Effective altruism is about doing the most good in the world. This includes figuring out what exactly that means, how it can be achieved, and implementing these insights. Central to the movement are the following ideas: Top charities are thousands of times more cost-effective than others12 and make it easy to have a huge positive impact. Hence, it is typically more important where you give than what you give, and empirical, scientific research needs to guide these giving decisions, not personal bias or geographic proximity. Failing to give or failing to give effectively incurs tremendous avoidable suffering. The following sections will explain these points in more detail, and the final one will give an overview of the movement. effective-altruism/ea/e4/telofys_introduction_to_effective_altruism/
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:26:05 +0000
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