Tag: Altruism

Love in the Time of Altruism

The “Effective Altruism” (known as “EA”) movement, which grew in popularity from the early 2000’s until the cryptocurrency scammer and EA-promoter Sam Bankman-Fried’s blowup late last year, seeks “to use evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit other...

Love in the Time of Altruism

The “Effective Altruism” (known as “EA”) movement, which grew in popularity from the early 2000’s until the cryptocurrency scammer and EA-promoter Sam Bankman-Fried’s blowup late last year, seeks “to use evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit other...

Nurturing Altruism: The Landscape of NFTs in Philanthropy

In my extensive journey through NFTs, I have made a few donations to charity. Many are actually without knowing, as artists include in their contract a set percentage of royalties reserved for charity. How do these artists do that, exactly? To uncover that question, and more nuances with NFTs in ...

Who gets to live in techno-utopia? Disability rights, eugenics, and effective altruism

In September, I attended Manifest, a forecasting and prediction markets conference. This conference attracted a unique combination of speakers: Nate Silver, Robin Hanson, Destiny, Aella, to name a few. Other prominent guests included Richard Hanania, author of the recent “The Origins of Woke&r...

A Ballad of Convenient Amnesia and Whitewashed Altruism

In the land where freedom’s said to ring, Where songs of liberty many often sing, I’ve heard a tale, both strange and queer, That’s left me agog, with a twitching ear. White folks I know, so blue their hue, Are thinking of giving ol’ Joe the shoe. Read More