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About
Introduction to effective altruism

What do people mean by "effective altruism"? Explore some key principles behind
the philosophy and community via this essay.

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Who runs this website?

Learn about the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA).

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FAQs and common objections

Our answers to frequently asked questions like "What if I don't think a
practical suggestion is effective?," "What has the community done so far?" and
"How can you even compare different types of good?"

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EA Blog

Discover the latest news and insights from across the effective altruism
ecosystem.

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EA Handbook

The "EA Handbook" is like the textbook you’d get in your first college course.
It covers the core ideas of effective altruism and helps you identify ways you
can apply them.

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Conferences

EA Global and EAGx are conference series organized for people in the effective
altruism community.

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Events

Join people from around the world for discussions, talks, and other events on
how we can tackle the world's biggest problems.

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Online forum

The EA Forum is the central place for collaborative discussion about how to do
the most good we can.

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Community

Effective altruism is a global network involving thousands of people. Reach out
and see if there's a group you might want to join.

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Take Action
Find an impactful career

You have 80,000 hours in your career, which makes it your best opportunity to
have a positive impact on the world. Learn how you can make the most of it

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Use charity recommendations

Everyone can do a lot of good by donating to high-impact charities. Giving What
We Can is a community dedicated to finding and funding effective charities.

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Take action

View job listings, internships, research ideas, startup ideas and funding
opportunities.

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EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM IS ABOUT DOING GOOD BETTER

Effective altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find
the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.

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The world is changing in important ways; we can contribute to real progress, but
we must also reduce the new risks that come with it.

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WHAT IS EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM?

Everyone wants to do good, but many ways of doing good are ineffective. The EA
community is focused on finding ways of doing good that actually work.

This led to many ideas like the following:

 * It’s critical to pay attention to how many people are affected by a
   particular intervention. When we do this, it seems that some ways of doing
   good are over 100 times more effective than others.
 * We should focus on problems that are important, neglected, and tractable
 * We can do a lot of good with our careers.
 * New technologies might threaten to wipe out life on earth, and reducing this
   risk might be a key priority.
 * Some sentient beings are ignored because they don't look like us or are far
   away.

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WHAT HAS THE EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM COMMUNITY DONE?

Effective altruism isn't one organization, it's a broad community of people
working on a diverse set of projects with a common goal: doing as much good as
possible. Below are some things people have done.

PREVENTED DEATHS FROM NEGLECTED DISEASES

Against Malaria Foundation

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Provided significant support to the Against Malaria Foundation that has
distributed 200 million nets, likely preventing 150,000 deaths.
Global Health

FOUNDED AN INSTITUTE TO RESEARCH GLOBAL PRIORITIES

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Started Global Priorities Institute at University of Oxford, an
interdisciplinary research centre, to identify the most pressing issues and how
we might approach them.
Global Priorities Research

PUSHED FOR SAFER TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

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CHAI, a research group at UC Berkeley, works to ensure that new artificial
intelligence technologies benefit humanity rather than posing unacceptable
risks.
Emerging Technologies

SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED AGAINST BATTERY-CAGE FACTORY FARMING

Open Wing Alliance

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Corporate campaigns and legal reforms with the Humane League and Mercy for
Animals freed more than 100 million hens from battery cages.
Animal Welfare

INSPIRED EARLY EMPLOYEES OF THE LARGEST MOBILE MONEY SERVICE IN SENEGAL

Wave

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Lincoln Quirk (Founder) and Ben Kuhn (CTO) decided to work on Wave to help
unbanked people save money. The service now saves people in Senegal over $200
million every year.
Innovation and global wellbeing

ADVOCATED FOR HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS TO UNDERSTAND COVID-19

1Day Sooner

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Convinced decision-makers to run trials, which deliberately expose volunteers to
infection, to better understand how to stop COVID spread.
Pandemic Response and Preparedness



RESEARCH AND IDEAS

Some of the writing and research that has influenced the movement the most.

WHY THIS MIGHT BE HUMANITY’S MOST IMPORTANT CENTURY

Holden Karnofsky

Many experts predict that powerful artificial intelligence will be developed
this century. That would radically change society — and without careful thought,
disastrously so.

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New Ideas

WHICH CHARITIES IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH THE MOST PER DOLLAR?

GiveWell

GiveWell's extensive research provides the gold-standard for the
cost-effectiveness of public health interventions.

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Donations

THE CASE THAT CAREER CHOICE IS YOUR KEY MORAL DECISION

80,000 Hours

You'll probably spend half your waking hours on your career. That makes it your
most valuable resource for doing good.

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Career Advice

THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ONGOING MORAL CATASTROPHE

Evan G Williams

Most past societies had norms that appear catastrophically wrong in retrospect.
Are we any different?

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New Ideas

WHAT’S THE CHANCE OF A GREAT POWER WAR THIS CENTURY?

Stephen Clare

Would a global conflict threaten the survival of human civilization? What can be
done?

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New Ideas


RECEIVE A BOOK OF KEY EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM IDEAS

Below are some important books on the most pressing problems and how you can use
your time and resources to make a difference. You can get a copy for free via
the Impact Books program.

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An exploration of the risks society faces, their context in the greater story of
humanity, and how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of
our time.

How to search for the truth instead of defending what you already believe.

How to find a fulfilling career that tackles the worlds most pressing problems,
based on five years of research alongside academics at Oxford.

Why it’s so hard to build an AI that doesn’t accidentally destroy civilization,
and what people are trying.

A book about how to really make a difference with your charitable giving and
your career, from a co-founder of effective altruism.

FREE ONLINE COURSE


TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE TO EXPLORE KEY IDEAS

The Introductory EA Program is an eight-week seminar guided by a facilitator.

Based on fellowships run at Stanford, Oxford, MIT and 20+ other universities
around the world.Get Started


JOIN A GLOBAL NETWORK

Meet impact-driven people and join one of thousands of groups around the world

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EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM IN THE MEDIA

View articles and videos about Effective Altruism in the media.


The Economist
Video
How to leave a lasting legacy »
BBC
Article
Would you give 10% of your income to charity? »
The Washington Post
Article
The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders »
The Wall Street Journal
Article
Can Your Career Help Change the World »


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