Some followers of the effective altruism movement give up to half of their income to charity. Their message is winning both converts and critics. - The Washington Post

Some followers of the effective altruism movement give up to half of their income to charity. Their message is winning both converts and critics. - The Washington Post: effective altruism, a movement devoted to improving the world in the most logical, evidence-based way possible. Oxford professor William MacAskill, who helped found the movement, estimates that if you’re a one-person U.S. household earning more than $58,000, you’re in the top 1 percent in the world, even accounting for global cost differences. Since a dollar means far more to the less fortunate than to those living in such comfort, effective altruists donate a large percentage of their income.