If you haven’t yet, check out the dispatch from The Embassy that is the basis for this discussion - The Road to Hell is Paved with Effective Altruism
Also - Chad mentions Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics and his dilemma of working for the Nazi resistance (and the murder of Hitler) as a Christian. Bonhoeffer, to our point concerning humility, couldn’t say that what he was doing was right or that he could recommend it to others - only that he thought it was what he had to do. Here is a link concerning Ethics.
Links
How Not to Do Charity - Francisco Toro - Persuasion
The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism - Gideon Lewis-Kraus - The New Yorker
How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force - Dylan Matthews - Vox
Sam Bankman-Fried interview before his apparent fraud was uncovered - Crypto CEO Accidentally Describes Ponzi Scheme
A behavioral economist explains why Elizabeth Holmes might not have felt bad lying about Theranos - Andy Kiersz - Business Insider
HBO documentary on Elizabeth Holmes - "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,"
Sam Bankman-Fried’s first post-scandal public interview was a riveting train wreck - Whizy Kim - Vox
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