Amy Schiller makes her living advising on how to do philanthropy well. And she has written a book suggesting the approach to most modern philanthropy is fundamentally misguided.
The main problem she sees is that it seeks a “scientific” approach to address poverty, ill health, and the other basics of life as effectively as possible, often referred to as effective altruism. The Mint asked Amy what was wrong with that and what the alternative might be. The answers turned out to revolve around what it is to be human.
