In 10 seconds

Effective altruism is about making the world better by using reason, research and critical thinking to create as much positive impact as possible.

Effective altruism is both a philosophy and a global movement of people helping each other make the biggest possible difference with their time and their money.

In 10 minutes

The why and how of effective altruism

Peter Singer, TED

What are the most important moral problems of our time?

Will MacAskill, TED

In an hour

Essay

Effective altruism – an introduction

The foundational essay on what the movement is about.
Article

What does it mean to do the most good?

Zetland’s introduction to the movement and the ideas behind it. In Danish.
Radio

Overskud – on giving thoughtfully

Radio4 on getting the most out of what you give. In Danish.

In 10+ hours

Course

Introductory Program

An eight-week course of reading and discussion. We also run it as a reading group in Denmark.
Handbook

The Effective Altruism Handbook

The collected texts the field is built on.
Podcast

Ten episodes from 80,000 Hours

A curated series introducing the key ideas and disagreements.

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