Katie Acosta

How to do the most good possible

Katie Acosta, Professor MacAskill

The Effective Altruism movement, co-founded by Oxford professor William MacAskill, is shifting charitable paradigms from traditional monetary donations to high-risk physical acts like living organ donation and career changes driven by data. This scientific approach has mobilized thousands of individuals to pledge at least 10% of their income and redirect millions of work hours toward critical sectors such as artificial intelligence and pandemic prevention. By prioritizing inter-temporal equality, the movement focuses on mitigating existential threats to future generations, arguing that protecting trillions of potential lives outweighs immediate moral intuitions.