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EA ori­gin sto­ries

TagLast edit: Dec 5, 2023, 4:08 PM by Toby Tremlett🔹

Collection of personal stories about how people found EA, why they find it meaningful and how they have changed their life because of the ideas.

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Building effective altruism | Community | Effective altruism lifestyle

How I feel about my GWWC Pledge

Michael Townsend🔸Nov 29, 2023, 4:22 AM
145 points
7 comments5 min readEA link
(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

I want to read more sto­ries by and about the peo­ple of Effec­tive Altruism

Gemma 🔸May 12, 2023, 11:08 AM
47 points
7 comments4 min readEA link
(bashingthearc.substack.com)

[Question] Should 80,000 Hours be more trans­par­ent about how they rank prob­lems and ca­reers?

Vasco Grilo🔸Dec 20, 2023, 8:14 AM
90 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

Try­ing to Do More Good

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Apr 4, 2024, 2:22 PM
88 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

What drew me to EA: Reflec­tions on EA as re­lief, growth, and community

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸Mar 26, 2021, 3:04 AM
103 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

Lit­tle (& effec­tive) altruism

Parmest RoyJun 2, 2022, 7:05 PM
23 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

EA is the best choice I’ve ever made

Peter WildefordJan 30, 2015, 8:25 PM
26 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Get In The Van

TW123Jan 21, 2022, 4:49 PM
227 points
17 comments7 min readEA link

Why I Took the Giv­ing What We Can Pledge

Peter WildefordDec 28, 2016, 12:02 AM
26 points
1 comment10 min readEA link

EA Ori­gin Story: Changing

BittonJan 6, 2015, 2:16 PM
5 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Many wind­ing roads: an EA ori­gin story

tomstockerJan 29, 2015, 2:50 PM
4 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

A per­sonal his­tory of in­volve­ment with effec­tive altruism

Jonah_SinickJun 12, 2013, 4:00 AM
6 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Why I Give

Michelle_HutchinsonJan 25, 2015, 1:51 PM
22 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

Dorothea Brooke: an al­ter­na­tive ori­gin story for Effec­tive Altruism

Bernadette_YoungJan 25, 2015, 8:26 PM
45 points
20 comments8 min readEA link

EA Ori­gin Story Round-Up

KirstenJun 2, 2023, 9:10 PM
30 points
5 comments1 min readEA link
(ealifestyles.substack.com)

Life in a Day: The film that opened my heart to effec­tive altruism

Aaron Gertler 🔸Apr 27, 2023, 10:44 PM
179 points
9 comments6 min readEA link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphireMay 3, 2021, 6:08 AM
278 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

A Manifesto

sophiathephirstFeb 7, 2023, 9:17 AM
77 points
8 comments5 min readEA link

Why I Be­came an Effec­tive Altruist

HaseebQAug 23, 2015, 10:26 PM
19 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Sav­ing the World, and Heal­ing the Sick

Gregory Lewis🔸Feb 12, 2015, 7:03 PM
18 points
9 comments20 min readEA link

Why are you here? An ori­gin sto­ries thread.

[deleted]Aug 4, 2018, 9:03 PM
37 points
11 comments8 min readEA link
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