“If [the richest] 10% gave 10%, the first year would give enough to: eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, eradicate all neglected tropical diseases and many others besides, triple medical research, give everyone secondary education, permanently save every rainforest in the world, get us well on the way to fixing climate change, fund an unparalleled renaissance in the arts, and have enough leftover to launch several manned missions to Mars. That would be the first year. Goodness only knows what we’d do in year two. How can we make this happen? Luckily, there are some simple answers: give more, give more effectively, and encourage others to do the same.”
— Beth Barnes, Effective Altruism (TEDxExeter, 2015)