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Jun 7, 2022
5 min

Deference Culture in EA

As has been noted by other writers, the EA (Effective Altruism) movement has a pretty strong deference culture. In many ways this makes...

Does it make sense for EA’s to be more risk-seeking in earning to give?

Joey Savoie

May 20, 2022
3 min

Does it make sense for EA’s to be more risk-seeking in earning to give?

Historically it has been argued that EAs who are looking to make large donations may have more reasons to be risk-neutral than people who...

Mentor Evidence-Based NGOs Incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship

CE Team

May 11, 2020
2 min

Mentor Evidence-Based NGOs Incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship

You are an experienced entrepreneur, charity professional, or researcher with a passion for impact: consider becoming a mentor at Charity...

The Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship on the NGO Sector

Joey Savoie

Apr 5, 2020
5 min

The Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship on the NGO Sector

Founding a new organization has a wide range of effects on the charitable sector as a whole. If a charity is good, it can raise standards...

The Life You Can Save celebrates its tenth anniversary with a free ebook and audiobook

Jemma Payne

Dec 2, 2019
3 min

The Life You Can Save celebrates its tenth anniversary with a free ebook and audiobook

It’s a decade since the launch of philosopher Peter Singer’s seminal The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. The book,...

How to come to better conclusions by playing steelman solitaire

CE Team

Nov 12, 2019
6 min

How to come to better conclusions by playing steelman solitaire

I have a tool for thinking that I call “steelman solitaire”. I have found that it comes to much better conclusions than doing...

Charities Love Feedback (As Long As It's Complimentary)

CE Team

Jan 22, 2019
2 min

Charities Love Feedback (As Long As It's Complimentary)

First published at Charityscience.com in 2014 Many charities claim to accept and even enjoy feedback (both positive and critical), but I...

CE Team

Jan 20, 2019
2 min

What are a charity’s real goals?

First published at Charityscience.com in 2015 When a charity is created most people think about the altruistic intentions behind its...

Setting our salary based on the world’s average GDP per capita

CE Team

Aug 25, 2018
2 min

Setting our salary based on the world’s average GDP per capita

A lot of people in the EA movement have a large say over their salary, whether it be earning to give where you can donate down to a...

CE Team

Jun 29, 2018
8 min

How to have cost-effective fun

Joey and I run a nonprofit, and we pay ourselves what we would make if the world’s wealth was entirely equally distributed. Often when...

Counterfactual impact: what would happen if you didn’t act?

CE Team

Apr 16, 2017
5 min

Counterfactual impact: what would happen if you didn’t act?

“In order to be irreplaceable, you must always be different.” - Coco Chanel WHAT IS COUNTERFACTUAL IMPACT? Counterfactual impact is what...

CE Team

Apr 7, 2017
11 min

The Importance of Evidence

“Insofar as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not...

How to Keep Your Good Intentions and Do More Good in the Long Run

CE Team

Nov 30, 2015
3 min

How to Keep Your Good Intentions and Do More Good in the Long Run

Say you want to do good throughout your life. One unfortunate possibility is that your interest in doing so might fade over time. There...

How charities are actually wasting your money (video and infographic)

CE Team

Feb 17, 2015
3 min

How charities are actually wasting your money (video and infographic)

Charities are not wasting your money the way you think they are. The most common way people think charities misuse donations is by paying...