Most people don't think twice before donating to a cause that moves them. You see a post, you feel something, you click. The money is gone in ten seconds. That's not a flaw in your character - it's exactly how these platforms are designed to work. The problem is that the same frictionless process that makes giving easy also makes it easy to give to the wrong place. And by the time you start wondering whether that organization was legitimate, there's usually not much you can do about it. Here's a useful mental model: think about how careful you are...