Recently someone asked me about much to talk about effective giving. Some thoughts: Blogging (or other forms of writing) are nice because ...

I grew up hearing about Thomas Cannon, the "poor man's philanthropist" of my home town. He was a postal clerk known for leavi...

GiveWell's charity  recommendations for 2014 are out! They are recommending: Against Malaria Foundation Deworm the World (through Ev...

(Edit: Xio points out that there's a more complete post about these resources on the EA forum.) Recently a friend and I were talking ...

Let’s say I believe it would be good for my health to go running every day. But I quickly realize that I don’t want to run every day, and th...

Today I was talking with some undergraduates, and the topic of how to manage donations while in school came up. When you're taking on s...

Recently I was at a talk given by Rachel Glennerster of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab  (JPAL).  In speaking about cost-effect...