The EA Hand­book in­tro­duces read­ers to effec­tive al­tru­ism by pre­sent­ing sum­maries of key con­cepts and shar­ing clas­sic ar­ti­cles from a va­ri­ety of au­thors.

This first col­lec­tion of posts ex­plores some of the ideas that mo­ti­vate peo­ple to do as much good as they can, and how they ap­ply across the causes and con­cerns of the EA move­ment.

You can learn more about the pro­ject and its goals here.

The Hand­book is a work in progress, and we’d love to hear your feed­back! You can leave ques­tions and com­ments on the posts, or sub­mit your thoughts through our feed­back form. (The form is a bit more helpful, since we’ve used it to ask spe­cific ques­tions.)

If you’re new to effec­tive al­tru­ism, you might also en­joy:

• Do­ing Good Bet­ter, a book on the core ideas of effec­tive altruism

• The Precipice, a book on some of the biggest threats to hu­man civilization

• The Life You Can Save, a clas­sic book on effec­tive giv­ing (available free in au­dio­book form, or for 99 cents on Kin­dle)

• The 80,000 Hours Key Ideas se­ries (“a guide to us­ing your ca­reer to help solve the world’s most press­ing prob­lems”)

• The Effec­tive Altru­ism Newslet­ter (monthly up­dates on EA news, jobs, and events, aimed at a gen­eral au­di­ence)