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Thanksgiving Mega-Pod: Bob Iger’s Power Grab, SBF’s Scandal, and Elon Musk’s Omnishambles

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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Effective Altruism and Sam Beckman Freed's Business Philosophy Intertwine

Donna Brazile: I think it is a really bad black eye for effective altruism that they failed to incorporate these open confessions by SPF into their own calculus. She says Sam Beckman's comments in other interviews and other podcasts show he was willing to take on extraordinary amounts of risk, including taking double or nothing bets with his fortune. "If you're giving the money away, there are so many causes that could use your money," she says.

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