effective altruism, n.Trivia

"Effective ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠altruism" won a vote of 17 people in Oxford in December 2011, beating names like "Rational Altruist Community" and "High Impact Alliance."

Will ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠MacAskill, who helped name effective altruism, first thought the idea was too abstract to ever really catch on.

Sam ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Bankman-Fried said he got rich in order to give it away, a strategy effective altruists call "earning to give."