I think sometimes humans just focus on the wrong things. I can understand some of those arguments, but ultimately, every charity or non profit is a business with the goal of deploying money to the causes that they deem important. Because of that business model, we actually end up having waig less money go to charities because we don't allow them to do experimentation and hire top talent. On an absolute basis, the charities are actually doing a lot more good for the world. If people want to learn more about this, there's a wonderful ted talk by dan polota called way we think about charity as dead wrong.
We believe that the desire to give is universal, but is just as much a skill as anything else in life. In this episode, Cal and Steph discuss the how you can make a difference during your limited time on this earth, with the limited resources you have -- especially during times like these.
They dive into...
- Creative ways that people have supported Ukraine
- Striking a balance between hedonism and altruism
- Making difficult problems tractable
- A breakdown of the gender pay gap
- Impact starting with small actions
- WTF is effective altruism?
- Whether charities should be structured differently
If you'd like to join us in giving back, we're giving to givewell.org.