Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits ...

Scientists update Hamilton’s rule with powerful new math, revealing the many ways altruism and cooperation can thrive in ...

The contemporary effective altruism movement seeks to transform philanthropy in two ways: 1) by directing philanthropy to the most important objectives, and 2) by ensuring that philanthropic dollars ...

Humans are naturally cooperative creatures. The ability of people to dominate other life forms on the planet, to produce a ...

Are nerds the caring ones? High school stereotypes suggest that athletes score more popularity points than marching band members, debaters or leaders in the student council, but research from Rutgers ...

The effective altruism movement (EA) is one of the most influential philosophically savvy movements to emerge in recent years. Effective altruism has historically been dedicated to finding out what ...

Children raised in nonreligious households are more generous than those from religious families, according to a study published this month in the journal Current Biology. In a test involving 1,170 ...

Sometimes you come across a piece of writing so good, you just want to hang it up and become a plumber instead. The speech below, delivered to the Yale Medical School class of 2011, is one of those.

President Trump's push to make the United States the global leader in A.I. is facing opposition from the Effective Altruist ...

Altruism might have evolved for fairly selfish reasons, at least in insects. When a warring termite colony loses its king and queen — the only members capable of reproduction — then its survivors ...