Effective altruism 2: Tithing, second-hand stuffed toys in Turkey, the Parable of the Lost Sheep, and one-hundredth of a guide dog
Matters of Life and Death
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The Rise of Effective Altruism
The rise in effective altruism is related to the fact that we have a global information space. We now know what's happening to lives literally around the world, he says. And it was only when modern communication improved that accurate pictures and accounts of slave plantations in the Caribbean got back to the safe metropolitan here in the UK. "In some ways, it was perhaps almost better not to be aware of the infinite amount of suffering that is going on every second and every day"
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