Effective altruism (EA) is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.
It’s both a research field, which aims to identify the world’s most pressing problems and the best solutions to them, and a practical community that aims to use those findings to do good.
This project matters because, while many attempts to do good fail, some are enormously effective. For instance, some charities help 100 or even 1,000 times as many people as others, when given the same amount of resources.
Here is a great introduction to EA:
What is effective altruism? | Effective Altruism
Ahead of his time, Peter Singer wrote Famine, Affluence, and Morality, arguing that affluent people have an obligation to donate much more to charity than the status quo prescribes. It’s a worthwhile read.
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