Giv­ing isn’t de­mand­ing*

Prac­ti­cal ethics given moral uncertainty

How to be a high im­pact philosopher

How to be a high im­pact philoso­pher, part II

The most im­por­tant un­solved prob­lems in ethics

Re­search­ing what we should

GiveWell’s recom­men­da­tion of GiveDirectly

Some gen­eral con­cerns about GiveWell

Replaceability

To save the world, don’t get a job at a char­ity; go work on Wall Street

Why might the fu­ture be good?

Risk aver­sion and in­vest­ment (for al­tru­ists)

Giv­ing now vs. later

Do­ing well by do­ing good: ca­reers that benefit oth­ers also benefit you

What is effec­tive al­tru­ism?

An ex­am­ple of do-good­ing done wrong

$1.25/​day—What does that mean?

Get­ting in­spired by cost-effec­tive giving

Peter Singer’s TED talk on effec­tive altruism

On the ro­bust­ness of cost-effec­tive­ness estimates