About Effective Altruism
What is Effective Altruism?
Effective Altruism is a social movement that aims to find the best ways to help others through the use of evidence and careful reasoning.
Effective Altruism Hannover wants to help our members to figure out how they can use their career and resources best to help others. Through us, our members can get to know the EA community and discuss ideas, questions and thoughts.
Introductory Resources
A four-week Effective Altruism Intro Program, which is held every half year and includes weekly discussion groups, impact challenges and personal mentoring. It gives a solid understanding of the main ideas in effective altruism.
Effective Altruism: An Introduction
Effective Altruism: An Introduction is a collection of ten episodes of The 80,000 Hours Podcast, specifically selected to help listeners quickly get up to speed with the basic concepts of effective altruism.
80,000 Hours provides research and support to help students and recent graduates switch into careers that effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems.
The EA Handbook introduces some of the key ideas in effective altruism.