
Is Effective Altruism Right? #2: Dylan Matthews
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The Growth of Effective Altruism
Dylan: A frequent lamentive EA says that there's just too much money nowadays and not enough effective causes to spend it on. Dylan: I think a lot of funders are asking themselves is, can we do better than directly dropping money like that? He says the gap between what people make now and what they would have to make to eradicate extreme poverty around the world is in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The answer may be building up new charities, new places to give money, building out their capacity and hiring people, he says.
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