The Giving What We Can Pledge

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The giving what we can pledge stands on its own over and above all o the other causes. The main criteria there is to target what you can rationally understand as the most effective ways of minimizing human and animal suffering. There's often a long term thinking built into many of the charities that effective altruists tend to support.

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sam Bankman-Fried about effective altruism. They discuss how he became the wealthiest self-made billionaire under 30, what might go wrong with cryptocurrency, the Giving What We Can pledge, how SBF thinks about using his resources to do the most good in the world, how not to stigmatize wealth, wealth redistribution, norms of generosity among the ultra-wealthy, pandemic preparedness, impact through lobbying, how ambitious should we be in doing good, and other topics.

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