As a young person, I was extremely struck by the realization that my choice to donate or not meant the difference between someone else’s liv...

It's been a while since I ran the numbers on how much Jeff and I give.  Recently we figured out what we gave in 2012: it was about half...

A classic “false economy” is when you get something cheap that turns out to cost more than you thought – a car that breaks down all the time...

Last week, my city erupted (literally and figuratively). Two bombs exploded, five people died in the bombings and subsequent shootings, and...

At first, I didn't realize I could just talk to anyone in this movement. I knew there were other people interested in effective altruis...

I worry that the effective altruism movement scares people off because it seems hard.  As one friend put it, "It sounds very dreary, l...

This week, while everybody was watching videos of a meteor in Russia, a larger asteroid passed by the earth. It might hit us next time it...