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

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...

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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...

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,...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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