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- What is effective altruism?
- The Basics
- Essential reading
- Charity evaluators
- Popular causes
- Join the discussion
- EA Organizations
- See also
Effective altruism is about answering one simple question: how can we use our resources to help others the most?Rather than just doing what feels right, we use evidence and careful analysis to find the very best causes to work on.
Working on a cause is likely to be high impact to the extent that it is:
- Great in scale (it affects many people’s lives, by a great amount)
- Highly neglected (few other people are working on addressing the problem), and
- Highly solvable (additional resources will do a great deal to address it).1
- GiveWell - evaluates and promotes outstanding human health interventions
- Animal Charity Evaluators - researching highly effective charities that help animals
Popular charities
Check out EA Funds - a way to donate more effectively through philanthropic managed funds.
Global developmenta | Animal welfareb | Far future & existential risk | Community-building |
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Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) | Animal Equality | OpenAI | Centre for Effective Altruism |
GiveDirectly | The Humane League | Future of Humanity Institute | LEAN (Local Effective Altruism Network) |
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) | The Good Food Institute | MIRI | |
Evidence Action | Center for the Study of Existential Risk |
a: recommended by GiveWell
b: recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators
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- Find a local EA chapter near you!
- Go to an EA conference
- Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
- 80,000 Hours – advice on finding a fun, impactful career
- Foundational Research Institute – examining how humanity can best reduce suffering
- Effective Altruism Foundation/Stiftung für Effektiven Altruismus - helping grow the EA movement
- Priority Wiki - a cause prioritization website that anyone can edit
- EA Blogs - an EA blog aggregator
- LessWrong - community blog for rationalists
- Slate Star Codex - a blog about many things, including rationality and effective altruism
[1] Excerpted from the Effective Altruism Handbook, © Centre for Effective Altruism 2018.