Effective communication is a vital skill that is required in various personal and professional contexts. Whether it is an informal conversation, a formal presentation or a work email, certain habits ...

In 1971, the philosophy department at Oxford University was confronted with an unusual student. One of the few vegetarians on campus, Peter Singer staged alarming demonstrations with papier-mâché ...

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That last question is relevant because Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest financial supporters and media promoters of effective altruism, in its own words, “a research field and practical community ...

Keerthana Gopalakrishnan once considered herself an effective altruist. As a college student in India, she immersed herself in the social movement, reading its canonical texts like Doing Good Better, ...

Over the past two months, I’ve been doing a long public goodbye—retiring from my teaching career, not from writing this blog. And now, it’s time for what I think may be my last commentary about my ...

The philosopher William MacAskill credits his personal transfiguration to an undergraduate seminar at Cambridge. Before this shift, MacAskill liked to drink too many pints of beer and frolic about in ...