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EA ori­gin sto­ries

TagLast edit: 5 Dec 2023 16:08 UTC 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🔸29 Nov 2023 4:22 UTC
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 🔸12 May 2023 11:08 UTC
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🔸20 Dec 2023 8:14 UTC
89 points
17 comments3 min readEA link

Try­ing to Do More Good

Jeff Kaufman 🔸4 Apr 2024 14:22 UTC
88 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

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

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

Lit­tle (& effec­tive) altruism

Parmest Roy2 Jun 2022 19:05 UTC
23 points
5 comments2 min readEA link

EA is the best choice I’ve ever made

Peter Wildeford30 Jan 2015 20:25 UTC
26 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Get In The Van

TW12321 Jan 2022 16:49 UTC
227 points
17 comments7 min readEA link

Why I Took the Giv­ing What We Can Pledge

Peter Wildeford28 Dec 2016 0:02 UTC
26 points
1 comment10 min readEA link

EA Ori­gin Story: Changing

Bitton6 Jan 2015 14:16 UTC
5 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Many wind­ing roads: an EA ori­gin story

tomstocker29 Jan 2015 14:50 UTC
4 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

A per­sonal his­tory of in­volve­ment with effec­tive altruism

Jonah_Sinick12 Jun 2013 4:00 UTC
6 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Why I Give

Michelle_Hutchinson25 Jan 2015 13:51 UTC
22 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

Dorothea Brooke: an al­ter­na­tive ori­gin story for Effec­tive Altruism

Bernadette_Young25 Jan 2015 20:26 UTC
45 points
20 comments8 min readEA link

EA Ori­gin Story Round-Up

Kirsten2 Jun 2023 21:10 UTC
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 🔸27 Apr 2023 22:44 UTC
179 points
9 comments6 min readEA link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphire3 May 2021 6:08 UTC
278 points
13 comments4 min readEA link

A Manifesto

sophiathephirst7 Feb 2023 9:17 UTC
77 points
8 comments5 min readEA link

Why I Be­came an Effec­tive Altruist

HaseebQ23 Aug 2015 22:26 UTC
19 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Sav­ing the World, and Heal­ing the Sick

Gregory Lewis🔸12 Feb 2015 19:03 UTC
18 points
9 comments20 min readEA link

Why are you here? An ori­gin sto­ries thread.

[deleted]4 Aug 2018 21:03 UTC
37 points
11 comments8 min readEA link
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