What is 80,000 Hours?
80,000 Hours is a community that encourages people to become effective altruists – people who make helping others as much as possible a major life goal.
Our members focus their careers on helping others by campaigning, inspiring others, researching or becoming professional philanthropists.
80,000 Hours helps you be an effective altruist by providing a supporting community of dedicated members who share their insights and experience.
What’s new?
Latest blog posts:
January 24, 2012
High impact interview 1: Existential risk research at SIAI
by Zander Redwood
January 22, 2012
New donations recommendations
by Zander Redwood
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How are our members making a difference?
Some of our members try to help as many people as possible by becoming professional philanthropists.
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