What if purpose isn’t about helping others first—but helping yourself? Discover why selfish purpose might be the most ...

These events, recorded in four different oceans, involved orcas approaching people on boats, in the water, and even standing ...

That’s how I started to think that altruism and taking care of your community can also be one form of self-care. Another reason that it can be hard to be altruistic right now is because people’s basic ...

Realizing that, with President Trump just turning 79 and completing his second term at 82, he deserves credit for living his ...

Where would you place yourself on the selfless-selfish continuum? Society seems to both implicitly and explicitly adore selflessness (or altruism) and abhor selfishness. From a very early age, we ...

When I asked if altruism could be a way, she said it’s possible because there are a lot of similarities between kindness and curiosity. Both, she said, are an “open posture.” ...

Last July, an effective altruism-linked group received $4.5 million from FTX to fund the purchase of a Czech castle called Chateau Hostacov. Federico Winer/Ultradistancia for Forbes ...

Gopalakrishnan is one of seven women connected to effective altruism who tell TIME they experienced misconduct ranging from harassment and coercion to sexual assault within the community.

Effective altruism is a social movement that relies on evidence and reasoning to figure out the best ways to help others. Its supporters include major Silicon Valley tech personalities like Elon ...

Altruism, such as volunteering and donating, has been shown to improve happiness and well-being, and may be fundamental to being human. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Altruism values for treatments of rare, severe pediatric diseases have not been estimated. This study found the altruism value for a hypothetical new Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment to be ...