Keerthana Gopalakrishnan once considered herself an effective altruist. As a college student in India, she immersed herself in the social movement, reading its canonical texts like Doing Good Better, ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on Aug. 25, 2022, in Texas. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images One of the ways tech billionaire Elon Musk attracts supporters is the ...

Did you know that for all our talk about the ‘pursuit of happiness,’ we actually take a very dim view of people who seek it?

The contemporary effective altruism movement seeks to transform philanthropy in two ways: 1) by directing philanthropy to the most important objectives, and 2) by ensuring that philanthropic dollars ...

The downfall of crypto exchange FTX and its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has thrown a spotlight on “effective altruism,” the philanthropic movement that Bankman-Fried championed as he amassed a fortune ...

Earlier today, I stumbled upon a memory of Steven Pinker’s account of altruism in his seminal book “How the mind works” as I ...

George Bailey dove into icy water to save an angel—and saved himself. Research explains why: Altruism activates the brain's spiritual network, especially when we are in despair.

Psychological research is showing that altruism does exist, an understanding that could lead to a more empathetic world.

The countries with more individualistic values are also the countries with higher levels of altruism, according to an upcoming study in the journal Psychological Science. A team of psychologists from ...