• effective altruism

For thoughts on effective altruism.

Somewhat related to effective altruism. I don’t think the foundation claims any precise optimizations, but the foundation and bill gates himself seems to be utilitarian.

So this is pretty much the idea of Replaceability that is discussed in the effective altruism community, though I am thinking of the idea in a more generalized way (how your work impacts everything, not just morally good outcomes). Here is some more reading on the idea:

On effective altruism

Engaging with the effective altruism community