In “Famine, Affluence, andMorality,”an enormously influentialarticle published in 1972,the philosopher Peter Singerposed the following hypothetical: You arewalking by a shallow pond and see a ...
How to do more good with one’s time and money is a question that tantalises idealistic minds. Yet few approach the question armed with thorough evidence and reason. “Effective altruism” (ea), a ...
Six months before the late 2022 collapse of his cryptocurrency empire, Sam Bankman-Fried signed the Giving Pledge. As is customary, Bankman-Fried wrote a letter explaining why he was joining the more ...
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Sam bankman-fried explained a curious belief in an interview earlier this year. The boss of ftx, a now-bankrupt crypto exchange, was asked by Tyler Cowen, an economist, what it means to him to be ...