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Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

Effective altruism in a nutshell

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Effective Altruism: An Introduction is a collection of ten top episodes of The 80,000 Hours Podcast specifically selected to help listeners quickly get up to speed on the school of thought known as effective altruism. Here the host of the show — Rob Wiblin — briefly explains what effective altruism is all about, and what to expect from the rest of this series.

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Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

Published 04/12/21

One: Holden Karnofsky on times philanthropy transformed the world & Open Phil's plan to do the same

Both the Green Revolution and the contraceptive pill are widely recognised as scientific breakthroughs that transformed the world. But few know that those breakthroughs only happened when they did because of a philanthropist willing to take a risky bet on a new idea.

Published 04/12/21

Two: Dr Toby Ord on why the long-term future matters more than anything else & what to do about it

Toby Ord makes the case that of all the people whose well-being we should care about, only a small fraction are alive today. The rest are members of future generations who are yet to exist. Whether they’ll be born into a world that is flourishing or disintegrating is in large part up to us.

Published 04/12/21