Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours cover image

Nine: Benjamin Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

00:00

Are You Taking Career Risks When You're 30?

People often want to settle down at some point. There's kind of that declining benefit thing. People are less willing to take personal risk later on in their careers, because they have dependence. Life circumstances can change how i on't muc you're iling to take risks. Like, do you have a whle lot of savings? N, this is a reason to to for that aspect of career capital - having a bunch of money in the bank s. It just allows you to take risks that kind of have very positive expected value but might ow, you know, expose you to some significant downside.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app