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The Effective Altruism Handbook

by Dr Ryan Carey

Other authors: Scott Alexander (Contributor), Nick Beckstead (Contributor), Jon Bockman (Contributor), Charlie Bresler (Contributor), Ryan Carey (Afterword)17 more, GiveWell (Contributor), Katja Grace (Contributor), Elie Hassenfeld (Contributor), Michelle Hutchinson (Contributor), Holden Karnofsky (Contributor), Xiomara Kikauka (Contributor), William MacAskill (Contributor), William MacAskill (Introduction), Luke Muehlhauser (Contributor), Dan Pallotta (Contributor), Carl Shulman (Contributor), Peter A. Singer (Contributor), Peter A. Singer (Introduction), Ben Todd (Contributor), Matt Wage (Contributor), Julia Wise (Contributor), Eliezer Yudkowsky (Contributor)

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The Effective Altruism Handbook is a compilation of essays about how do more good with limited resources. It presents much of the intellectual progress of the effective altruism movement, a group dedicated to discovering and carrying out the most effective philanthropic interventions.It features a range of problems that we ask when considering how to have an impact, and many that we don't think to ask at all, across areas such as charity evaluation, career choice and cause selection.Its contributors include Professors Peter Singer and William MacAskill, who provide the introduction, and the leaders of a wide range of organisations, who discuss how they seek to put this movement's ideas into practice.… (more)
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Alexander, ScottContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Beckstead, NickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bockman, JonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bresler, CharlieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carey, RyanAfterwordsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Grace, KatjaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hassenfeld, ElieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Karnofsky, HoldenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kikauka, XiomaraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MacAskill, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
MacAskill, WilliamIntroductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Muehlhauser, LukeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pallotta, DanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shulman, CarlContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Singer, Peter A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Singer, Peter A.Introductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Welcome to the effective altruism community!
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This is the 1st edition of the Effective Altruism Handbook (2015), containing 24 essays. It has only one essay in common with the 2nd edition (©2018, 14 essays), so the two editions are probably better not combined.
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The Effective Altruism Handbook is a compilation of essays about how do more good with limited resources. It presents much of the intellectual progress of the effective altruism movement, a group dedicated to discovering and carrying out the most effective philanthropic interventions.It features a range of problems that we ask when considering how to have an impact, and many that we don't think to ask at all, across areas such as charity evaluation, career choice and cause selection.Its contributors include Professors Peter Singer and William MacAskill, who provide the introduction, and the leaders of a wide range of organisations, who discuss how they seek to put this movement's ideas into practice.

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