This pandemic year, filled with fear and illness, has been a relentless assault on the human spirit. But the well of human kindness runs deep, especially in the holiday season when people open their ...

Among the wealthiest proponents of effective altruism is Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook and makes charitable giving decisions with his wife, Cari Tuna. Effective altruism is an intellectual ...

People who push the idea of effective altruism—using data and reason rather than passion alone to determine the most effective way to give— don’t just want to do some good: They want to achieve the ...

Donating money to charity is on its face a benign act, but a debate lurks just below the surface: Which causes should we support and why? Followers of a movement called effective altruism believe ...

As many students grappled with problem sets and papers on Monday, one campus group discussed the best way to eliminate global poverty. Such was the main focus of a talk given by Frank Fredericks, the ...

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With Giving Games, CU Boulder sociologist Tim Wadsworth has helped hundreds of students donate thousands of dollars to effective charities, and imparted lifelong skills It’s easy to give money to a ...

Approximately 20 Tufts students have become regular members of the newly established campus chapter of Effective Altruism, a social and philosophical movement aimed at improving the world. According ...

Imagine walking past a pond and seeing a small child struggling in the water, calling for help. Do you go in and save her? Of course! But wait — if you wade in, you'll ruin your expensive new shoes.

The team cited concerns about the legitimacy and integrity of FTX’s operations. By quitting as a group, the staffers signaled that the fund had halted disbursements, while also attempting to distance ...

Some charities are more effective than others. They manage to do more good—for instance, to save more lives, if that’s what they’re aiming for—than other charities do with the same amount of money. As ...

A UK-based "effective altruism" charity funded by the disgraced former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is set to close. Effective Ventures Foundation UK, originally incorporated in 2012, ...