism #Altruismus #FHI #Ideologie #Longtermism #Longtermismus #Musk #NickBostrom #Oxford

  6. #LondonDaily:
    "
    Oxford Shuts Down Elon Musk-Funded Institute Led by Controversial Philosopher Nick Bostrom: 'Death by Bureaucracy'
    "
    "The closure is a setback for the effective altruism and longtermism movements, which Bostrom has advocated for decades, but have recently faced scandals related to racism, sexual, and financial fraud."

    londondaily.com/oxford-shuts-d

    9.9.2026

    #Altruism #Altruismus #FHI #Ideologie #Longtermism #Longtermismus #Musk #NickBostrom #Oxford

  7. #LondonDaily:
    "
    Oxford Shuts Down Elon Musk-Funded Institute Led by Controversial Philosopher Nick Bostrom: 'Death by Bureaucracy'
    "
    "The closure is a setback for the effective altruism and longtermism movements, which Bostrom has advocated for decades, but have recently faced scandals related to racism, sexual, and financial fraud."

    londondaily.com/oxford-shuts-d

    9.9.2026

    #Altruism #Altruismus #FHI #Ideologie #Longtermism #Longtermismus #Musk #NickBostrom #Oxford

  8. #LondonDaily:
    "
    Oxford Shuts Down Elon Musk-Funded Institute Led by Controversial Philosopher Nick Bostrom: 'Death by Bureaucracy'
    "
    "The closure is a setback for the effective altruism and longtermism movements, which Bostrom has advocated for decades, but have recently faced scandals related to racism, sexual, and financial fraud."

    londondaily.com/oxford-shuts-d

    9.9.2026

    #Altruism #Altruismus #FHI #Ideologie #Longtermism #Longtermismus #Musk #NickBostrom #Oxford

  9. WHEN YOU ‘JUST’ WANT TO COLLECT SOME SPATIAL DATA! 😊
    --
    Australian Researchers Fitted Five Magpies With GPS Trackers To Map Their Movements, But The Birds Began Removing One Another’s Harnesses Within Minutes, Turning A Failed Trial Into An Unexpected Observation Of Cooperation
    (When researchers tried to track Australian magpies, the birds turned the tables—systematically removing each other's harnesses and revealing something far more interesting than GPS coordinates.)
    --
    youtu.be/mM0j_GybEKw?si=GE3sFw <-- shared video
    --
    spacedaily.com/t-australian-re <-- shared technical article
    --
    dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011 <-- shared paper
    --
    abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/mag <-- shared media article
    --
    [the Aussie magpies need SWAG on their GPS harness!]
    “Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and social relationships. The [mischief] had other plans.
    Within about ten minutes, an untagged adult female was using her bill to work at the harness on a juvenile. The tracker came off. Nearby, another magpie was helping a second tagged bird on a powerline. Devices that had been designed to stay attached for weeks disappeared within minutes to days.
    [The author] like[s] this story partly because it resists the tidy distinction between a successful experiment and a failed one. The researchers lost the movement data they went looking for, but the birds produced an observation nobody had planned…”
    --
    “Recent advances in tracking technology have enabled devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) loggers to be used on a wide variety of birds. Although there are established ethical considerations to these processes, different species may react differently to particular devices and attachments. Thus, pilot studies are still of utmost importance in this field. Here, [the authors] describe one such study trialling a novel harness design for GPS tracking devices on Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen. Despite previous testing demonstrating the strength and durability of the harness, devices were removed within minutes to hours of initial fitting. Notably, removal was observed to involve one bird snapping another bird’s harness at the only weak point, such that the tracker was released. This behaviour demonstrates both cooperation and a moderate level of problem solving, providing potential further evidence of the cognitive abilities of this species. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the conspecific removal of GPS trackers, and should be considered when planning future tracking studies especially on highly social species…”
    #rescuebehaviour #altruism #WhereTheAnimalsAre #wildlife #tracking #spatialanalysis #bird #magpie #Australia #Queensland #research #GPS #tracker #harness #removal #ecosystems #GIS #logging #monitoring #spatial #mapping #social #species #behaviour #cooperation #problemsolving #cognitiveabilities #conspecific #biology

  10. WHEN YOU ‘JUST’ WANT TO COLLECT SOME SPATIAL DATA! 😊
    --
    Australian Researchers Fitted Five Magpies With GPS Trackers To Map Their Movements, But The Birds Began Removing One Another’s Harnesses Within Minutes, Turning A Failed Trial Into An Unexpected Observation Of Cooperation
    (When researchers tried to track Australian magpies, the birds turned the tables—systematically removing each other's harnesses and revealing something far more interesting than GPS coordinates.)
    --
    youtu.be/mM0j_GybEKw?si=GE3sFw <-- shared video
    --
    spacedaily.com/t-australian-re <-- shared technical article
    --
    dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011 <-- shared paper
    --
    abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/mag <-- shared media article
    --
    [the Aussie magpies need SWAG on their GPS harness!]
    “Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and social relationships. The [mischief] had other plans.
    Within about ten minutes, an untagged adult female was using her bill to work at the harness on a juvenile. The tracker came off. Nearby, another magpie was helping a second tagged bird on a powerline. Devices that had been designed to stay attached for weeks disappeared within minutes to days.
    [The author] like[s] this story partly because it resists the tidy distinction between a successful experiment and a failed one. The researchers lost the movement data they went looking for, but the birds produced an observation nobody had planned…”
    --
    “Recent advances in tracking technology have enabled devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) loggers to be used on a wide variety of birds. Although there are established ethical considerations to these processes, different species may react differently to particular devices and attachments. Thus, pilot studies are still of utmost importance in this field. Here, [the authors] describe one such study trialling a novel harness design for GPS tracking devices on Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen. Despite previous testing demonstrating the strength and durability of the harness, devices were removed within minutes to hours of initial fitting. Notably, removal was observed to involve one bird snapping another bird’s harness at the only weak point, such that the tracker was released. This behaviour demonstrates both cooperation and a moderate level of problem solving, providing potential further evidence of the cognitive abilities of this species. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the conspecific removal of GPS trackers, and should be considered when planning future tracking studies especially on highly social species…”
    #rescuebehaviour #altruism #WhereTheAnimalsAre #wildlife #tracking #spatialanalysis #bird #magpie #Australia #Queensland #research #GPS #tracker #harness #removal #ecosystems #GIS #logging #monitoring #spatial #mapping #social #species #behaviour #cooperation #problemsolving #cognitiveabilities #conspecific #biology

  11. WHEN YOU ‘JUST’ WANT TO COLLECT SOME SPATIAL DATA! 😊
    --
    Australian Researchers Fitted Five Magpies With GPS Trackers To Map Their Movements, But The Birds Began Removing One Another’s Harnesses Within Minutes, Turning A Failed Trial Into An Unexpected Observation Of Cooperation
    (When researchers tried to track Australian magpies, the birds turned the tables—systematically removing each other's harnesses and revealing something far more interesting than GPS coordinates.)
    --
    youtu.be/mM0j_GybEKw?si=GE3sFw <-- shared video
    --
    spacedaily.com/t-australian-re <-- shared technical article
    --
    dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011 <-- shared paper
    --
    abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/mag <-- shared media article
    --
    [the Aussie magpies need SWAG on their GPS harness!]
    “Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and social relationships. The [mischief] had other plans.
    Within about ten minutes, an untagged adult female was using her bill to work at the harness on a juvenile. The tracker came off. Nearby, another magpie was helping a second tagged bird on a powerline. Devices that had been designed to stay attached for weeks disappeared within minutes to days.
    [The author] like[s] this story partly because it resists the tidy distinction between a successful experiment and a failed one. The researchers lost the movement data they went looking for, but the birds produced an observation nobody had planned…”
    --
    “Recent advances in tracking technology have enabled devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) loggers to be used on a wide variety of birds. Although there are established ethical considerations to these processes, different species may react differently to particular devices and attachments. Thus, pilot studies are still of utmost importance in this field. Here, [the authors] describe one such study trialling a novel harness design for GPS tracking devices on Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen. Despite previous testing demonstrating the strength and durability of the harness, devices were removed within minutes to hours of initial fitting. Notably, removal was observed to involve one bird snapping another bird’s harness at the only weak point, such that the tracker was released. This behaviour demonstrates both cooperation and a moderate level of problem solving, providing potential further evidence of the cognitive abilities of this species. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the conspecific removal of GPS trackers, and should be considered when planning future tracking studies especially on highly social species…”
    #rescuebehaviour #altruism #WhereTheAnimalsAre #wildlife #tracking #spatialanalysis #bird #magpie #Australia #Queensland #research #GPS #tracker #harness #removal #ecosystems #GIS #logging #monitoring #spatial #mapping #social #species #behaviour #cooperation #problemsolving #cognitiveabilities #conspecific #biology

  12. WHEN YOU ‘JUST’ WANT TO COLLECT SOME SPATIAL DATA! 😊
    --
    Australian Researchers Fitted Five Magpies With GPS Trackers To Map Their Movements, But The Birds Began Removing One Another’s Harnesses Within Minutes, Turning A Failed Trial Into An Unexpected Observation Of Cooperation
    (When researchers tried to track Australian magpies, the birds turned the tables—systematically removing each other's harnesses and revealing something far more interesting than GPS coordinates.)
    --
    youtu.be/mM0j_GybEKw?si=GE3sFw <-- shared video
    --
    spacedaily.com/t-australian-re <-- shared technical article
    --
    dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo39007011 <-- shared paper
    --
    abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/mag <-- shared media article
    --
    [the Aussie magpies need SWAG on their GPS harness!]
    “Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and social relationships. The [mischief] had other plans.
    Within about ten minutes, an untagged adult female was using her bill to work at the harness on a juvenile. The tracker came off. Nearby, another magpie was helping a second tagged bird on a powerline. Devices that had been designed to stay attached for weeks disappeared within minutes to days.
    [The author] like[s] this story partly because it resists the tidy distinction between a successful experiment and a failed one. The researchers lost the movement data they went looking for, but the birds produced an observation nobody had planned…”
    --
    “Recent advances in tracking technology have enabled devices such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) loggers to be used on a wide variety of birds. Although there are established ethical considerations to these processes, different species may react differently to particular devices and attachments. Thus, pilot studies are still of utmost importance in this field. Here, [the authors] describe one such study trialling a novel harness design for GPS tracking devices on Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen. Despite previous testing demonstrating the strength and durability of the harness, devices were removed within minutes to hours of initial fitting. Notably, removal was observed to involve one bird snapping another bird’s harness at the only weak point, such that the tracker was released. This behaviour demonstrates both cooperation and a moderate level of problem solving, providing potential further evidence of the cognitive abilities of this species. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the conspecific removal of GPS trackers, and should be considered when planning future tracking studies especially on highly social species…”

  13. KarmaZoo: The Compassionate Platformer (with animals) 🐅

    This is a CHARMING co-op platformer with a focus on animals, compassion, helping others, and puzzles. What’s not to like?

    KarmaZoo was developed by indie dev Pastagames in Paris. It launched in November 2023 and took seven years to develop and is available on all consoles and PC… and guess what? It’s totally worth your time!

    Give a Helping Paw in KarmaZoo

    Believe it or not, altruism is a big factor in some video games. It’s not all about blowing crap up and shooting everything in sight. We think of Hideo Kojima’s action-adventure game Death Stranding (2019) and a big part of the experience is about randomly helping other players.

    As video games have online access these days, you can help fellow players out in various ways. You just discover their kind gestures you meet in the gaming world and take it from there.

    KarmaZoo takes this a step further, where groups of players work together to complete stages. There are 300 in total and up to four players must work together to get through each one, which gains you karma and you use your karma points to unlock new characters. This is it in action!

    It’s really a non-competitive game, you’re not competing for high scores or anything. The goal is to work together and get a high from the teamwork, which Pastagames based on emperor penguins and how they work together to overcome problems.

    You get around 10 hours of gameplay here, too, but if you want to go on a completionist run this little indie game offers over 30 hours of it! Very good indeed.

    The one notable downside is… it’s not a single player game. It’s very upfront about that, of course, the whole point is it’s a co-op game. But it does mean you must play with people online, otherwise you can’t get anywhere.

    If you’re well up for that challenge, then this a cute, charming, and engaging platformer with a lot of heart.

    Oh Yeah, and KarmaZoo Has a Fab Soundtrack

    Good news? KarmaZoo has fabulous score with David Wise/Donkey Kong Country music vibes to it. It’s by the French composer Xavier Thiry who’s in Paris where he makes music for advertising, TV, movies, theatres, games… a bit of everything.

    Thiry has gone for ambience overload with this work, it’s really fabulous as its best. We love the below Desert track a great deal. Boopy!

    Some of the pieces are really inventive, such as the Jazz Drummer Hero piece. That comes out of nowhere and is a kick drum to listen to (if you like the history of drum solos or some such.

    There are 16 pieces in all and it definitely works at its best when riffing off of the DKC series, with a bit of Rayman Origins’ composer Christophe Héral (also French!) thrown into the mix.

    #altruism #compassion #Cute #empathy #Entertainment #Fun #gaming #IndieGames #KarmaZoo #Lifestyle #Pastagames #pixelArt #platformer
  14. KarmaZoo: The Compassionate Platformer (with animals) 🐅

    This is a CHARMING co-op platformer with a focus on animals, compassion, helping others, and puzzles. What’s not to like?

    KarmaZoo was developed by indie dev Pastagames in Paris. It launched in November 2023 and took seven years to develop and is available on all consoles and PC… and guess what? It’s totally worth your time!

    Give a Helping Paw in KarmaZoo

    Believe it or not, altruism is a big factor in some video games. It’s not all about blowing crap up and shooting everything in sight. We think of Hideo Kojima’s action-adventure game Death Stranding (2019) and a big part of the experience is about randomly helping other players.

    As video games have online access these days, you can help fellow players out in various ways. You just discover their kind gestures you meet in the gaming world and take it from there.

    KarmaZoo takes this a step further, where groups of players work together to complete stages. There are 300 in total and up to four players must work together to get through each one, which gains you karma and you use your karma points to unlock new characters. This is it in action!

    It’s really a non-competitive game, you’re not competing for high scores or anything. The goal is to work together and get a high from the teamwork, which Pastagames based on emperor penguins and how they work together to overcome problems.

    You get around 10 hours of gameplay here, too, but if you want to go on a completionist run this little indie game offers over 30 hours of it! Very good indeed.

    The one notable downside is… it’s not a single player game. It’s very upfront about that, of course, the whole point is it’s a co-op game. But it does mean you must play with people online, otherwise you can’t get anywhere.

    If you’re well up for that challenge, then this a cute, charming, and engaging platformer with a lot of heart.

    Oh Yeah, and KarmaZoo Has a Fab Soundtrack

    Good news? KarmaZoo has fabulous score with David Wise/Donkey Kong Country music vibes to it. It’s by the French composer Xavier Thiry who’s in Paris where he makes music for advertising, TV, movies, theatres, games… a bit of everything.

    Thiry has gone for ambience overload with this work, it’s really fabulous as its best. We love the below Desert track a great deal. Boopy!

    Some of the pieces are really inventive, such as the Jazz Drummer Hero piece. That comes out of nowhere and is a kick drum to listen to (if you like the history of drum solos or some such.

    There are 16 pieces in all and it definitely works at its best when riffing off of the DKC series, with a bit of Rayman Origins’ composer Christophe Héral (also French!) thrown into the mix.

    #altruism #compassion #Cute #empathy #Entertainment #Fun #gaming #IndieGames #KarmaZoo #Lifestyle #Pastagames #pixelArt #platformer
  15. KarmaZoo: The Compassionate Platformer (with animals) 🐅

    This is a CHARMING co-op platformer with a focus on animals, compassion, helping others, and puzzles. What’s not to like?

    KarmaZoo was developed by indie dev Pastagames in Paris. It launched in November 2023 and took seven years to develop and is available on all consoles and PC… and guess what? It’s totally worth your time!

    Give a Helping Paw in KarmaZoo

    Believe it or not, altruism is a big factor in some video games. It’s not all about blowing crap up and shooting everything in sight. We think of Hideo Kojima’s action-adventure game Death Stranding (2019) and a big part of the experience is about randomly helping other players.

    As video games have online access these days, you can help fellow players out in various ways. You just discover their kind gestures you meet in the gaming world and take it from there.

    KarmaZoo takes this a step further, where groups of players work together to complete stages. There are 300 in total and up to four players must work together to get through each one, which gains you karma and you use your karma points to unlock new characters. This is it in action!

    It’s really a non-competitive game, you’re not competing for high scores or anything. The goal is to work together and get a high from the teamwork, which Pastagames based on emperor penguins and how they work together to overcome problems.

    You get around 10 hours of gameplay here, too, but if you want to go on a completionist run this little indie game offers over 30 hours of it! Very good indeed.

    The one notable downside is… it’s not a single player game. It’s very upfront about that, of course, the whole point is it’s a co-op game. But it does mean you must play with people online, otherwise you can’t get anywhere.

    If you’re well up for that challenge, then this a cute, charming, and engaging platformer with a lot of heart.

    Oh Yeah, and KarmaZoo Has a Fab Soundtrack

    Good news? KarmaZoo has fabulous score with David Wise/Donkey Kong Country music vibes to it. It’s by the French composer Xavier Thiry who’s in Paris where he makes music for advertising, TV, movies, theatres, games… a bit of everything.

    Thiry has gone for ambience overload with this work, it’s really fabulous as its best. We love the below Desert track a great deal. Boopy!

    Some of the pieces are really inventive, such as the Jazz Drummer Hero piece. That comes out of nowhere and is a kick drum to listen to (if you like the history of drum solos or some such.

    There are 16 pieces in all and it definitely works at its best when riffing off of the DKC series, with a bit of Rayman Origins’ composer Christophe Héral (also French!) thrown into the mix.

    #altruism #compassion #Cute #empathy #Entertainment #Fun #gaming #IndieGames #KarmaZoo #Lifestyle #Pastagames #pixelArt #platformer
  16. KarmaZoo: The Compassionate Platformer (with animals) 🐅

    This is a CHARMING co-op platformer with a focus on animals, compassion, helping others, and puzzles. What’s not to like?

    KarmaZoo was developed by indie dev Pastagames in Paris. It launched in November 2023 and took seven years to develop and is available on all consoles and PC… and guess what? It’s totally worth your time!

    Give a Helping Paw in KarmaZoo

    Believe it or not, altruism is a big factor in some video games. It’s not all about blowing crap up and shooting everything in sight. We think of Hideo Kojima’s action-adventure game Death Stranding (2019) and a big part of the experience is about randomly helping other players.

    As video games have online access these days, you can help fellow players out in various ways. You just discover their kind gestures you meet in the gaming world and take it from there.

    KarmaZoo takes this a step further, where groups of players work together to complete stages. There are 300 in total and up to four players must work together to get through each one, which gains you karma and you use your karma points to unlock new characters. This is it in action!

    It’s really a non-competitive game, you’re not competing for high scores or anything. The goal is to work together and get a high from the teamwork, which Pastagames based on emperor penguins and how they work together to overcome problems.

    You get around 10 hours of gameplay here, too, but if you want to go on a completionist run this little indie game offers over 30 hours of it! Very good indeed.

    The one notable downside is… it’s not a single player game. It’s very upfront about that, of course, the whole point is it’s a co-op game. But it does mean you must play with people online, otherwise you can’t get anywhere.

    If you’re well up for that challenge, then this a cute, charming, and engaging platformer with a lot of heart.

    Oh Yeah, and KarmaZoo Has a Fab Soundtrack

    Good news? KarmaZoo has fabulous score with David Wise/Donkey Kong Country music vibes to it. It’s by the French composer Xavier Thiry who’s in Paris where he makes music for advertising, TV, movies, theatres, games… a bit of everything.

    Thiry has gone for ambience overload with this work, it’s really fabulous as its best. We love the below Desert track a great deal. Boopy!

    Some of the pieces are really inventive, such as the Jazz Drummer Hero piece. That comes out of nowhere and is a kick drum to listen to (if you like the history of drum solos or some such.

    There are 16 pieces in all and it definitely works at its best when riffing off of the DKC series, with a bit of Rayman Origins’ composer Christophe Héral (also French!) thrown into the mix.

    #altruism #compassion #Cute #empathy #Entertainment #Fun #gaming #IndieGames #KarmaZoo #Lifestyle #Pastagames #pixelArt #platformer
  17. CATS
    Psychology today
    Filed under #Altruism

    "Definitive Experimental Proof That Cats Really Are Selfish

    A new study finds cats differ from dogs and toddlers in terms of altruistic behavior."

    #psychology #psychologytoday #cats
    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ps

  18. CATS
    Psychology today
    Filed under #Altruism

    "Definitive Experimental Proof That Cats Really Are Selfish

    A new study finds cats differ from dogs and toddlers in terms of altruistic behavior."

    #psychology #psychologytoday #cats
    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ps

  19. CATS
    Psychology today
    Filed under #Altruism

    "Definitive Experimental Proof That Cats Really Are Selfish

    A new study finds cats differ from dogs and toddlers in terms of altruistic behavior."

    #psychology #psychologytoday #cats
    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ps

  20. CATS
    Psychology today
    Filed under #Altruism

    "Definitive Experimental Proof That Cats Really Are Selfish

    A new study finds cats differ from dogs and toddlers in terms of altruistic behavior."

    #psychology #psychologytoday #cats
    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ps

  21. Extraterrestial Altruism by Douglas A. Vakoch, 2014

    Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit. This question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as SETI scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from Earth to make contact.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #altruism
    #SETI
    #extraterrestials

  22. Extraterrestial Altruism by Douglas A. Vakoch, 2014

    Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit. This question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as SETI scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from Earth to make contact.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #altruism
    #SETI
    #extraterrestials

  23. Extraterrestial Altruism by Douglas A. Vakoch, 2014

    Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit. This question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as SETI scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from Earth to make contact.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #altruism
    #SETI
    #extraterrestials

  24. Extraterrestial Altruism by Douglas A. Vakoch, 2014

    Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit. This question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as SETI scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from Earth to make contact.

    #books
    #nonfiction
    #altruism
    #SETI
    #extraterrestials

  25. Lovely comparative research on human cooperation by Andre, Boneva, Chopra, and Falk.
    They studied 101,123 people from 125 countries - actual people, not models.

    "Across the globe, cooperation is strongly associated with beliefs about others’ cooperation, approval of social norms, and preferences for the common good; altruism, patience, and risk attitudes also positively predict cooperative behavior."

    People cooperated even though they doubted that others would: 69% of respondents chose to cooperate, even though only 47% of people believed others would cooperate. Even better, "a simple information treatment can reduce this pessimistic bias and increase cooperation rates."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    #research #sociology #ethics #altruism

  26. Lovely comparative research on human cooperation by Andre, Boneva, Chopra, and Falk.
    They studied 101,123 people from 125 countries - actual people, not models.

    "Across the globe, cooperation is strongly associated with beliefs about others’ cooperation, approval of social norms, and preferences for the common good; altruism, patience, and risk attitudes also positively predict cooperative behavior."

    People cooperated even though they doubted that others would: 69% of respondents chose to cooperate, even though only 47% of people believed others would cooperate. Even better, "a simple information treatment can reduce this pessimistic bias and increase cooperation rates."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    #research #sociology #ethics #altruism

  27. Lovely comparative research on human cooperation by Andre, Boneva, Chopra, and Falk.
    They studied 101,123 people from 125 countries - actual people, not models.

    "Across the globe, cooperation is strongly associated with beliefs about others’ cooperation, approval of social norms, and preferences for the common good; altruism, patience, and risk attitudes also positively predict cooperative behavior."

    People cooperated even though they doubted that others would: 69% of respondents chose to cooperate, even though only 47% of people believed others would cooperate. Even better, "a simple information treatment can reduce this pessimistic bias and increase cooperation rates."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    #research #sociology #ethics #altruism

  28. Lovely comparative research on human cooperation by Andre, Boneva, Chopra, and Falk.
    They studied 101,123 people from 125 countries - actual people, not models.

    "Across the globe, cooperation is strongly associated with beliefs about others’ cooperation, approval of social norms, and preferences for the common good; altruism, patience, and risk attitudes also positively predict cooperative behavior."

    People cooperated even though they doubted that others would: 69% of respondents chose to cooperate, even though only 47% of people believed others would cooperate. Even better, "a simple information treatment can reduce this pessimistic bias and increase cooperation rates."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

    #research #sociology #ethics #altruism

  29. When someone makes a #donation of an #artifact or #relic to a #museum, they ought to receive by default in exchange: one (1) heritable, lifetime pass to that museum.

    Ancillary Tags for reach:
    #lifetimepass #donors #philanthropy #historicalpreservation #mutualaid #posterity #donations #altruism

  30. When someone makes a #donation of an #artifact or #relic to a #museum, they ought to receive by default in exchange: one (1) heritable, lifetime pass to that museum.

    Ancillary Tags for reach:
    #lifetimepass #donors #philanthropy #historicalpreservation #mutualaid #posterity #donations #altruism

  31. When someone makes a #donation of an #artifact or #relic to a #museum, they ought to receive by default in exchange: one (1) heritable, lifetime pass to that museum.

    Ancillary Tags for reach:
    #lifetimepass #donors #philanthropy #historicalpreservation #mutualaid #posterity #donations #altruism

  32. When someone makes a #donation of an #artifact or #relic to a #museum, they ought to receive by default in exchange: one (1) heritable, lifetime pass to that museum.

    Ancillary Tags for reach:
    #lifetimepass #donors #philanthropy #historicalpreservation #mutualaid #posterity #donations #altruism

  33. Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:

    Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,

    Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy

    He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".

    That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~

    I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.

    Yeah, right. 🤨

  34. Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:

    Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,

    Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy

    He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".

    That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~

    I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.

    Yeah, right. 🤨

  35. Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:

    Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,

    Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy

    He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".

    That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~

    I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.

    Yeah, right. 🤨

  36. Tooting this publicly, since the thread was unlisted:

    Re: #Wikipedia and #JimmyWales,

    Jimmy Wales is an #Objectivist (follower of the philosophy of #AynRand), and doesn't believe in #altruism.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#Personal_philosophy

    He has rejected the notion that his role in promoting Wikipedia is altruistic, which he defines as "sacrificing your own values for others", and he states that the idea that "participating in a benevolent effort to share information is somehow destroying your own values makes no sense to me".

    That alone doesn't make him a bad person, but union-busting Wikipedia certainly does, and is in character for Randian folk. :P~

    I'm not very familiar with Objectivism, but I imagine that it positions itself as a positive individualist philosophy. That somehow by pursuing our own good, we pursue the good of others, too, or something.

    Yeah, right. 🤨

  37. ... If we could find any #altruism and #human #rights collectively. The training methodologies could create much more solid processes but they were modeled in certain ways and have certain agendas. High quality high engagement open source is the only way forward in #software. Proprietary is garbage.

  38. RE: mastodon.social/@PattyHanson/1

    Just donated my little share of the pie 🍰 to this #cutie who needs some #aid 💝 for vet care, after personally reaching out and chatting with her mum 💕(she's really nice too 😊)

    Now you can add your +1% here!!😄: gofundme.com/f/help-dixie-get-

    THANKS FOR BEING KIND 😊🌸🩷

    + Remember to BOOST!!🔁

    #cute #babydog #dogmum #dogparents #chihuahua #olderdogs #olddogs #vet #veterinary #hope #love #appreciation #generosity #money #helping #helpingeachother #animals #beautiful #altruism #heartchakra #rescue