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Topic archive: True Impact
How can we know whether we’re actually having an impact?
It’s not always obvious whether attempts to improve the world actually do so, and a lot of effort is misdirected or wasted.
See our key ideas page for an introduction to some big picture considerations that inform our advice.
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