3min chapter

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish cover image

#8 Julia Galef: The Art of Changing Minds

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

CHAPTER

Effect Altruism

The way that people instinctively, kind of, by default, try to help the world is really ineffective and inefficient. People are more likely to give to a charity if they see a picture of,. you know, a starving child on the cover of the brocher. It's very it like, really taps into our emotions and motivates us. But that often has no connection to whether the charity is actually effective at helping people or saving lives. You can just do you can, like, save a hundred times more lives with the same amount of money that you're donating to charities over your lifetime, if you choose your charity as well. That's an awesome way to think about this as we

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode