Doing Good Better, Together
How do we work to do the most good we can?
We are a local chapter of Effective Altruism, a philosophical community focused on maximizing the good you can do throughout your life with your time, work and resources.
Everyone wants to do good, but many ways of doing good are ineffective or actively harmful. The EA movement arose out of a desire to make sure that attempts to do good actually work.
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When choosing what to fund or work on, we shouldn't go for what's most personal or accessible to us.
We should focus on problems that are important, neglected, and tractable (which we can actually do something about).
We should evaluate the work that charities do, and value transparency and good evidence.
Our time is valuable, and we can do a lot of good with our careers.
The world is threatened by existential risks, and making it safer might be a key priority.
The suffering of some sentient beings is ignored because they don't look like us or are far away.
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EA was recently featured in Time and The New Yorker.
Our club’s President, Sofya Lebedeva, even presented on NPR about EA and university groups with one of the movement’s leaders! You can skip to minutes 23 and 34 to hear her speak.
The Edit Your Source Code and Global Warning contests are featured on Reedsy’s list of top writing contests of 2022.
EA was discussed in a blog on the Berkeley Haas website.
Vox posted about the impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Future Fund on the Effective Altruism movement
We love seeing new faces! If you’d like to get connected with us, please fill out our new member form. In addition to joining our Slack and attending our weekly dinners, here are other ways to get further involved at EA Berkeley!
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General Info
We have regular meetings and events throughout the semester. Please check the ‘calendar’ page of this website!
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Join the Slack
You can join our Slack workspace for updates and to keep in touch with the community.
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DeCal and Readings
Want to learn more about EA by attending a class, reading, and discussing your ideas with others? Join our DeCal!
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Projects
Join our existing projects!
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Berkeley AI Safety Initiative for Students
Interested in AI Safety? Check out BASIS! BASIS holds AI Safety research progams, classes, and more.
The Movement
We are a local chapter of Effective Altruism, a social and philosophical movement for change. Find out about our mission, methods, and results.