The Wonder of Effective Altruism, with Guest Speaker Jack Knudson

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Effective altruism (EA) is a project that aims to find the best ways to help others and put them into practice. It’s both a research field, which aims to identify the world’s most pressing problems and the best solutions to them, and a practical community that aims to use those findings to do good. Effective altruism was formalized by scholars at Oxford University, but has now spread around the world, and is being applied by tens of thousands of people in more than 70 countries.

Our speaker is Jack (Puggy) Knudson, an organizer for EA Twin Cities, which meets at First Unitarian. He will share how and why he got involved, ways to help reduce suffering, how to donate effectively, and resources to guide you in doing good.

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