Tech billionaire Dustin Mosovitz is one of the world’s wealthiest effective altruists. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

What’s effective altruism? A philosopher explains

The term, coined in 2011, refers to people who seek to use their money and time to make as much progress as possible toward solving the world’s most pressing problems.

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