EA Talks

When people experience profoundly damaging events, like war, invasion, or massacre, the psychological toll is vast. Which interventions work best to help repair the damage? Dixon Chibanda pioneered the Friendship Bench, where local grandmothers sit with people and help them talk through their problems. In this talk from EA Global 2018: London, Chibanda explains his program, which has shown impressive results in reducing depression among participants.You can read a transcript of this talk here:https://effectivealtruism.org/article…Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

AB Testing Foreign Aid by Mitch Riley from EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Effective Giving by Liv Boeree & Natalie Cargill from EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

From the Neolithic Revolution to the Far Future by Rose Hadshar from EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Want to start a high-impact charity? It’s not an easy job, but it can be an incredible way to have an impact. In this talk from EA Global 2018: London, Joey Savoie discusses the pros and cons of founding a charity. He also describes what his organization, Charity Entrepreneurship, can do to help would-be founders get started.Read a transcript of this video here:https://effectivealtruism.org/article…Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

Policy Makers Love Their Children Too by Hiski Haukkala from EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

A powerful electromagnetic pulse could leave large portions of the globe without electricity. A major volcanic eruption — or nuclear winter — could place major strains on modern agriculture. As a civilization, are we prepared to handle challenges of this magnitude? And if not, can we become prepared? This workshop from EA Global 2018: London, led by David Denkenberger of ALLFED, deals with these questions.You can read a transcript of this workshop here:https://effectivealtruism.org/article…Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

When will Farm Animals Experience more Utility than Suffering? by Scott Weathers from EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

What Role Might Insects Play as Part of the Future of Food? by Nicole Rawling, Nick Rousseau, and Kyle Fish at EA Global 2018: London.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.

If you want to have the highest possible impact, then picking the right cause area is a vital step. But among promising candidates, there are many reasons to be uncertain about which areas are best. A particularly difficult kind of uncertainty to grapple with is normative uncertainty, or uncertainty about the fundamental moral principles that underpin every decision you make. In this talk from EAGx Netherlands 2018, Christian Tarsney explores this sort of uncertainty.Subscribe to our channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfA…Find out how to attend EA Global:https://www.eaglobal.org/.Join our Facebook community:https://www.facebook.com/effectivealt…Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube.