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Excited Altruism 20 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Critics of effective altruism worry that we’re trying to choose causes based on calculations about how to help the world as much as possible, rather than based on what causes excite us. They worry tha...
Effective Altruism 14 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am
We’re proud to be part of the nascent “effective altruist” movement. Effective altruism has been discussed elsewhere (see Peter Singer’s TED talk and Wikipedia); this post gives our take on what it is...
Passive vs. rational vs. quantified 8 Aug 2013 | 11:45 pm
We’re excited about the project of making giving more analytical, more intellectual, and overall more rational. At the same time, we have mixed feelings about the project of quantifying good accomplis...
Update on GiveWell’s web traffic / money moved: Q2 2013 7 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
In addition to evaluations of other charities, GiveWell publishes substantial evaluation of itself, from the quality of its research to its impact on donations. We publish quarterly updates regarding ...
Responses to objections on cash transfers 31 Jul 2013 | 11:16 pm
Since our recommendation of GiveDirectly last year, we’ve seen a fair amount of pushback and skepticism. We’ve recently been speaking with donors who have supported our other top charities – and not G...
Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk 19 Jul 2013 | 02:31 am
In previous posts, I have: Laid out the view that in general, further economic development and general human empowerment are likely to be substantially net positive, and are likely to lead to improve...
Our Landscape of the Open Science Community 11 Jul 2013 | 09:21 pm
We previously wrote about a decision to complete a “medium-depth investigation” of the cause of open science: promoting new ways of producing, sharing, reviewing, and evaluating scientific research. T...
Grant to Center for Global Development (CGD) 3 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
Via the grantmaking process described previously, Good Ventures has decided – with GiveWell’s input – to make a grant to the Center for Global Development (CGD) for general operating support. The gran...
Our take on “earning to give” 26 Jun 2013 | 09:42 pm
GiveWell exists to help people do as much good as possible with their financial giving. We’re interested in the related question of how to do as much good as possible with one’s talents and career cho...
Near-term Grantmaking 21 Jun 2013 | 12:29 am
As stated previously, we expect that it will take quite a long time for us to reach the point of issuing major recommendations based on our GiveWell Labs work. That said, there have been – and will be...
