Towards Ineffective Altruism

joinreboot.org · 3,236 words · saved by 1 readers

There are boundless ways of doing good that are fundamentally immeasurable or, if they are measurable, may not be optimized.

Today’s essay is long so I’ll keep this intro short: read it! to the end! happy sunday longread! By Hal Triedman, edited by Archana Ahlawat Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now. Our fellow men have a claim to our help; no generation must be sacrificed for the sake of future generations, for the sake of an ideal of happiness that may never be realized. – Karl Popper, “Utopia and Violence” Timnit Gebru@timnitGebru Some of my collaborators had the idea of creating an "ineffective altruism" movement. Where one works…

Towards Ineffective Altruism

related reading