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If moral philosophy is a train to crazy town, at what stop should we disembark?

Oct 3, 2025 - We've read and summarised tens of thousands of hours of research on which charities have the biggest bang for buck.

Nov 24, 2025 - We argue that operations management is one of the highest-impact roles in the effective altruism and existential risk communities right now, and address some...

Jan 30, 2023 - To rebuild the movement after the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, EAs will need to embrace a humbler, more decentralized approach.

Apr 18, 2025 - There are local effective altruism (EA) groups located across Australia and New Zealand, holding social events and discussions, hosting speakers, and running...

Oct 13, 2025 - Many in our community are investing money to donate later, as well as saving for retirement and emergencies. Here’s some mistakes I’m concerned they’re...

Mar 3, 2025 - The Wall Street Journal recently reported that xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, completed a funding round of $5 billion at a

Mar 29, 2024 - It’s easy to give away part of your income when you have a mansion in the Bahamas or multi-million-dollar budgets to promote your brand.

Oct 31, 2024 - The Global Health and Development (GHD) team at Rethink Priorities (RP) periodically assesses its approach to impactful research and exploring promising...

Aug 19, 2025 - EAGxAustralasia is the main event for the effective altruism community across Australia and New Zealand.

Jul 9, 2021 - Giving What We Can (GWWC) is an effective altruism-related organization launched in November 2009 to garner support for the most effective charities.

"We can be more than we often make ourselves out to be, especially morally speaking. We can do more, we can be more."

Jun 1, 2022 - Our team aims to strengthen the effective altruism community’s ability to fulfill its potential for impact, and to address problems that could prevent that....

Nov 12, 2025 - If you are new to the ideas of effective altruism and want to learn more, or if you already have a good understanding but want to discuss decisions about your...

Oct 25, 2024 - This post reports the results of a survey we ran in April 2022 investigating how many people had heard of ‘effective altruism’ in a large...

Johnny Paradise, 29, is tired after a 450-mile round trip from Limerick to Belfast. But this was no weekend getaway with the lads - Johnny was in Belfast City...

We fund outstanding projects focused on social impact

Oct 3, 2025 - See a brief update Aug 2022. In 2015, I argued that funding for effective altruism -- especially within meta or longtermist areas -- had grown faster than the...

Feb 1, 2025 - The International Journal of Indian Psychȯlogy(ISSN 2348-5396) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, academic journal that examines the intersection of...

Effective altruism is a philosophy and a movement that asks the question: how can we do the most good with our time, money, and resources?

Oct 13, 2025 - How are the resources in effective altruism allocated across cause areas? Knowing these figures, for both funding and labour, can help us spot gaps in the...

May 4, 2022 - The ‘effective altruism’ movement helps people donate a portion of their income to progressive causes, using data to guide their choices

The nuanced ingredient is crime.

Nov 19, 2025 - Connect with your local group, attend a local events, and meet like-minded individuals.

Oct 3, 2025 - Ten curated episodes of The 80,000 Hours Podcast that quickly get you up to speed on the school of thought known as effective altruism.

Your charity dollars and time probably could do more good.

About this episode: As head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the world’s boldest thinkers sharing their most uplifting ideas. Inspired by...

Nov 24, 2025 - Help grow, shape, and support organisations working to address global problems by working in the effective altruism community.

Estimates are measured in standard deviations from the global distribution, where 0 is the average. Positive values indicate the country's average for...

Oct 1, 2025 - The charities we partner with are highly effective programs at alleviating poverty. Read about our programs and rationale here.

Altruism is the opposite of selfishness and involves doing for others without expectation of reward. Learn how psychologists define altruism and its benefits.

Dec 31, 2024 - The benefits of altruism and empathy are obvious. These qualities are so highly regarded and embedded in both secular and religious societies that it seems...

Curtis is setting aside a large chunk of money to donate to charity, and it is up to us to persuade him where he should donate it. Luckily, philosophers,...

"The challenge for us is this: How can we ensure that, when we try to help others, we do so as effectively as possible?" William MacAskill Most of...

Oct 16, 2018 - Inside the Open Philanthropy Project.

Jan 29, 2019 - "So I prefer not to read the news because I think news in general gives you a very biased viewpoint of what is most important in the world."

“Doing bad to do good” surely won’t become just an excuse to do the bad thing for money.

Effective altruism is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. It’s partly a research field, which aims to...

Oct 27, 2022 - The movement’s earn-to-give philosophy raises the question of why the wealthy should get to decide the “best way” to help the world.

Nov 26, 2025 - Effective Altruism Australia is a tax-deductible charity in Australia that partners with the charities highly rated by independent evaluators.

Jun 9, 2022 - Ever heard the term "effective altruism"? No? Yes, but still not sure what it means? Our latest Knowledge article takes a look at what the EA...

Effective altruism opportunities board. Vetted opportunities to start making a difference: part-time roles, volunteering, internships, events, and more.

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Nov 12, 2025 - When you care about making a difference in the world, it's natural to ask: "Where can my donations do the most good?"

Dec 2, 2025 - At Effective Altruism Australia Ltd we seek to provide regular and transparent reporting on our activities, operations and performance. Our website has

Coordinators are that which is scarce.

Jan 17, 2025 - Learn practical mindfulness techniques like RAIN and loving-kindness meditation to build self-compassion, enhance resilience, and strengthen relationships.

The Centre for Effective Altruism’s mission is to build and nurture a global community of people who are thinking carefully about the world’s pressing...

Nov 4, 2025 - Effective Altruism is about using evidence and reason to find out how to help others – see https://www.effectivealtruism.org/. If you’d like to talk to...

Effective Altruism Global conferences connect you with experts and peers to collaborate on impactful projects and tackle global challenges.

“If we didn't find helping other people pleasurable, we wouldn’t be altruistic.”

Nov 20, 2025 - Are donations tax-deductible in Australia?

Take the money and run has two parts. SBF forgot the second.

Nov 12, 2025 - Most of us want to help to make a better world. We see suffering and injustice, and are moved to do something about this—to seek out a world where more...