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I've been part of Effective Altruism (EA) for over a decade (joining Giving What We Can (GWWC) over 10 years ago - donating at least 10% of my income; donating

by yboris 4y ago

I've been part of Effective Altruism (EA) for over a decade (joining Giving What We Can (GWWC) over 10 years ago - donating at least 10% of my income; donating 50% during one of the years of my life - https://boldergiving.org/stories.php?story=Boris-Yakubchik_137 https://boldergiving.org/stories.php?story=Boris-Yakubchik_1... ). I made a 5-minute video interviewing college students who joined GWWC. It features Nick Beckstead who later became a Program Officer for Open Philanthropy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKh0M9x8s4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKh0M9x8s4 The article mentions Zell Kravinsky (not explicitly an EA), who I invited to give a talk at Rutgers. You can hear his talk (an my intro at the beginning) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvUcbcUMtXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvUcbcUMtXw I gave a 12-minute TEDxRutgers talk at my college promoting EA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPe9-OM7vgU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPe9-OM7vgU As a developer, I created an open source charityware Video Hub App, most proceeds from which go to charity; It's netted almost $15,000 to the GiveWell-recommended cost-effective Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) over the last 4 years: https://videohubapp.com/en/blog https://videohubapp.com/en/blog I'm a strong proponent of Effective Altruism and would be honored to answer any questions. https://yboris.com/ https://yboris.com/

hammock 4y ago
You’ve given so much. What impact have you seen from your gifts?
- yboris 4y ago
  I've now given close to $75,000 to Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) - my primary place of donations; and probably over $25,000 to other organizations (some deworming, but most of it focusing on animal welfare). In addition, I've organized some book-sales for charity at my college and had some birthday-for-charity events which together netted more some donations. The events were great opportunities to talk to many people about this cause I'm passionate about. I know for sure I've helped inspire many people to make effective giving and doing good a bigger part of their lives and that may be even a bigger positive than the direct donations I've already made. According to GiveWell, AMF is a highly cost-effective charity. A rough summary is a $2 donation results in protecting about 2 people for about 4 years (cost of nets has fluctuated over the decade). I am confident that because of my donations I have prevented thousands of cases of malaria from happening (so children can go to school, parents can go to work, etc). As a bonus it probably prevented many needless deaths. https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf Personally it makes me happy that I've been able to help avert misery and pain. If I have a bad day, it can be a very cheerful thought to remind myself of the good I've contributed to individuals (even though I'll never meet them).
  - pjscott 4y ago
    That is legitimately awesome, and the good cheer it brings you is richly deserved.

by yboris 4y ago

hammock 4y ago

You’ve given so much. What impact have you seen from your gifts?

yboris 4y ago
I've now given close to $75,000 to Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) - my primary place of donations; and probably over $25,000 to other organizations (some deworming, but most of it focusing on animal welfare). In addition, I've organized some book-sales for charity at my college and had some birthday-for-charity events which together netted more some donations. The events were great opportunities to talk to many people about this cause I'm passionate about. I know for sure I've helped inspire many people to make effective giving and doing good a bigger part of their lives and that may be even a bigger positive than the direct donations I've already made. According to GiveWell, AMF is a highly cost-effective charity. A rough summary is a $2 donation results in protecting about 2 people for about 4 years (cost of nets has fluctuated over the decade). I am confident that because of my donations I have prevented thousands of cases of malaria from happening (so children can go to school, parents can go to work, etc). As a bonus it probably prevented many needless deaths. https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf https://www.givewell.org/charities/amf Personally it makes me happy that I've been able to help avert misery and pain. If I have a bad day, it can be a very cheerful thought to remind myself of the good I've contributed to individuals (even though I'll never meet them).
- pjscott 4y ago
  That is legitimately awesome, and the good cheer it brings you is richly deserved.