Links

Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Ataraxism.org

Information on living a Ataraxist or Suffering Abolitionist Lifestyle (e.g., veganismconscientious consumptioneffective altruism, etc.):

http://www.veganoutreach.org/guide/gce.pdf — Vegan Outreach’s Guide to Cruelty-Free Eating.

www.jacknorrisrd.com — Information on veganism by Jack Norris, a vegan registered dietician.

http://www.veganhealth.org — Great resource for vegan health info.

Daily Recommendations — veganhealth.org’s daily recommendations page.

http://www.theveganrd.com — Information and essays by a vegan registered dietician, Ginny Kisch Messina.

http://veganoutreach.org — Great info for vegans and resources for reaching out to others.

https://vegetarianmythmyth.wordpress.com — Refuting misinformation about animal rights and vegetarianism.

http://getitunion.com/buyunion.asp — Get it Union, a buying guide for union-made products.

Suggested Beneficent Causes 

The Neuroethics Foundation

Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS) — Promoting compassionate ethics, preventing intense suffering.

GiveWell — Research on charities.

Effective Altruism’s Recommended Charities

Animal Charity Evaluators

Ideas Beyond Borders — Spreading knowledge and ideas around the world—especially in areas with limited access or censorship—through translation and publication.

Allied Organizations and Suffering Abolitionism in General:

The Abolitionist Project — The abolitionist project outlines how biotechnology will abolish suffering throughout the living world.

Sentientism — Sentientism is a philosophy or worldview based on evidence, reason, and compassion for all sentient beings.

http://reducing-suffering.org — Essays on reducing suffering from computer scientist and philosopher Brian Tomasik.

https://manuherran.com/ — Philosopher and author Manu Herran. “Less suffering, more happiness and more life in the Universe. But in that order.”

http://www.hedweb.com — The Hedonistic Imperative – philosopher David Pearce’s project to abolish suffering. (See also: BLTC Research.)

http://www.animal-ethics.org — Resources and information for animal advocates.

https://qualiacomputing.com — Revealing the computational properties of consciousness.

https://was-research.org/ — Multidisciplinary research to reduce the suffering experienced by nonhuman animals in nature.

Humanity+ — A leading transhumanist organization: “Humanity+ is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization dedicated to elevating the human condition. We aim to deeply influence a new generation of thinkers who dare to envision humanity’s next steps.”

Sentiocentric politics

https://sentience-politics.org/ — Sentience Politics

Philosophical References:

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philpapers.org

Existential Risk Mitigation:

Lifeboat Foundation

Future of Humanity Institute

Prepping: 

The Prepared — An expert researched preparedness site.

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning

CDC guide on solar water disinfection 

Miscellaneous:

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI Institute) — “The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe and the evolution of intelligence.”