Effective altruism (EA) is a 21st-century philosophical and social movement that advocates impartially calculating benefits and prioritizing causes to...
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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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themselves first. Effective altruism is the use of evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to benefit others. The concept of altruism has a history...
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Effective Altruism Global, abbreviated EA Global or EAG, is a series of annual philanthropy events that focus on the effective altruism movement. They...
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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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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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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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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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LessWrong (category Effective altruism)
Chivers. 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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TESCREAL (category Effective altruism)
"transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and longtermism". Gebru and Torres argue that these ideologies should...
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Cari Tuna (category People associated with effective altruism)
Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge. Tuna is a prominent member of the effective altruism community. Callahan, David (2017). The Givers: Wealth, Power, and...
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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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Open Philanthropy (category Organizations associated with effective altruism)
grantmaking foundation that makes grants based on the principles of effective altruism. It was founded as a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures...
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August 2017, Daniela married Holden Karnofsky, the co-founder of effective altruism-based foundation, Open Philanthropy. In September 2023, Daniela and...
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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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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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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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Existential risk studies (section Effective altruism)
and theories, such as futures studies, disaster studies, AI safety, effective altruism and longtermism. The historical precursors of existential risks studies...
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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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