Radio Fitness Revolucionario Ayudar Mejor y Peligros de la Empatía, con Pablo Melchor
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Oct 16, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, Pablo Melchor, founder of Ayuda Efectiva and author of 'Altruismo racional', explores effective altruism's core principles. He challenges the pitfalls of empathy-driven giving, revealing how it can mislead decision-making. Pablo explains the real costs of saving lives and critiques traditional NGOs for their inefficiencies. He emphasizes the importance of health interventions over education and advocates for rational compassion in philanthropy, showcasing how small, strategic donations can yield huge impacts.
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Heroism vs Sustained Giving
- Mamoudou scaled a building in Paris to save a child, earning acclaim and citizenship.
- Stuart committed privately to donate 10% of his income and will likely save far more lives over time.
Use Evidence To Prioritize Impact
- Effective altruism applies evidence and reason to prioritize where donations do the most good.
- Many common emotional responses to crises lead donors to fund low-impact or redundant efforts.
Empathy Distorts Moral Priorities
- Empathy focuses us on vivid, immediate cases and can mis-calibrate our moral priorities.
- Our 'importometer' values single identifiable victims as much as scalable interventions, skewing choices away from higher impact.
