Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people who have made a commitment to fight global poverty and disease. Many members of EA have pledged to ...

It is an act that qualifies as "extraordinary altruism," says Abigail Marsh, who studies altruism as a neuroscientist at Georgetown University. Bruens, it turned out, was a perfect match for the ...

The video has sparked a conversation about the ethics behind good deeds ... rather than genuine altruism. “He does exploit people for personal financial gain,” one user tweeted Tuesday.