Tag: Effective Giving
How I Learned to Truly Love Animals
I love animals and especially my cats, Ophelia and Siren. These feelings urged me to help out at my local cat shelter. It broke...
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...
The Healing Arts Initiative Scandal Shows The Need For Effective Altruism
The Healing Arts Initiative is a nonprofit that brings concerts and theatrical performances to hundreds of thousands of disabled, elderly, and poor people each...
Saving Lives Using Reason and Compassion Through Giving Games
“If others have half the experience I had today, they will be completely changed.” That’s what a participant told me after the end of...
How to Supercharge Your Generosity
It feels great to see the hope light up in a beggar's eyes as you stop to look at them when others pass them...
“Be A Superdonor!”: Promoting Effective Altruism by Appealing to the Heart
Effective Altruism does a terrific job of appealing to the head. There is no finer example than GiveWell’s meticulously researched and carefully detailed reports...