On the radically transparent Effective Altruism Forum, some posters flogged themselves for being duped by Bankman-Fried while others scrambled to rationalize his behavior.

In a post on the Effective Altruism forum from November 2022, Jack Lewars wrote: "FTX's demise is understandably dominating EA discussion at the moment. Like everyone in the community, I'm ...

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX's bankruptcy proceedings could endanger some of founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s philanthropic gifts — like the one an effective altruism-aligned group used to buy a ...

The idea behind effective altruism is to try to have the greatest impact by carefully spending money to solve problems. Bankman-Fried, 30, embarked this year on bailouts of flailing crypto ...

Seven women connected to effective altruism tell TIME they experienced harassment, ... Gopalakrishnan wrote a post on an online forum for EAs in Nov. 2022.

Effective altruism, a mix of 18th-century utilitarianism and modern ideas about happiness, helped deflect scrutiny from Bankman-Fried's dubious crypto operation.

Effective altruism, a 21st-century movement that encourages individuals to do the most good by donating to cost-effective causes, has been damaged by the collapse of FTX, which had funneled game ...

Effective altruism wants people to consider information security as a career: According to 80,000 Hours, a project started by EA leader William McCaskill, “securing the most advanced AI systems ...

In 2011 MacAskill cofounded the Center for Effective Altruism, ... It’s easy to mock some of the kookier EA ideas and forums. But the philosophy itself is flawed.

Speaking personally, effective altruism has been the single most important factor in my decision to work in global health policy. As an advocate for global health legislation in Washington D.C., ...