TL;DR: I invite you to share your experience in this thread.
I sometimes hear people’s giving or EA origin stories and they’re often fascinating and inspiring. I also love hearing people’s reasons for donating or trying to improve the world in other ways. So I wanted to prompt people to share more.
This can be as short or as long as you want it to be — even a sentence can be interesting!
There are already some amazing examples — here are three of them:
Why do you give (or pursue work in effective altruism)? (Open thread)
TL;DR: I invite you to share your experience in this thread.
I sometimes hear people’s giving or EA origin stories and they’re often fascinating and inspiring. I also love hearing people’s reasons for donating or trying to improve the world in other ways. So I wanted to prompt people to share more.
This can be as short or as long as you want it to be — even a sentence can be interesting!
There are already some amazing examples — here are three of them:
Founding the Against Malaria Foundation (Rob Mather’s story—video)
Why I Give (Michelle Hutchinson)
Small and Vulnerable (sapphire)
And a bonus example that I love: Candy for Nets (Lily)