William MacAskill My rating: 4.25/5 This book is about evaluating altruistic actions quantitatively and presents a number of interesting cases where widely-popular well-meaning efforts fell short. It also discusses simplistic frameworks to gauge effectiveness of actions and warns against being emotionally connected to causes. While the book doggedly mentions ‘doing the most good’ and discourages emotional attachment, I think altruism is non-existent without emotions and cannot be discusse...
