Effective altruism (EA) is a 21st-century philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others...
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The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) is an Oxford-based organisation that builds and supports the effective altruism community. It was founded in 2012...
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Altruism is the principle and practice of concern for the well-being and/or happiness of other humans or animals above oneself. While objects of altruistic...
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Effective Altruism Global, abbreviated EA Global or EAG, is a series of philanthropy conferences that focuses on the effective altruism movement. The...
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"e/acc" to their public social media profiles. Effective accelerationism, a portmanteau of "effective altruism" and "accelerationism", is a fundamentally...
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the philosophy of effective altruism, an altruistic act such as charitable giving is considered more effective, or cost-effective, if it uses a set of...
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Government effectiveness index (category Effective altruism)
context of the Effective altruism movement. The Effective Altruism movement promotes using evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to guide...
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LessWrong (category Effective altruism)
"neoreactionary". LessWrong played a significant role in the development of the effective altruism (EA) movement, and the two communities are closely intertwined.: 227 ...
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Émile P. Torres (category People associated with effective altruism)
transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and longtermism. Torres grew up in Maryland. They were raised in...
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William MacAskill (category People associated with effective altruism)
philosopher and author, as well as one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. He was a Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute...
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Slate Star Codex (category Works about effective altruism)
on a survey conducted by Rethink Charity of how effective altruists first heard about effective altruism, after "personal contact", "LessWrong", and "other...
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Charity (practice) (section Effective altruism)
cause-neutral approach that distinguishes effective altruism from traditional altruism or charity. Effective altruism is part of the larger movement towards...
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80,000 Hours (redirect from Center for Effective Altruism)
one-on-one advice sessions. The organisation is part of the Centre for Effective Altruism, affiliated with the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. The...
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In ethical philosophy, altruism (also called the ethic of altruism, moralistic altruism, and ethical altruism) is an ethical doctrine that holds that the...
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Peter Singer (category People associated with effective altruism)
to the rise of effective altruism. He argues that people should try not only to reduce suffering but to reduce it in the most effective manner possible...
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Sam Bankman-Fried (category People associated with effective altruism)
to Berkeley, California, where he worked briefly at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) as director of development from October to November 2017. In...
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Toby Ord (category People associated with effective altruism)
to donate at least 10% of their income to effective charities, and is a key figure in the effective altruism movement, which promotes using reason and...
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Cari Tuna (category People associated with effective altruism)
Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge. She is a prominent member of the effective altruism community. Callahan, David (2017). The Givers: Wealth, Power, and...
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FTX collapse resulted in scrutiny of and a loss of funding for the effective altruism movement, which Bankman-Fried had funded using profits from FTX. However...
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Open Philanthropy (category Organizations associated with effective altruism)
grantmaking foundation that makes grants based on the doctrine of effective altruism. It was founded as a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures...
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GiveWell (category Organizations associated with effective altruism)
GiveWell is an American non-profit charity assessment and effective altruism-focused organization. GiveWell focuses primarily on the cost-effectiveness...
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Future of Humanity Institute (category Organizations associated with effective altruism)
Toby Ord. Sharing an office and working closely with the Centre for Effective Altruism, the institute's stated objective was to focus research where it can...
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Doing Good Better (redirect from Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference)
Better: Effective Altruism and How You Can Make a Difference is a 2015 book by William MacAskill that serves as a primer on the effective altruism movement...
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Enlightened self-interest (section Altruism)
honest, and generous. Enlightened self-interest is also different from altruism, which calls for people to act in the interest of others often at the expense...
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Longtermism (category Effective altruism)
is a key moral priority of our time. It is an important concept in effective altruism and a primary motivation for efforts that aim to reduce existential...
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The Alignment Problem (category Books about effective altruism)
agent. Christian discusses the normative challenges associated with effective altruism and existential risk, including the work of philosophers Toby Ord...
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality (category Essays about effective altruism)
a founder of the effective altruism movement. In 2015, The New Republic noted the influence of Singer's essay on effective altruism. The "drowning child"...
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teams and causes. Altruism Effective altruism Virtue signalling Taranto, James (2013-06-14). "Best of the Web Today: Pathological Altruism". Wall Street Journal...
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Caroline Ellison (category People associated with effective altruism)
developed an interest in effective altruism, a data-based philanthropic movement. She joined Stanford's effective altruism club and served as its vice...
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Machine Intelligence Research Institute (category Organizations associated with effective altruism)
hardware. MIRI aligns itself with the principles and objectives of the effective altruism movement. Graves, Matthew (8 November 2017). "Why We Should Be Concerned...
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