@lars@mastodon.hupel.info Effective Altruism is a charity activism movement based on the straightforward idea that if you do charity, then the more lives you can save for however much money you have to give, the better; this has led to the simple insight that because malaria nets are very cheap and very effective, a charity that provides malaria nets to under-developed regions that suffer from malaria is a great charity. It also led to the slightly stranger idea that the best thing one can do in order to maximize their positive impact on the world is to get the most well-paid career you can possibly have, live as frugally as possible, and send all the money left over to a malaria net charity. -> continued