A few more links on taking action:
Career Choice
- Charity Entrepreneurship
- The pros and cons of trying to found your own high-impact charity. (Video — 30 mins.)
- A Legal Priorities Research Agenda
- Promising research areas for law students, legal scholars, and others with an interest in the law. (Book-length, meant to be skimmed.)
- See also this video about the organization behind these ideas. (24 mins.)
- Can journalists still write about important things?
- A podcast discussion with Kelsey Piper, who works for Vox's Future Perfect section as a full-time journalist with a focus on effective altruism. (Podcast — 2 hours 30 mins.)
- Why and how to start a for-profit company serving emerging markets
- Ben Kuhn is a developer at Wave, a for-profit startup which aims to make money transfer cheaper and easier throughout Africa. In this post, he describes how the company's for-profit nature helps them do more good, and how the things they've learned might apply to other startups focused on social impact. (20 mins.)
Charitable Giving
- ‘I give away half to three-quarters of my income every year’
- Earning to Save (Give 1%, Save 10%)
- An argument that many people should prioritize financial security and investing in their own productivity before making substantial charitable donations. (10 mins.)