Nir Eyal

  • Read more: Factory farming, human health, and the new WHO Director General
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    Factory farming, human health, and the new WHO Director General

    By Nir Eyal Last week, over 200 experts called on the next Director General of the World Health Organization to prioritize factory farming in an open letter. Announced in articles in the New York Times and The Lancet, the letter argues that factory farming is a major barrier to better global health. The letter does not make this argument…

  • Read more: Harvard U Effective Altruism presents: Derek Parfit discusses altruistic giving
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    Harvard U Effective Altruism presents: Derek Parfit discusses altruistic giving

    Facebook RSVP When: Tuesday, April 21, 6:00pm Where: Harvard campus, Science Center E Oxford and Harvard philosopher Derek Parfit is described by Encyclopaedia Britannica as “the most important moral philosopher of the 20th and early 21st centuries”.  The New Yorker called his books “the most important works to be written in the field in more than a century.”  He will be discussing personal…

  • Read more: Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society event: Big Brother Is Watching–Paternalism and Bioethics
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    Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society event: Big Brother Is Watching–Paternalism and Bioethics

     You are invited to the Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society 2015 Conference: “Big Brother Is Watching: Paternalism and Bioethics” Saturday, March 28th, 3.30-6.30pm, Harvard Hall 104 RSVP Here Coffee and desserts will be served A panel discussion and talks by David Buchanan, PhD University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Promotion & Policy, and Director of…

  • Read more: BOOK LAUNCH (3/11): Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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    BOOK LAUNCH (3/11): Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach

    Book Launch: Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach March 11, 2015 12:00 PM Wasserstein Hall, Room 2012 Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Identified versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Approach is an edited volume that grew out of the 2012 conference “Identified versus Statistical Lives: Ethics and Public Policy,” cosponsored by the…

  • Read more: From Harvard Effective Altruism: Upcoming (Nov. 17): Steven Pinker on “The Past, Present, and Future of Violence”
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    From Harvard Effective Altruism: Upcoming (Nov. 17): Steven Pinker on “The Past, Present, and Future of Violence”

    Harvard College Effective Altruism presents: The Past, Present, and Future of Violence with Steven Pinker Monday, November 17th, 7 PM Science Center D RSVP here. Contact Harvard College Effective Altruism at harvardea@gmail.com.

  • Read more: Harvard Effective Altruism: George Church this Monday
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    Harvard Effective Altruism: George Church this Monday

    From Harvard College Effective Altruism: The Risks of Biotechnology, with George Church Monday, Oct. 20, 5.30pm, Sever 102 Genetic manipulations can reintroduce extinct viruses or create viruses much deadlier than ever before. What are the dangers associated with biotechnology? Can a mistake in a lab lead to a global pandemic? Can this technology be used…

  • Read more: Inaugural SG Global Chat: Harvard Effective Altruism Expanding to HSPH
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    Inaugural SG Global Chat: Harvard Effective Altruism Expanding to HSPH

    SG Global Chat Harvard Effective Altruism — Using Evidence and Reason to Maximize the Impact of Efforts to Make the World Better October 8, 2014 12:30-1:20pm, Kresge G-2 Harvard Effective Altruism (HEA) is a student group at Harvard College and Harvard Business School. The group is dedicated to spreading the ideas of effective altruism to…