As the year comes to an end, we want to highlight some of the incredible work done and supported by people in the effective altruism community — work that's helping people and animals all over the world.
Effective Altruism
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Effective Altruism
@EffectvAltruism
Using evidence and reason to find the best ways to improve the world. Retweet ≠ endorsement. Account run by @CentreforEA.
Joined March 2015
- What’s the most important moral problem of our time? Watch our co-founder @willmacaskill at the 2018 @TEDTalks conference, speaking about effective altruism and the importance of safeguarding humanity’s future: efctv.org/2NCRQOU
- The spirit of generosity and altruism displayed by this kind of philanthropy is to be admired. If you have $1 billion to give—or even $100 or $10—here are a few other ideas for how you can help others through charitable giving...NEWS Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is now tuition-free thanks to a $1 billion gift from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a former professor. Gottesman, whose late husband was an early investor with Warren Buffett, has made it a condition of the gift that
- 35 years ago today, a Soviet nuclear warning system alerted officer Stanislav Petrov to an incoming American attack. He realized it was a false alarm, and did not pass the bogus warning on. His reticence may well have saved the world. Happy Petrov day! efctv.org/2NBJxUg
- How The World Is Slowly Winning The War Against Malaria bit.ly/2dZ1Tvl
- We're thrilled to be hosting an Ask Me Anything session on psychedelics, mental health, and science philanthropy — featuring @tferriss, @michaelpollan, and @Drug_Researcher! efctv.org/2SN7rzM Get your questions in before Sunday, when our experts join the discussion.
- 40 years ago today, Stanislav Petrov helped avert nuclear war. In 1983, Petrov worked at the command center for a Soviet nuclear early-warning system that reported the US had launched five nuclear missiles. He could have alerted his supervisors—likely leading to a counterattack.
- We cared about shrimp before it was cool🦐This is very funny, and good advertising for shrimpwelfareproject.org and effective altruism. youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKt…
- “The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but 'Can they suffer?'” - Jeremy Bentham, 1789, asking about animals.
- Thanks for joining us at the largest ever gathering of effective altruists! This weekend, EA Global: London brought together 1,587 people who’ve made helping others a central part of their lives.
- This classic essay by Scott Alexander offers one of the most succinct and persuasive cases for taking philanthropic prioritization seriously: efctv.org/2NxlA0E
- Replying to @EffectvAltruism$7 is the estimated cost to protect one child from malaria through @FightingMalaria. For $5000, you can save a life through malaria medication (both according to estimates from @GiveWell).
- An updated version of The Life You Can Save, a classic book on effective giving, has just been released as a *free* eBook and audiobook, narrated by celebrity supporters like @KristenBell, @StephenFry, and @PaulSimonMusic: efctv.org/36csTzJ
- Now live: a completely revamped effectivealtruism.org! 💡 Effective altruism asks a simple question: how can we do the most good with our time, money, and resources? Our new site demonstrates how this philosophy translates into real action across fields like global health,
