“My first year in Effective Altruism” by Victoria Dias

First of all, I would like to say this is not a complaint, and also not a compliment (but it could be). This is just an outflow; I hope some may feel represented, because I really feel a little bit overwhelmed and wanted to share these thoughts and see if someone felt like this in their first year as an Effective Altruist. It's kind of sad to me that I've never made a post here in the forum, and my first one is a vent, but here we go. There are so many interesting things to read that I’m pretty sure I won’t have the lifetime to go through most of them. There are a lot of books, articles, and blogs on how to really change the world for good. Sometimes I just want to absorb everything quicker, but not in an AI kind of way—I don’t want someone [...] --- First published: April 10th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/voK2qPvyMZJBnrCex/my-first-year-in-effective-altruism --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.