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#228 - Doing Good

Dec 14, 2020
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
How to Make a Difference in the World
02:54 • 2min
3
How to Live a Morally Beautiful Life
04:28 • 5min
4
The Importance of Giving What We Can
09:01 • 2min
5
The Importance of Intuition Pumps
10:41 • 2min
6
The Effect of Altruism on Moral Philosophy
12:49 • 4min
7
The Importance of Charity in the World
16:42 • 5min
8
The Importance of a Moral Obligation
22:02 • 3min
9
The Importance of Being a Good Person
25:01 • 4min
10
The Importance of Focusing on the Very Best
28:50 • 4min
11
The Disaster of the Zimbabwe Play Pump
32:26 • 2min
12
The Disadvantages of a Charity's Story
34:25 • 2min
13
The Perverse Incentives of Charity
36:51 • 2min
14
The Importance of Effective Altruism
38:57 • 3min
15
The Importance of Effective Altruism
41:30 • 4min
16
How to Do Good
45:52 • 2min
17
The Importance of Public Commitments
47:39 • 4min
18
The Cost of Homelessness in the Bay Area
51:47 • 5min
19
The Cost of Consequences
57:12 • 4min
20
The Argument for Saving the Last Child in the Last Pond
01:01:31 • 2min
21
The Importance of Knock-on Effects in Development
01:03:56 • 5min
22
The Antithesis of Feeling Like an Onrous Obligation
01:09:23 • 2min
23
The Importance of Early Stage Nonprofits
01:10:59 • 2min
24
The Importance of Mental Pleasure
01:13:18 • 4min
25
The Importance of Supporting Your Family
01:17:37 • 4min
26
The Importance of Cause Selection
01:21:57 • 5min
27
The Importance of Earning to Give
01:27:05 • 4min
28
The Importance of Charity Pay
01:30:48 • 3min
29
The Importance of Effective Altruism
01:34:18 • 3min
30
The Non-Consequentialist Reason to Be Vegetarian
01:37:36 • 3min
31
How to Build Effective Altruism Into Your Life
01:40:39 • 3min
32
The Psychology of Giving
01:43:57 • 3min
33
How to Increase Your Income Over Time
01:46:54 • 3min
34
How to Live a Fancy Lifeboat
01:49:25 • 6min
35
The Time Value of Money
01:55:23 • 3min
36
The Path to Absolute Abundance
01:58:18 • 6min
37
The Importance of Motivation in the World
02:04:07 • 3min
38
How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
02:06:43 • 5min
39
The Importance of Public Speaking
02:12:01 • 3min