[Problem profile] “Building effective altruism” by Roman Duda

Effective altruism is about using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis.

Narrated by AI.

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Outline:

(00:12) How can we use our resources to help others the most?

(02:07) Summary

(03:28) Our overall view

(05:08) Why are the ideas of effective altruism important?

(05:13) Many attempts to do good fail

(05:56) Large differences in effectiveness between successful approaches

(09:05) Why work on promoting effective altruism?

(09:10) Multiplier effect

(10:51) Flexibility

(12:10) Highly neglected

(13:01) Why might you not want to work in this area?

(13:05) The ideas of effective altruism are incorrect, or will be badly implemented

(13:54) There's a specific problem that's much more pressing

(14:37) There's a better opportunity for advocacy

(15:27) There's a better way to gain flexibility

(16:43) Widespread promotion of the current ideas of effective altruism may be premature

(18:13) It's hard to know whether advocacy works

(18:35) How to solve this problem

(18:39) What are some top career options within this area?

(19:42) Which organisations do we recommend?

(21:31) Example of someone pursuing this path

(21:37) Tara Mac Aulay

(22:59) Find opportunities on our job board

(23:09) How to enter this area

(23:13) How to get started

(23:40) How to get a job within the community

(24:58) How to help out part time

(25:23) Where to donate to help promote effective altruism?

(26:06) Learn more

(27:01) Want to work on promoting effective altruism? We want to help.

The original text contained 11 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
March 20th, 2017

Last updated:
July 31st, 2020

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