If you find this tweet to be as pointed as I do, Effective Altruism may be for you. Effective Altruism is a social movement whose goal it is to encourage individuals to channel their personal wealth into highly effective charities. According to Effective Altruists, organizations such as UNICEF, OXFAM, and the Against Malaria Foundation are…| Blog of the APA
See a brief update Aug 2022. In 2015, I argued that funding for effective altruism -- especially within meta or longtermist areas -- had grown faster than the number of people interested in it, and that this was likely to continue. This meant that there was a funding overhang, leading to a series of skill bottlenecks. A couple of years ago, I wondered if this trend was starting to reverse.| 80,000 Hours