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Collection of personal stories about how people found EA, why they find it meaningful and how they have changed their life because of the ideas.

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Small and Vulnerable
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Get In The Van
TW123
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Life in a Day: The film that opened my heart to effective altruism
Aaron Gertler 🔸
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Why I Donate: A Personal Story
Stien
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How I feel about my GWWC Pledge
Michael Townsend🔸
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I’m an EA who benefitted from rationality
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What drew me to EA: Reflections on EA as relief, growth, and community
Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸
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Trying to Do More Good
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Providence or fate? I sometimes pinch myself
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10 Years of EA Global
Britney Budiman
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Should 80,000 Hours be more transparent about how they rank problems and careers?
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A Manifesto
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A Manifesto
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Reflecting On My Career Journey
Kevin Xia 🔸
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From rave websites to AI risk: 30 years of career lessons
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