People on Reddit are asking for charity recommendations in specific cause areas. Here are some examples:
- What is the best charity for trans people?
- What is the best charity for elephants?
- What is the best charity for diabetics?
I have a pretty hard time suggesting an effective charity to these people and often just ask them to consider that donations to the most impactful charity might be 100x more impactful than the average charity. I figure that my comments are better than nothing but could be a lot more impactful if I knew a charity within that person's cause area.
Any suggestions?
Anyone have a list of charities organized by cause area? Even though diabetics and elephants might not be on the list, it could come in handy in case someone asks for a charity on that list.
Some additional context is I created a Reddit bot to find Redditors asking for advice on altruistic careers or best charities, so I can try to steer people towards effective resources (like GiveWell and 80,000 Hours).
Thanks. This is helpful.
I think you're right about engaging them. I could ask them a modified version of the trolley problem like, "would you rather save 10 lives that aren't trans / diabetic / an elephant versus 1 life that is trans / diabetic / an elephant"? Then share a link to an article about how some charities are 10 or 100 times as effective as others, and another article about how cheap it is to save human or animal lives.
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