“I recognise that I can use part of my income to do a significant amount of good. Since I can live well enough on a smaller income, I pledge that for the rest of my life or until the day I retire, I shall give at least ten percent of what I earn to whichever organisations can most effectively use it to improve the lives of others, now and in the years to come. I make this pledge freely, openly, and sincerely.”
#EffectiveAltruism #EA #GivingWhatWeCan #GWWC #pledge
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge/
I love the #EffectiveAltruism movement because people and organisations around it are focusing on what is really, really important — with an analytical mindset.
Often their ideas are so simple and powerful that I feel they would be pages of a hypothetical book entitled “Instructions for #Life”.
A recent example:
https://manuherran.com/what-can-i-do-to-prevent-my-own-intense-suffering/
Technologist, Spaniard, male, 42