Some thoughts on Effective Altruism

Peter Singer giving a TED talk on Effective Altruism, image from ted.com, CC license.

Effective Altruism (EA), both the movement and the concept underlying it, has been around now for about one and a half decade and has generated plenty of both enthusiasm and criticism. So I thought it may be time to write about it, in order primarily to help myself get more clear on what the fuss is all about. I hope the following considerations will also be helpful to my readers and stimulate some thought and d...