You might have recently heard of “longtermism” – the idea that, when taking actions in the world, we should consider the interests of people who will live in the future. A stronger version of this view might imply that somebody trying to benefit others should almost entirely focus on benefiting people who are not yet alive.…
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In this reading group meeting/dinner, we discussed “Climate Change (Extreme Risks)” by Roman Duda on 80,000 Hours, an organization offering research-based career advice on maximizing one’s positive impacts on the world. We also discussed “Does climate change deserve more attention within EA?” by effective altruist Louis Dixon. The meeting ended with a presentation from the New…
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In this reading group meeting/dinner, we discussed “Some Personal Thoughts on EA and Systemic Change” by researcher Carl Shulman and the podcast “Prof. Cass Sunstein on How Social Change Happens, and Why It’s So Often Abrupt & Unpredictable.” The podcast features a conversation between Prof. Sunstein and Rob Wiblin, director of Research at 80,000 hours, an…
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During this reading group, we discussed philosopher Toby Ord’s “The Moral Imperative towards Cost Effectiveness” and effective altruist Saulius Simsikas’s “List of Ways in Which Cost-effectiveness Estimates can be Misleading.”
On Monday September 30, Professor William MacAskill from Oxford University visited Princeton and delivered a lecture titled “The Ethics of the Next Billion Years.” Princeton Effective Altruism and the University Center for Human Values co-hosted the event. MacAskill co-founded the Global Priorities Institute and authored the book Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical…
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In this week’s group dinner and discussion, we examined “How to Have a Big Impact in Government & Huge Organisations, Based on 16 Years’ Experience in the White House.” The podcast features a conversation between Rob Wiblin, director of Research at 80,000 hours, an organization offering research-based career advice on maximizing one’s positive impacts on…
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For our first discussion/dinner of the academic year, we examined “Introduction to Effective Altruism” from the Effective Altruism (EA) website. We also reviewed “Why You Should Focus More on Talent Gaps, not Funding Gaps” by Benjamin Todd, founder and CEO of 80,000 Hours, an organization offering research-based career advice on maximizing one’s positive impacts on…
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Want to start off the semester helping others while you help yourself to some Chipotle? Then join us for a Giving Game on Friday February 8th at 5:30pm in Frist 209! This is a great opportunity to learn about charities and immediately put the knowledge to use. Our schedule is as follows, feel free to…
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Princeton Effective Altruism is proud to announce that we are running a pledge drive for Giving What We Can this Thursday and Friday. (Feb. 15-16) Giving What We Can is an organization of people who have pledged to give 10% of their income each year to the charities that do the most good (or 1%…
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Effective Altruism is a growing social movement based on donating to charities doing the most good in the world. These “effective” charities are as much as 1,000 times as effective as other organizations. Effective altruists use in-depth research in order to figure out which charities save the most lives with their donations. This has the additional…
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