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Henry Howard gave 50% of his income to charity in 2021
- Effective altruism involves billionaires creating various institutions to give away their money to charity in a manner they deem effective
from EconTalk on Apple Podcasts by Erik Hoel
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One day some historian of effective altruism will marvel at how easily it transformed itself. It turned its back on living people without bloodshed or even, really, much shouting. You might think that people who had sacrificed fame and fortune to save poor children in Africa would rebel at the idea of moving on from poor children in Africa to futur
... See morefrom Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis