“AMA: Pablo Melchor, author of Altruismo Racional and President of Ayuda Efectiva” by Toby Tremlett🔹, Pablo Melchor 🔸

Note: We generally keep forum discussions in English, but given the topic of this AMA, feel free to write your questions in either English or Spanish.

Pablo Melchor is the Co-founder and President of Ayuda Efectiva (the effective giving organisation in Spain), and the author of the new book Altruismo racional. He co-founded EA Spain in 2018 after a two-decade career as an entrepreneur during which he started two successful companies and sold one of them.

Pablo has written more about his new book here. The TL;DR is that the book aims to present a compelling case for “classical EA”, i.e., in Pablo's view: “caring deeply about global health and poverty, a rational approach to giving, the importance of cost-effectiveness, and the 🔸10% Pledge.” This is the first book to make this case, which is written expressly for a Spanish-speaking audience.

Pablo will be answering your questions on September [...]

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First published:

August 22nd, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/tbEhidqL8wFXTKxis/ama-pablo-melchor-author-of-altruismo-racional-and-president

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