To find EA Melbourne events, please join our group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/effectivealtruismmelbourne/ See our group for more community discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/effectivealtruismmelbourne/
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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. This project matters because, while many attempts to do good fail, some are enormously effective. For instance, some charities help 100 or even 1,000 times as many people as others, when given the same amount of resources. This means that by thinking carefully about the best ways to help, we can do far more to tackle the world’s biggest problems. People in the EA community often use their careers and donations to help solve the following pressing problems:
- Preventing the next pandemic
- Providing basic medical supplies in poor countries
- Helping to create the field of AI alignment research
- Ending factory farming
To learn more about EA, you can watch this inspiring talk by Natalie Cargill: https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_cargill_how_to_solve_the_world_s_biggest_problems
You can also learn more and find EA-related books, articles, and podcast here: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
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EA Melbourne is a local group of people interested in the ideas of EA. We run social events, discussion groups, and even make submissions to Government. Flick to the events tab to see what's coming up soon. Everyone is welcome at our events. Please ensure that posts to the group are relevant to Effective Altruism, are respectful in tone and content, and are courteous to the needs and wishes of other members.
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Become a member (for free!):
https://goo.gl/forms/mtyJ9eSY7QSLOaQ52
See our other links here: https://linktr.ee/eamelbourne
Contact us to give criticisms or recommendations, to ask questions, or to volunteer: [email protected]
Contact our welfare officer anonymously: https://forms.gle/3A7pBg3RsY1GFL5D7
Our current committee:
President: Lucas Lewit-Mendes
Vice President: Sam Nolan
Welfare Officer: Keshini Karunaharan
Secretary: Aditi Basu
Treasurer: EJ Watkins
Marketing Officer: Kibira Sattieva
Our code of conduct: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1li5KOk1m3DuM9xuSYefdMUk-p4bUPBUwZmgSQvedc_k/edit
Our sexual harassment policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19AfgDwmdP3qBQxCWqno7JF-D5FRuk5F5QNfuQ-tzI94/edit
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Additional resources:
- 80000hours.org (career advice)
- animaladvocacycareers.org (animal advocacy career advice)
- givingwhatwecan.org (charity recommendations, join a community of effective giving)
- effectivealtruism.org.au/ (tax-deductible donations to recommended charities)
