Summary of Doing Good Better

With so many people needing help and thousands of worthy causes vying for your donations, how do you decide where to invest your time, energy and money? William MacAskill, the co-founder of the nonprofit organizations Giving What We Can and 80,000 Hours, offers a framework of scientific reasoning to address this problem. His approach to “effective altruism” includes asking, “How can I make a substantial positive impact?” and he uses hard evidence and thoughtful analysis to find the answer. getAbstract recommends MacAskill’s practical approach to leaders of charities, to those responsible for corporate giving and to anyone who wants to “do good better.”