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#228 - Doing Good

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Focusing on the Very Best

The real focus is on the most good and that's so important because people don't appreciate just how great the difference and impact between different organizations are. For global health you will save hundreds of times as many lives by focusing on anti-malarial bed nets and distributing them than if you decide to help animals by focusing on pet shelters. So then the question of effectiveness is there's so many different levels of competence and clarity around goals which lend some credence to the skepticism about charity itself.

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