Growing up, I didn’t realize religion really existed. In my hometown, talking about religion made people uncomfortable, so my agnostic family never mentioned it. I only learned about Christianity in history class, alongside Greek mythology. In this very secular environment I grew up an atheist without even knowing the term. Now, I’m running Charity Science where I look at the scientific evidence and find charities that are proven to work. I then spread the idea of evidence-based altruism because I want atheists’ legacy to be that not only can we do good without god, we can do better.