Neil Sinhababu
@neilsinhababu.bsky.social
Philosophy professor born in Kansas and working in Singapore
I’m up for pooling for foundational measures if you can show me a good pool! In all these criticisms of EA there’s an absence where the alternative donation target should be.
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m up for pooling for foundational measures if you can show me a good pool! In all these criticisms of EA there’s an absence where the alternative donation target should be.
Structural issues are huge! But how can individual donors actually affect structural issues? I’m totally up for structural change moves and my political donations are all about that. But that’s all very opaque from the outside. If you have an inside perspective, good for you, but not many do.
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Structural issues are huge! But how can individual donors actually affect structural issues? I’m totally up for structural change moves and my political donations are all about that. But that’s all very opaque from the outside. If you have an inside perspective, good for you, but not many do.
How are we going to decide what to donate to then? If we can’t calculate, what’s left but vibes?
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How are we going to decide what to donate to then? If we can’t calculate, what’s left but vibes?
Indeed, deworming is situational and we need better nets. But as far as I can see from the articles, there are still places where the deworming pills will have good effects, and money buys better nets. If there's some more cost-effective climate change donation opportunity, let me know!
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Indeed, deworming is situational and we need better nets. But as far as I can see from the articles, there are still places where the deworming pills will have good effects, and money buys better nets. If there's some more cost-effective climate change donation opportunity, let me know!
Sure, it isn’t vs for our collective money, as there’s plenty. Of course that’s now in the hands of maniacs.
It is vs for the thousands I give away each year because that’s limited. I can’t personally fund everything, I’m just one guy, I have to choose.
It is vs for the thousands I give away each year because that’s limited. I can’t personally fund everything, I’m just one guy, I have to choose.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sure, it isn’t vs for our collective money, as there’s plenty. Of course that’s now in the hands of maniacs.
It is vs for the thousands I give away each year because that’s limited. I can’t personally fund everything, I’m just one guy, I have to choose.
It is vs for the thousands I give away each year because that’s limited. I can’t personally fund everything, I’m just one guy, I have to choose.
Sorry, on climate it’s (for example) shifting to clean energy in places where it’s available.
It’s a vs type choice with my own donation dollars. The USAID cuts were perhaps the worst of all the things Trump has done. PEPFAR saved a million lives a year! Global public health is so good, so cheap.
It’s a vs type choice with my own donation dollars. The USAID cuts were perhaps the worst of all the things Trump has done. PEPFAR saved a million lives a year! Global public health is so good, so cheap.
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sorry, on climate it’s (for example) shifting to clean energy in places where it’s available.
It’s a vs type choice with my own donation dollars. The USAID cuts were perhaps the worst of all the things Trump has done. PEPFAR saved a million lives a year! Global public health is so good, so cheap.
It’s a vs type choice with my own donation dollars. The USAID cuts were perhaps the worst of all the things Trump has done. PEPFAR saved a million lives a year! Global public health is so good, so cheap.
Malaria bednets, micronutrient supplementation, and deworming pills
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Malaria bednets, micronutrient supplementation, and deworming pills
It’s important to stop climate change. But lots of money is going into that and the simple cheap solutions have been found. Best I can do on climate is political donations, but that isn’t single-issue.
For nonpolitical stuff I go straight at global public health because it’s so underfunded.
For nonpolitical stuff I go straight at global public health because it’s so underfunded.
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s important to stop climate change. But lots of money is going into that and the simple cheap solutions have been found. Best I can do on climate is political donations, but that isn’t single-issue.
For nonpolitical stuff I go straight at global public health because it’s so underfunded.
For nonpolitical stuff I go straight at global public health because it’s so underfunded.
Okay, I agree with all that. But I donate to bednets rather than climate change mitigation, to save more lives.
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Okay, I agree with all that. But I donate to bednets rather than climate change mitigation, to save more lives.
if you die of malaria first, you never have to worry about the storm surge
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
if you die of malaria first, you never have to worry about the storm surge
Is there a climate change mitigation technology that saves a life at cheaper than $5k? That’s the price of saving a life with the bednets to prevent malaria.
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Is there a climate change mitigation technology that saves a life at cheaper than $5k? That’s the price of saving a life with the bednets to prevent malaria.
Your $inema $peculation is consistent with what I’ve heard, including from another Senator’s chief of staff. $omeone paid her off for obstructionism.
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Your $inema $peculation is consistent with what I’ve heard, including from another Senator’s chief of staff. $omeone paid her off for obstructionism.
How so? His ideas say we should start up capitalism in both of those countries, which seems right.
The order of history is feudalism then capitalism then communism. Don’t skip steps like Mao, it doesn’t turn out well.
The order of history is feudalism then capitalism then communism. Don’t skip steps like Mao, it doesn’t turn out well.
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
How so? His ideas say we should start up capitalism in both of those countries, which seems right.
The order of history is feudalism then capitalism then communism. Don’t skip steps like Mao, it doesn’t turn out well.
The order of history is feudalism then capitalism then communism. Don’t skip steps like Mao, it doesn’t turn out well.
Are they really close to eliminating the filibuster? I hadn’t heard that.
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Are they really close to eliminating the filibuster? I hadn’t heard that.
She needs to change her position on the filibuster by 2029, or we won’t be able to do much
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
She needs to change her position on the filibuster by 2029, or we won’t be able to do much
Reposted by Neil Sinhababu
In the present US, military generals have less power than businessmen with 12-digit wealth. That kind of money makes everyone else subservient.
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In the present US, military generals have less power than businessmen with 12-digit wealth. That kind of money makes everyone else subservient.
Reposted by Neil Sinhababu
imperialist baguette + revolutionary filling = delicious bahn mi
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
imperialist baguette + revolutionary filling = delicious bahn mi
In the present US, military generals have less power than businessmen with 12-digit wealth. That kind of money makes everyone else subservient.
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In the present US, military generals have less power than businessmen with 12-digit wealth. That kind of money makes everyone else subservient.
imperialist baguette + revolutionary filling = delicious bahn mi
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
imperialist baguette + revolutionary filling = delicious bahn mi
Marcetic is consistently terrible. So many “hooray Ukraine is defeated” articles over the last few years.
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Marcetic is consistently terrible. So many “hooray Ukraine is defeated” articles over the last few years.
Kirk / Spock gay fanfic by women authors is the foundation of our culture
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Kirk / Spock gay fanfic by women authors is the foundation of our culture
It's from 2004 – it was in the Iraq War, which made her an especially exciting potential candidate to Democratic strategists during the George W Bush era. </oldman>
October 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It's from 2004 – it was in the Iraq War, which made her an especially exciting potential candidate to Democratic strategists during the George W Bush era. </oldman>
Wasn’t there a beer guy who dropped out? Any chance he’ll get back in?
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Wasn’t there a beer guy who dropped out? Any chance he’ll get back in?
Ah good. For what I’d call Amartya Sen reasons, criticisms of democracy bring out the Bengal tiger in me. Sorry for biting.
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ah good. For what I’d call Amartya Sen reasons, criticisms of democracy bring out the Bengal tiger in me. Sorry for biting.