CARE 2018 | J. Spurgeon: Effective Altruism: how we can maximize our impact in the Animal Rights…
Full title | Jamie Spurgeon: Effective Altruism: how we can maximize our impact in the Animal Rights movement.
As a movement, our resources are very limited. The amount of animal suffering we face is unfathomable. It is crucial that we use what we do have in the most impactful ways possible. Effective Altruism provides some answers on how to achieve this. I will be introducing the principles of Effective Altruism and how they apply to animal advocacy. This will include a discussion of how to decide which animal groups we should be focusing on, and which interventions are the most likely to help them.
About the speaker:
While pursuing a Master’s degree in experimental nanophysics, Jamie Spurgeon became increasingly interested in veganism and the Animal Rights movement. After finding it difficult to know which were the best charities to support or volunteer for, he eventually discovered the Effective Altruism community. EA is a philosophy and movement that is focused on using evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good in the world, and has identified ending factory farming as one of its key cause areas. Since finishing his degree, Jamie has become increasingly involved in both the AR and EA communities.
Currently works as a Research Associate for Animal Charity Evaluators, a non-profit dedicated to identifying and directing donors towards the most effective animal charities. He is closely involved in their charity evaluation process and is currently investigating ways to model the cost-effectiveness of different interventions, to help identify the most promising areas that charities can focus on, and help them to maximize their impact. He is also particularly interested in how technological and social change are related, and how we can best identify promising start-up charities.
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