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Tyler Cowen on Effective Altruism (University of St Andrews)

Jan 13, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Effective Altruism
02:03 • 2min
3
Is There a Difference Between Effective Altruism and Utilitarianism?
04:21 • 4min
4
The Effect of Altruism at Current Margins
08:26 • 2min
5
The Impartiality of Human Psychology
10:05 • 3min
6
The Repugnant Conclusion
12:54 • 2min
7
Animal Welfare
15:16 • 2min
8
EA and Existential Risk
17:40 • 3min
9
Are We Worried About Nuclear War?
21:05 • 4min
10
Is There a Magic Wand to Stop Artificial Intelligence?
24:59 • 2min
11
Do You Want the US to Come in First and China to Come in Second?
27:21 • 4min
12
Is the EA Movement Destiny?
31:38 • 3min
13
The Effective Altruist Movement - Part II
34:52 • 3min
14
Is It Okay to Harm People to Increase the Pleasure of Others?
37:49 • 3min
15
Effective Altruism and the Charity Sector
40:58 • 2min
16
Effective Altruism Answers These Problems
43:16 • 4min
17
The Demographics of the Effective Altruist Movement
47:24 • 5min
18
EA Conferences - Is There a Sharper Version of Effective Altruism?
52:35 • 2min
19
The FTX Collapse and EA
55:04 • 3min
20
The Sand That Was Double or Nothing Was Sandbankman-Fried, Not Sandhara
57:42 • 5min
21
I'd Ask a Philosopher, but I'm Not Jewish.
01:02:30 • 4min
22
Is There a Conflict Between Utilitarianism and Altruism?
01:06:24 • 3min
23
Is There Something Else in Altruism?
01:09:44 • 6min
24
I Don't Like Eating Octopus, Right?
01:15:52 • 4min