What is Effective Altruism? | Will MacAskill | The Tim Ferriss Show

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[Mr.LaughingDuck]

FTX & Effective Altruism in a nutshell:
Naively idealistic social assumption meets the realities of human greed and selfishness

[almondcoconuts]

This feels like when Tony Stark tried to create a mech army to stop any threats to earth and the biggest threat to Earth was the mech army he created.

[noellekacerek]

I love the shorter format as someone who doesn't have the time to watch whole videos.

[Ramboost]

Effective Altruism: "All this unchecked corporate capitalism at best and fraud at worst is going to be for the good of humanity bro, I promise after getting billions of dollars for myself under my name I will give it all back just trust me bro"

[DM-eozw]

The Bigger FTX Scandal is “Effective Altruism”
by Sonia Elijah November 25, 2022
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[greenthumb]

MacAskill is not his real last name. William changed it. Why? Effective Altruism is a deep, dark hole.

Will, what made you decide to change your last name? Why did Lex delete his podcast with you?

[patrickmccarron]

"Effective Altruism" - 😄, Enough said.😄😅🤣

[oldsoul]

Effective Altruism are a well intentioned idea that never worked. (0:35) "Effective Altruism is a "philosophy and a community" that's about TRYING TO FIGURE OUT how can we do as much good as possible", if you send them money, that's what you're funding. They gave everyone the impression that if you send them money they'll send that on to the most effective charities, but it's 'effective altruism' in name only. They neither have a functional system able to determine which ones are more effective (which was originally the whole point), which they'll openly admit, but they are an additional layer of bureaucracy that takes money off the top of anything you donate before they donate to other charities who have their own levels of bureaucracy to deal with.

[hasefsouthafrica]

How is it different from the Asset Based Community Development?

[TheKlink]

how would you distinguish altruism and benevolence?

[fredlee]

EA should start within oneself. Instead of giving away hard warned money you use your money directly to help people around you and your community.

[FinancialFreedomMadeSimple]

Thanks for the valuable inputs you shared in this video.

[corgikun]

not the same clean person from the thumbnail

[rf]

If I contribute Like to give all schools the right tools the for critical thinking the biggest thing the government and the elite fear

[goaway-vj]

you are the enemy, you're cultists, we will not bow

[patrickmccarron]

If you want to be "Effective", be an Objectivist, not an Altruist.

[genkiferal]

he looks dirty and unhealthy to me. he needs to focus a bit more on himself, i think

[lwzfog]

sketchy SBF cult like behaviours featuring ‘chinese harem’ style situations

[Cy]

Just don't examine the system you are embedded in.

[psydrone]

He sound like a less nasal Jordan Peterson