Pressing Problems

So now you have a better understanding of the principles and tools of Effective Altruism, how can you apply these to find out what might be some of the most pressing problems you could work on?

There are so many problems in the world that it can be overwhelming to even know where to start. Luckily, researchers at the Global Priorities Institute, 80,000 Hours, Open Philanthropy and others have identified some problems (also called “cause areas”) that could impact billions of people (potentially even orders of magnitude more people in the future) and are highly neglected.

You can explore these cause areas through our Resource Portal and discover some effective ways for engineers to combat these problems.