Gleb Tsipursky
How To Resolve Disagreements about Effective Giving: Collaborative Truth-Seeking (Part 2)
In a previous post, I shared about the problem with debates as the sole means of resolving differences in opinions. To summarize, while useful...
How To Resolve Disagreements About Effective Giving: The Problem with Debates (Part 1)
Here’s a typical scene from the meeting of a local effective altruist group. Michael thinks donating to Against Malaria Foundation will do the most...
A Pastor Walks Into a Room Full of Atheists
How surprised would you be to learn that a United Methodist Minister was part of a group that was almost entirely made up of...
Revenge for the Orlando Shooting Spree!
The June 12 mass killings in Orlando was the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001. A shooter’s rampage through a...
How a Calculator Helped Me Multiply My Giving
It feels great to see hope light up in the eyes of a beggar in the street as you stop to look at them...
Meditating on Purpose
Imagine your body singing with joy and awe from the deepest core of your being to your very fingertips as you experience a rich...
Fail Your Way To Success!
Don’t you hate finding out you made a mistake? I do. I’m proud of doing things well, and avoiding mistakes. Mistakes feel terrible to...
The Panama Papers Reveal the Solution to Global Suffering
We can all hold this truth as self-evident: that no one should experience avoidable suffering.
Yet our world has so much unnecessary harm. Hundreds of...
Find Your Life Purpose and Meaning By Journaling
Alcira tried it all. None of it worked to help her figure out her life purpose and lead a meaningful life.
She went to shamanistic...
A Reason-Oriented Perspective on Meanings and Values
How can you collaborate with others to reflect on meanings and values from a reason-oriented perspective?We’re sitting around a table in our home with...