This may sound like a faux-intellectual investigation of something that’s obvious. But when I tell people I’m a happiness researcher, sometimes people get this glint in their eyes, probably thinking they’re the first person to ask me: “What does ‘happiness’ even mean?”. I think this is an important, if unoriginal, question. Because one of the […]
RuPaul (a personal icon of mine) is famous for saying, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” It’s catchy, it’s empowering, and it feels like a perfect summary of the modern wisdom towards improving your happiness. But today, I want to flip it. What if the path to […]
At the , we found some charities are hundreds or thousands of times more cost-effective than others. This means that we, the donors, are funding the wrong things. If the charity sector was full of organisations trying to ruthlessly improve the lives of their beneficiaries we would find much smaller gaps. So what’s wrong? […]
When it comes to doing good, where you give matters just as much as how much you give. With over a million charities competing for your support, choosing the right charity to donate to can feel overwhelming. But here’s the good news: with a little guidance, you can make your charity donation go dramatically further. In […]
In our last blog post, we argued that the effective giving movement, where people donate to more impactful charities, is just getting started. Despite growing interest, it still represents a tiny share of charitable donations and we think there’s huge untapped potential to grow that pie. But how is the different from other actors […]
At the , we want to help people do as much good as possible with their resources. Charitable giving has the power to transform lives—but the evidence is clear: where and how you give matters enormously. That’s why we focus on effective giving and understanding which causes and charities improve people’s wellbeing the most. This […]