Effective altruism isn't just about donating money. It's about choosing to work on things that actually matter. Asana is part of that for me.
Effective altruism is about maximizing the good you can do. I thought building a massive company was the fastest way to generate the capital to give away. I was wrong about a lot of things.
Effective altruism asks a simple question: how do you do the most good with the resources you have? The answer is rarely what you expect.
We want to give in a way that is as impactful as possible. That means being willing to fund things that are hard to measure and that most people are ignoring.
The question we always ask is: what is the best use of the next dollar? Not what cause is worthy, but what will this specific dollar actually do.
Global health is where you can save lives for a few thousand dollars each. That is an extraordinary opportunity to do something real.