Since I have started uploading torrents I have noticed that it is not that difficult to get a few hundred to a thousand downloads on torrents very quickly. I've mainly been uploading educational torrents that I think are high quality so far, but it seems like I could be doing a lot of good by uploading utilitarian literature. I mainly upload audiobooks because that is my preference, and I was thinking of uploading some of Peter Singer's stuff and some older utilitarian literature.

What do you think? Do you think this would be worth the (small) time investment?

Sure, seems like small gain, smaller cost. Maybe prioritise the introductory/practical stuff over hardcore utilitarian theory. When you say 'not difficult', do you mean you just put it online and people download it? Or do you have to do something to attract them?

Might also be worth including a doc in the zip files that just suggests they come here if they're interested in learning more interactively (if you do that it's prob worth posting the text here, since if you're getting hundreds of viewers, slight improvements to the copy could be very valuable).

No I just need to post it to a torrent site to get the downloads. I'm new to the torrenting thing as well and I may be able to get more downloads in the future.

I was planning on including some links. Any other recommendations for utilitarian web sites?

Are there any documentaries that you would recomend that I upload? I'm not super familiar with which ones are utilitarian. I am currently watching Earthlings.

Maybe this ARZone interview with Oscar Horta http://arzonepodcasts.blogspot.ie/2011/ ... -with.html (if you need it I somehow have it as an audio file on my computer)

or this maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGg3Hqp_kbk he doesnt start talking till about halfway through

EDIT: whats the story with what you are/arn't allowed upload? copyright, etc??

CosmicPariah wrote:I was planning on including some links. Any other recommendations for utilitarian web sites?

I think fewer is probably better. I'd suggest here, GWWC and - maybe - 80K.

I think it'd be beneficial to upload writing by Peter Singer, Sam Harris, Mill, Bentham, Sidgwick, RM Hare,

and also new online work by people like Toby Ord, Oscar Horta, David Pearce, Brian Tomasik

with a few links to effective altruist organisations like GWWC, The Life You Can Save, 80,000 Hours, felicifia.com, felicifia.org etc.

TLYCS isn't really EA per se - it's encouraging people to give more to causes they might not, but not (yet) suggesting they focus on the very best of them.