## Tags - Part of: [[Movements]] - Related: - Includes: - Additional: ## Technical summaries - Effective altruism (EA) is a 21st-century [[philosophy|philosophical]] and [[social system|social]] [[Movements|movement]] that advocates impartially calculating benefits and prioritizing causes to provide the greatest [[good]]. It is motivated by "using [[evidence]] and [[reason]] to figure out how to [[benefit]] [[others]] as much as possible, and taking [[action]] on that basis". People who pursue the goals of effective altruism, who are sometimes called effective altruists, follow a variety of approaches proposed by the movement, such as donating to selected [[charities]] and choosing [[careers]] with the aim of [[maximizing]] [[positive]] [[impact]]. The movement has achieved significant popularity outside of [[academia]], spurring the creation of [[university]]-based institutes, [[research]] centers, [[advisory]] organizations and charities, which, collectively, have donated several hundreds of millions of dollars. ## Main resources - [Effective altruism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism) <iframe src="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 5; "></iframe> - [In Continued Defense Of Effective Altruism](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/in-continued-defense-of-effective) <iframe src="https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/in-continued-defense-of-effective" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 5; "></iframe> ## Landscapes - [[AI safety]]