Show notes
Curtis is setting aside a large chunk of money to donate to charity, and it is up to us to persuade him where he should donate it. Luckily, philosophers, economists, and the nonprofit world have been thinking a lot about this issue in recent years. On this episode, effective altruism’s defenders and critics try to persuade Curtis of where he should donate. Who is the most effective in persuading an ordinary person as to the right way to donate to charity?
Highlighted moments
It's always wrong, or at least non-ideal, to manage local poverty because poverty within the U.S. is always going to be more expensive than poverty abroad.
“Imagine that you were to take care or solidarity or community building and try to assign a point, some sort of scientific point system based only on the good consequences of participating in those acts. You're losing some of the major value of what it is to be a human experiencing care or taking part in solidarity.”
“It would be sort of like trying to figure out now how to mitigate a threat from aliens who might land on Earth in 100 years' time. And, you know, like, given that we don't know what their technology is going to be, what can you actually do? Not a lot.”
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