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doing more good vs. doing the most good possible
maxwell2y8
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I agree.  I've also found it a bit paralyzing to browse these boards.  I find an organization I think is doing great work then find a post laying out how the organization is not as good as it seems and I don't want to 'waste' my money on a sub-optimal charitable donation. 

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aogara
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Agreed, it’s not helpful to discourage people who are doing good by only criticizing where they might fall short. It’s one of the challenges of the EA mindset, but in my experience it’s a challenge that most EAs have struggled with and tried to find solutions for. Generally, the solutions recognize that beating yourself up about this stuff isn’t really effective or altruistic at all. My favorite writing on this topic comes from Julia Wise, a community liaison at CEA and author of the Giving Gladly blog. Here’s a few posts I found helpful: http://www.givinggladly.com/2013/06/cheerfully.html?m=1 http://www.givinggladly.com/2020/01/its-ok-to-feed-stray-cats.html?m=1 http://www.givinggladly.com/2019/02/you-have-more-than-one-goal-and-thats.html?m=1
Activist Investment Funds for Climate Change? I want to leverage my retirement money to also push positive changes in the world while at least maintaining the principal.
maxwell2y3
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I should say, Domini Impact Fund also uses shareholder proposals and proxy voting to try to push their sustainability agenda, but I'm not sure how affective that is. 

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