effective altruism

Summary

effective altruism is a social movement^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of social_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,202 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• effective altruism was influenced by Peter Singer^[3].
• effective altruism was influenced by William MacAskill^[4].
• effective altruism was influenced by utilitarianism^[5].
• effective altruism was influenced by rationalism^[6].
• effective altruism was influenced by Nick Bostrom^[7].
• effective altruism's instance of is recorded as social movement^[8].
• effective altruism's instance of is recorded as world view^[9].
• effective altruism's instance of is recorded as group of humans^[10].
• effective altruism's founder is recorded as Toby Ord^[11].
• effective altruism's founder is recorded as William MacAskill^[12].
• +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of effective altruism^[13].
• effective altruism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0rphnzv^[14].
• effective altruism's official website is recorded as https://www.effectivealtruism.org/^[15].
• effective altruism's main subject is recorded as charity^[16].
• effective altruism's main subject is recorded as AI alignment^[17].
• effective altruism's main subject is recorded as animal welfare^[18].
• effective altruism's main subject is recorded as development economics^[19].
• effective altruism's spoken text audio is recorded as Wikipedia - Effective altruism (spoken by AI voice).mp3^[20].
• effective altruism's BBC Things ID is recorded as 0019d496-f28d-4a2e-92d9-c5c9e4aec206^[21].
• effective altruism's hashtag is recorded as effectivealtruism^[22].
• effective altruism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Effective-Altruism^[23].
• effective altruism's Open Library subject ID is recorded as effective_altruism^[24].
• effective altruism's subreddit is recorded as EffectiveAltruism^[25].
• effective altruism's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Effective_altruism^[26].
• effective altruism's Reddit topic ID is recorded as effective_altruism^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for effective altruism include effective accelerationism^[28], a philosophical movement^[29], founded in 2022^[30].

Why It Matters

effective altruism ranks in the top 2% of social_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,202 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include effective accelerationism^[28], a philosophical movement^[29], founded in 2022^[30].