Keiran Harris

Keiran Harris is an Australian writer whose current focus is effective altruism – the use of high-quality evidence and careful reasoning to work out how to help others as much as possible.

3 Posts

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Importance of Taking AI Risks Seriously

With the very real possibility that such technology will be able to make changes to itself, even a slight diversion from goals that match our own could be disastrous.

Keiran Harris

30 Jul 2017 · 5 min read

Doing Good Better — William MacAskill

MacAskill seeks to convince that not only are we in the developed world in a position to do a tremendous amount of good, but that our approach to doing good is itself tremendously important.

Keiran Harris

13 Sep 2016 · 6 min read

Why Isn’t Sexual Slavery a Feminist Priority?

Their lives were destroyed, and their lives will remain destroyed if we don’t say anything. To bring back their rights, we must speak up.

Keiran Harris

13 Jul 2016 · 6 min read