“Don’t stop being an EA because you dislike EAs. You don’t have to interact with most EAs. Just the ones you like.” by Kat Woods 🔶 ⏸️
An all too common reason I’ve seen to “quit EA” is disliking aspects of the community. Maybe “they’re” too focused on the “wrong cause area” or are skeptical of yours. Maybe “they” annoy you. Maybe “t...
10 Jan 2min
“Untitled Retrospective and Learnings from AI in Context’s First Two VideosDraft” by ChanaMessinger
Note: I used LLMs to draft different parts of this. I've checked almost everything, but there might be some mistakes remaining. Apologies for posting this on Christmas Eve. I wanted to get this out th...
6 Jan 18min
“I give because it’s the most rational way to spend my money” by Lorenzo Buonanno🔸
I really enjoyed reading the "why I donate" posts in the past week, so much so that I felt compelled to add my reflections, in case someone finds my reasons as interesting as I found theirs. 1. My mon...
31 Dec 20258min
“Why I donate: some selfish reasons” by Kestrel🔸
This year, I have given money to a range of EA cause areas. Most of it has either been towards global health and development, or EA infrastructure I believe does or could lead to effective fundraising...
28 Dec 20255min
“Ten big wins in 2025 for farmed animals” by LewisBollard
Note: This post was crossposted from the Coefficient Giving Farm Animal Welfare Research Newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on th...
26 Dec 202510min
“The Further Pledge: Voluntary Simplicity” by GeorgeBridgwater
Conscious Meaning We share every moment with trillions of other conscious beings. Some are much like us, and others experience the world very differently. Creatures without a language to structure the...
16 Dec 202512min
“GWWC’s 2025 evaluations of evaluators” by Aidan Whitfield🔸, Giving What We Can🔸
The Giving What We Can research team is excited to share the results of our 2025 round of evaluations of charity evaluators and grantmakers! In this round, we completed two evaluations that will info...
15 Dec 20257min
“I Donate because I am Christian” by NickLaing
And Effective Altruism has put my faith community to shame The BeginningWhen I became a Christian age 15 my life began to transform, but sadly my first external play was proclaiming no sex before mar...
15 Dec 20257min
