Magnus Vinding

Working to reduce extreme suffering for all sentient beings.

Co-founder, with Tobias Baumann, of the Center for Reducing Suffering (CRS).

Ebooks available for free here and here.

Posts

I’m leaving the Center for Reducing Suffering to pursue independent research
by Magnus Vinding @ 2026-10-09 | +30 | 0 comments

The cooperative silence hypothesis
by Magnus Vinding @ 2026-09-25 | +43 | 0 comments

A Candid Understanding of the Human Mind
by Magnus Vinding @ 2026-05-13 | +26 | 0 comments

New Book — Compassionate Purpose: Personal Inspiration for a Better World
by Magnus Vinding @ 2026-05-05 | +101 | 0 comments

A virtue-based approach to reducing suffering given long-term cluelessness
by Magnus Vinding @ 2025-08-13 | +25 | 0 comments

Reducing suffering given long-term cluelessness
by Magnus Vinding @ 2025-06-26 | +46 | 0 comments

Is DeepSeek-R1 already better than o3 when inference costs are held constant?
by Magnus Vinding @ 2025-01-24 | +33 | 0 comments

Point-by-point reply to Yudkowsky on UFOs
by Magnus Vinding @ 2024-12-19 | +5 | 0 comments

Cosmic AI safety
by Magnus Vinding @ 2024-12-06 | +24 | 0 comments

New eBook: Essays on UFOs and Related Conjectures
by Magnus Vinding @ 2024-08-04 | +28 | 0 comments

Silent cosmic rulers
by Magnus Vinding @ 2024-07-15 | +42 | 0 comments

Why UFOs matter
by Magnus Vinding @ 2024-06-21 | +36 | 0 comments

[Linkpost] Can we confidently dismiss the existence of near aliens?...
by Magnus Vinding @ 2023-07-25 | +46 | 0 comments

Beware frictions from altruistic value differences
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-12-01 | +101 | 0 comments

Two contrasting models of “intelligence” and future growth
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-11-24 | +74 | 0 comments

Linkpost for various recent essays on suffering-focused ethics, priorities, and...
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-09-28 | +91 | 0 comments

Critique of MacAskill’s “Is It Good to Make Happy People?”
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-08-23 | +225 | 0 comments

Research vs. non-research work to improve the world: In defense of more research...
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-05-20 | +31 | 0 comments

Against the "smarts fetish"
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-04-08 | +147 | 0 comments

New Book: "Reasoned Politics" + Why I have written a book about politics
by Magnus Vinding @ 2022-03-03 | +99 | 0 comments

Magnus Vinding's Quick takes
by Magnus Vinding @ 2020-09-25 | +3 | 0 comments

New book — "Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications"
by Magnus Vinding @ 2020-05-31 | +111 | 0 comments

Tips for overcoming low back pain
by Magnus Vinding @ 2020-03-24 | +71 | 0 comments