This site contains writings on the topic of reducing suffering, including the suffering of non-human animals and far-future beings. Most content is by Brian Tomasik, though a few pieces are written by others.

Introduction

Altruism

Ways to get involved

Charity

Making money to reduce suffering

Activism

Personal effectiveness

Animals

Food animals

Wild-animal suffering

Insects and other invertebrates

Entomophagy

Welfare biology

Numbers of wild animals

Humanity's impact on wild-animal abundance

Crop cultivation

Fishing

Cattle grazing

Climate change

Food scraps

Wastewater

Consciousness

Philosophy of consciousness

Which beings are sentient?

Small minds

Sentience vs. animal size

Ethics

Suffering

Moral theory

Judgment as incentive design

Cooperation and peace

Science

Probability

Physics

The future

Other

Writings by others

Further material

Interviews

Organizations doing important work

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