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Three: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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Is It Better to Help People Earlier Than Later?

In moral philosophy, the idea that sooner rather than later is better is not very occupied. Some people do defend the idea that people who are alive now should be given extra weight. But i think sometimes there's a sense like what wesh, just read off people's true values from ther decisions. And philosophers and me are a litle bit more sceptical at that. I actually place some personal weight on ye aays.

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