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Effective altruism in a nutshell

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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Are You Really Doing Good?

When it comes to a doing good, most people don't instinctively apply the same kind of rigorous and pragmatic mind set that they naturally do in so many other parts of their life. So being thoughtful about what you're choosing to do makes a much bigger difference. Unlike with a laptop, there is effectively no ceiling on how good an opportunity to improve the world can be as well as no floor on how useless or cantof productive it might be.

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