Effective altruism (EA) is a 21st-century philosophical and social movement that advocates impartially calculating benefits and prioritizing causes to...
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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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Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity. The word altruism was popularised (and possibly...
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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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"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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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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80,000 Hours (redirect from Center for Effective Altruism)
one-on-one advice sessions. The organisation is part of the Centre for Effective Altruism. The organisation's name refers to the typical amount of time someone...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 principles of effective altruism. It was founded as a partnership between GiveWell and Good Ventures...
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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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TESCREAL (category Effective altruism)
Extropianism, singularitarianism, (modern) cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and longtermism". Gebru and Torres argue that these ideologies should...
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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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Giving What We Can (category Centre for Effective Altruism)
Giving What We Can (GWWC) is an effective altruism nonprofit that promotes effective giving through education, outreach, and advocacy around the 10% Pledge...
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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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Dylan Matthews (category People associated with effective altruism)
by it. Matthews leads the Vox section Future Perfect, dedicated to effective altruism. Matthews has also written for Salon and The New Republic and has...
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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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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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Kelsey Piper (category People associated with effective altruism)
topics from an effective altruism perspective. While attending Stanford University, she founded and ran the Stanford Effective Altruism student organization...
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