Effective altruism (EA) is about doing as much good much as you can.

Clarifying how to do this is really difficult, but we’re making progress. And there are many outstanding ways to help. In fact, you can do much more good than you might realize.

While the mission is simple, the details aren’t. People have written entire bookshelves of content on ways to increase your impact, drawing from many different disciplines. Here we outline some of the fundamental categories of information EA has so far identified as meaningful in supporting our efforts to do good.