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What’s the easiest way anyone can have a big social impact?
Many people want a career that contributes to the world, that helps others live happier lives. To do this, some become teachers, some work in the nonprofit sector, and others work in many other...
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Who should found a startup? Podcast with the founder of Entrepreneur First
I recently interviewed Matt Clifford (left), the Co-founder & Chief Executive at Entrepreneur First, which describes itself as “Europe’s leading pre-seed investment programme for technical...
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Podcast with Ben West, who expects to donate tens of millions for charity...
I recently interviewed Ben West (second to left), the founder of Health eFilings. After reading 80,000 Hours’ website, Ben entered tech entrepreneurship – from software engineering – in order to ‘earn...
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Where should you donate to have the most impact during giving season 2015?
Many of our readers choose to give away substantial sums over the ‘giving season’ around Christmas and New Year. Where should they give so that their money has the biggest social impact? This post is...
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Just how bad is being a CEO in big tobacco?
In 1994 the CEOs of the largest tobacco companies all testified before congress that they thought nicotine was not addictive and were widely mocked. How much were they paid relative to the damage they...
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Interview: trying to change the resources industry from the inside
Benjamin Todd interviewed Michael Dello-Iacovo about his attempts to do good as a geophysicist inside the Australian mining industry. What does the job involve? I’m a geophysicist working for a...
View ArticleThe effective altruism guide to donating this giving season
Update Dec 2017: This post has been mostly superseded by our key article on finding the best charity which suggests giving to the Effective Altruism Funds. GiveWell and the Open Philanthropy Project...
View ArticleGuide to effective holiday giving in 2017
It’s that wonderful time of year again – the time I have to rush out a blog post about effective holiday giving before heading off for the Christmas break. Here’s our article on how to find the best...
View ArticleWhat’s the best charity to donate to?
First published Nov 2016. Last updated Dec 2018. If you want to make a difference, and are not already wedded to a cause, what’s the best charity to donate to? This is a brief summary of the most...
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Recap: why do some organisations say their recent hires are worth so much?
Our 2018 survey found that for a second year, a significant fraction of organisations reported that they’d want to be compensated hundreds of thousands or sometimes millions of dollars for the loss of...
View ArticleHow becoming a ‘patient philanthropist’ could allow you to do far more good
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View ArticleOptions for donating to fight COVID-19
Many people have been asking about where they can donate to fight COVID-19, so we asked a couple of advisors for their initial thoughts on which opportunities could be especially high-leverage. We...
View ArticleMisconceptions about effective altruism
Effective altruism is widely misunderstood, even among its supporters. A recent paper – The Definition of Effective Altruism by Will MacAskill – lists some of the most common misconceptions.1 It’s...
View ArticleHow to use your career to help reduce existential risk
In The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity our trustee Toby Ord argued that reducing existential risks — the chances of e.g. catastrophic global pandemics, run-away climate change,...
View ArticleBen Todd on varieties of longtermism and things 80,000 Hours might be getting...
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View ArticleBen Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it
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View ArticleMike Berkowitz on keeping the U.S. a liberal democratic country
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Software engineering
On December 31, 2021, the most valuable company on Earth was Apple, worth around $3 trillion. After that came Microsoft, at $2.5 trillion, then Google (officially Alphabet) at $1.9 trillion, then...
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