What is altruism? And is there a particular personality type that naturally delivers acts of kindness to others?

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Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people who have made a commitment to fight global poverty and disease. Many members of EA have pledged to ...

Somewhere between the shimmer of a Muscadet and the bassline of Duke Ellington’s spirit, the Astor House was reborn. On ...

Directed by the Harvard Research Center in Creative Altruism, the experiment was successful. After 18 weeks of intensive and uncalled-for good deeds, Beverly's new attitude towards Gloria upheld ...

That’s why, as chief joyologist at Tito’s Handmade Vodka—seriously, that’s her real job title—she strives to incorporate the principles of altruism into all aspects of the company’s ...

The last five questions are about you, and they'll be used by our research team to better understand how altruism relates to factors like age and gender. When you're done, you'll get your score, learn ...

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

The city didn’t allow rent to keep pace with costs, leaving a Harlem complex — like many rent-stabilized properties — under ...

Tour Read.. The Black Voice’s budget proposal was rejected by a 3-5 vote with four abstentions. The committee also voted to reject Effective Altruism’s budget proposal. There was brief debate over ...