Global Health x Effective Altruism

(this meetup will be held in English)

Global Health x Effective Altruism: Priorities, Misconceptions, Action!

After an introduction to Effective Altruism, we will take on the topic of Global Health. From 19-21 we will have a presentation, followed by a guided discussion. We will talk about priorities, misconceptions, and take action!

Through an Effective Altruism (EA) lens, we will discuss what is being done in Global Health (e.g. Malaria bed nets, deworming), what misconceptions there are (e.g. giving doesn't help, I can't have an impact), and together work on a framework to make better decisions of what YOU can do for global health!

Wednesday 1 May, 19-21.00, V2_ (Eendrachtsstraat 10)

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Resources:

• https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities
• https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/impact/
• https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/cause-profile-global-health-and-development/
• https://80000hours.org/career-guide/world-problems/
• https://blog.givewell.org/2018/11/26/our-updated-top-charities-for-giving-season-2018/
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EM0CCg9tvCCtEoY-QVAi6vn9EYTlL66jHgAREN1fFV0/edit#gid=1882920000
• https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/q7s8v7LjAdcYXAyAs/using-a-spreadsheet-to-make-good-decisions-five-examples
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1McptF0GVGv-QBlhWx_IoNVstWvt1z-RwVSu16ciypgs/edit#gid=385523701

Videos

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc (Peter Singer on Effective Altruism)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w (Hans Rosling 'The best stats you've ever seen)
• https://www.ted.com/talks/will_macaskill_how_can_we_do_the_most_good_for_the_world (William MacAskill on How We Can Do the Most Good)

Books:

• Doing Good Better - William MacAskill
• The Most Good You Can Do - Peter Singer
• The Life You Can Save - Peter Singer
• 80,000 Hours - Benjamin Todd
• Against Empathy - Paul Bloom

See you at our next EA event!