Introduction to EA

Abstract

In one of the best summaries of effective altruism to date, Ajeya Cotra draws from her personal experience and lays out the movement’s key concepts and core beliefs. She discusses emotional reactions to the unfairness of the world, the need to prioritize the interventions that can help the most people (or animals), a framework for determining which interventions are most promising, and goes into depth on a few key causes in particular. If you only have time to watch one video about EA, this is a great choice.