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Moral Philosopher Will MacAskill on What We Owe The Future

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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How Much Money Do You Need to Give Away to Save a Life?

The base line is about five thousand dollars will, on average, save a life of a child in extreme poverty. That's if you fund something like againt malaria foundation or other organizations working on a malaria. This is an enormous amount of the serch that's been done by givWell, it costs just a few dollars to buy a bed net that protects two children for two years against malaria. Provide protect enough children, after five thousand dollars worth expenditure, you'll save a life. But i think it's plausible to me that you can do even more good.

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