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New to effective altruism?
Start with these four resources.
Doing Good Better
by William MacAskill
The classic work on the case for effective altruism.
The 80,000 Hours Podcast
80,000 Hours
Long-form interviews on the world's most pressing problems and how to work on them. Recent episodes tend to focus on AI and catastrophic risks, but their archive covers global health, animal welfare, careers, and more.
Effective Altruism
The introductory essay
Videos(18)
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Books(18)
These books explore the principles of effective altruism and their applications.
Doing Good Better
by William MacAskill
The classic work on the case for effective altruism.
The Precipice
by Toby Ord
A survey of the existential risks that threaten our future.
The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer
Singer argues that we have a moral obligation to donate to effective charities and explores how individuals can help fight extreme poverty.
80,000 Hours
by Benjamin Todd
A guide to finding a fulfilling and highly impactful career.
Animal Liberation Now
by Peter Singer
The book that helped start the modern animal welfare movement.
The Scout Mindset
by Julia Galef
Why seeing clearly matters more than being right, and how to get better at it.
Podcasts(18)
The 80,000 Hours Podcast
80,000 Hours
Long-form interviews on the world's most pressing problems and how to work on them. Recent episodes tend to focus on AI and catastrophic risks, but their archive covers global health, animal welfare, careers, and more.
Clearer Thinking
Spencer Greenberg
Conversations on ideas from psychology, philosophy, and effective altruism.
More Than Good
Effective Altruism Australia
Accessible discussions of EA ideas, framed around moral questions. Guests include Peter Singer and researchers working on global inequality, animal welfare, and ethics.
GiveWell Conversations
GiveWell
GiveWell's researchers on how they decide which charities to recommend, and what the evidence behind those decisions looks like.
ForeCast
Forethought
Forethought researchers and guests discuss AI strategy research, how to navigate the intelligence explosion, and Forethought’s latest work.
Lives Well Lived
Peter Singer and Kasia de Lazari-Radek
Interviews with people who have lived both ethically and happily, ranging from well-known figures to people quietly doing extraordinary things.
Articles(17)
Effective Altruism
The introductory essay
Max Roser · Our World in Data
The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.
Benjamin Todd · 80,000 Hours
How AI-driven feedback loops could make things very crazy, very fast
Toby Ord
The moral imperative towards cost-effectiveness
Nate Soares
On Caring
Holden Karnofsky
Radical empathy
Want to go deeper?
The Effective Altruism Handbook
Explore the core frameworks of effective altruism through curated readings and exercises. Designed to help you evaluate which global problems are most pressing and determine the best ways you can contribute.
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