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Benjamin Todd on the core of effective altruism and how to argue for it (80k team chat #3)

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Effect of Altruism Is Really Important

The effect of altruism is really important. So why think that these three premises that imply that it's important, are't you? Yes, so. Well, one is that they might just seem obvious to you. But i think probably the best way to demonstrate the premises is just by giving specific examples of things we can do that have much more impact than what people normally do. Mi, mean, a bit closer to what we like, ould do automatically. That's my suspicion. Buti like, is still an interesting question.

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