Will MacAskill, author of "Doing Good Better," has devoted his life to applying data and analytical rigor to answer the question, "how can we use our resources to help the world as much as possible?” In this session, allow Will to introduce the rapidly growing social movement of Effective Altruism and provide practical examples of how you can use data to help make the world a better place.
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Using data to drive better altruism
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WILLIAM MACASKILL ERIC ROZA
Author of “Doing Good Better” and Associate
Professor of Philosophy Oxford University
@willmacaskill
SVP & GM
Oracle Data Cloud
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Using data to drive better altruism
15. WHAT
YOU CAN
ACHIEVE
Donate $3000 to AMF
Approximately 650 bed
nets distributed
1300 children protected
from malaria for 2 years
15An introduction to Effective Altruism
16. WHAT
YOU CAN
ACHIEVE
16An introduction to Effective Altruism
Saving one life makes you a hero.
GiveWell estimates that it costs less than
$10K to save a life in the developing world
17. HOW TO
ASSESS
CAUSES
17An introduction to Effective Altruism
Scale
How big is the problem?1
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Tractability
How easy is it to make
progress on the problem?
Neglectedness
How many other people are
working on the problem?
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25. Book Signing:
William MacAskill
William is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at
Lincoln College, Oxford. He is also the founder and
president of 80,000 Hours, the co-founder and vice-
president of Giving What We Can and the author of
Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical
New Way to Make a Difference.