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#130 – Will MacAskill on balancing frugality with ambition, whether you need longtermism, & mental health under pressure

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Culture of Ambition

Sike Tolk gives the keynote at a conference on effective altruism in London. He talks about how people who want to improve the world can be more ambitious than those who aim for typical outcomes. And he says it's not so much what you do that matters, but whether or not your plans are realised. The event was attended by 13 hundred people and is one of the biggest such gatherings ever.

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