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In this two-part essay, Ladha and Murphy track the rise of the Effective Altruism and Longtermism movements, and their current influence shaping philanthropy and policy. The essay reveals how the underlying logic and approaches of these “extreme rationalists” is structured to avoid addressing the root causes of social issues.

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Notice how the presence of each place influences your movements and practice. Try practicing yoga in water — a lake, river, ocean, or swimming pool. Choose a safe place. If you are near the sea, do ocean yoga. Do Lotus (Padmasana), Half Lotus (Ardha Padmasana), or Squat Pose (Malasana) in the sand close to the surf.

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Gender, like race, is a social construction, which is to say, a story. And the stories of sexism and racism that have cast such a pall over our history and our present illustrate the power of worldview and narrative in generating and maintaining systemic oppression.

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Launched in 2001 as a wild experiment in crowdsourcing, Wikipedia has become the most expansive, accurate, and resilient encyclopedia in history. This essay reflects on the unlikely success of this self-organizing, volunteer-driven project and what it reveals about intelligence, collaboration, and the deeper evolutionary potential of freely shared knowledge in a connected world.

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