Video of talk: https://youtu.be/-mTNASalGUg

1. Effective Altruism
Global 2015

2. Who am I?
Managing Director, EA Global
Director, EA Outreach
Managing Director, EA Ventures

3. Outline of this talk
1. What is effective altruism?
2. History of effective altruism
3. What effective altruism isn’t
4. How to succeed at EA Global

4. What is Effective Altruism?
“Effective altruism is a growing social movement founded
on the desire to make the world as good a place as it can
be, the use of evidence and reason to find out how to do
so, and the audacity to actually try.”

5. What is Effective Altruism?
“Effective altruism is a growing social movement founded
on the desire to make the world as good a place as it can
be, the use of evidence and reason to find out how to do
so, and the audacity to actually try.”
- Centre for Effective Altruism

6. What is Effective Altruism?
“Effective altruism — efforts that actually help people rather
than making you feel good or helping you show off — is one
of the great new ideas of the 21st century.”

7. What is Effective Altruism?
“Effective altruism — efforts that actually help people rather
than making you feel good or helping you show off — is one
of the great new ideas of the 21st century.”
- Steven Pinker

8. Effective Altruism in two simple steps
Figure out how to do the most good.
Do it.

9. Figure out
how to do the
most good

10. Figuring out how to do the most good
1. Be skeptical
2. Change your mind

11. Be
Skeptical

13. Change
your mind

14. Effective Altruism in two simple steps
Figure out how to do the most good.
Do it.

17. History of
effective
altruism

21. History of EA
Global

26. What Effective Altruism Isn’t

27. What Effective Altruism Isn’t

28. What Effective Altruism Isn’t

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43. How to succeed at EA Global
1. Get help
2. Radical life change

44. Get Help

45. Radical
Life
Change