Earn to Give

Can we give up the experience of being charitable to do the most good?

As the alleged fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial got underway this week, I thought I would use this platform to explain the now somewhat maligned effective altruism, or EA movement, central to Bankman-Fried's public-facing persona. Before delving further, I do not claim to be an expert on the movement. I will do my best to explain its central tenets.

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