While fighting for his life in the hospital, Anthony Attalla formed a deep connection with the nurses who attended to him.

Reprinted from "Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis" by Nicole Karlis, courtesy of University of California Press ...

Research suggests that children are more generous when they give voluntarily. Through poetic reflection, Yrsa Daley-Ward helps us embrace the in-between moments, reminding us that the unknown can be ...

Effective altruism is a social movement that relies on evidence and reasoning to figure out the best ways to help others. Its supporters include major Silicon Valley tech personalities like Elon ...

As a college student in India, she immersed herself in the social movement, reading its canonical texts like Doing Good Better, listening to its podcasts, and devouring effective altruism (EA ...

AP A Facebook billionaire is using a government loophole to quietly place followers of the controversial “effective altruism” movement in key national security roles in the Biden administration.

Last July, an effective altruism-linked group received $4.5 million from FTX to fund the purchase of a Czech castle called Chateau Hostacov. Federico Winer/Ultradistancia for Forbes Collapsed ...

Altruism is not a government program. Compelled sacrifice is a very real possibility when the people have granted authority to a representative government, but there is no duty-bound obligation to ...

Regarding Andy Kessler’s “‘Effective Altruism’ Is Neither” (Inside View, July 25): Effective altruism begins with a simple question: “How does one do the most good?” At its heart ...

When I asked if altruism could be a way, she said it’s possible because there are a lot of similarities between kindness and ...