“New Spanish-language book on ‘classical EA’” by Pablo Melchor 🔸
Description
My new book, Altruismo racional, is now on presale. It is my attempt at presenting a compelling case for a particular strand of "classical EA"[1]: one that emphasizes caring deeply about global health and poverty, a rational approach to giving, the importance of cost-effectiveness, and the 🔸10% Pledge.
In this post, I provide some context on my reasons for writing this book and what I hope to achieve. If “new EA-themed book in Spanish” was all you needed to know, feel free to skip to How you can help or preorder now.
Why write a book
Imagine you wake up one morning and discover the world has changed in a few peculiar ways. There has been no 10th anniversary edition of Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save—it was last edited more than a decade ago and has been out of print for years. Will MacAskill has not written [...]
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Outline:
(00:54 ) Why write a book
(03:18 ) What the book is about
(04:54 ) Why this particular topic
(06:32 ) Expected impact Dream scenario
(08:39 ) How you can help
(08:42 ) Buy the book for yourself or others
(09:05 ) Preorder if the current availability works for you
(09:46 ) Or get notified by email as soon as your preferred format is available in your country
(10:02 ) A note on bulk purchases
(10:36 ) Help me reach more people
(11:01 ) Acknowledgements
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First published:
August 20th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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