Effective altruism Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Effective altruism.
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“Philanthropy”
“Utilitarianism”
“Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, It’s giving people what they need to get.”
“Wikipedia: Effective altruism”
“There is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head.”
“The challenge for us is this: How can we ensure that, when we try to help others, we do so as effectively as possible?”
“Humanity faces some big challenges in the 21st century, and I'm glad the effective altruism movement exists to tackle them.”
“Why do we save the larger number? Because we give equal weight to saving each. Each counts for one. That is why more count for more.”
“Unrestricted altruism is not so common that we can afford to fritter it away on a plethora of feel-good projects of suboptimal efficacy.”
“The mathematical challenge of finding the greatest good can expand the heart. Empathy opens the mind to suffering, and math keeps it open.”
“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 twenty-first century.”
“Humanity currently spends more money on cigarette ads than on making sure that we as a species survive this century. We've got our priorities all wrong, and we need effective altruism to right them.”
“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.”
“Effective altruism drives a stake through common but ill-conceived notions about what 'doing good' means, and offers a real alternative in its place. The importance of this movement cannot be underestimated: it's going to be huge.”
“Any intelligent person will ask themselves a simple question: should I pay up to 80p more for my bananas when only 5p will end up with the grower; or should I just buy the regular ones and give the difference to a decent development charity?”
“One need not be a consequentialist to find something odd in a Kantian’s proposal to donate $100 to a famine relief organization she happens to know is especially inefficient when there is a more efficient organization that will save more people standing by.”
“We should reward the charities that we believe do the most good, not those that have the best marketing strategy, otherwise the most successful charities will be those that are best at soliciting funds, not those that are best at making the world a better place.”