Daniel Will King: There's an evolution in effect of altruism, a really interesting one that has to do with caring about the very distant future. The NEA is moving away from what people sometimes call near-termism and toward long-termism," he says. "Whatever you value would be in the future rather than now because the future just could be vast indeed"
A new wave of philanthropists wants to make charity more effective. They’re focused not just on the present day but also thousands of years into the future. Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains how “effective altruism” became a multibillion-dollar philanthropic force.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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