I was excited to see Peter Singer's new book, The Most Good You Can Do . He's letting the internet decide to donate $10,000 of the...

Sometimes people ask Jeff and me if we plan to raise our daughter in some special way as an effective altruist. The answer is “not really.” ...

This sprang out of the last post on how to talk to people about giving . If you're trying to persuade people, it's unclear how f...

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 ...