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May 18, 2015 · New TEDx talk released! By Kyle Scott · Published May 18th, 2015. Check out the TEDx talk video by our Executive Director and co-founder Benjamin Todd. In it, Ben sets out what we’ve learned through our research about finding fulfilling work.
- Rob’s Intro
- Misconceptions About Effective Altruism
- Effective Altruism Isn’T Just About Donating Money to Fight Poverty
- Effective Altruism Doesn’T Include A Moral Obligation to Give
- Ben’s Definition of Effective Altruism
- The Rigorous Argument For Effective Altruism
- Objections to Effective Altruism
- Why Do We Think That Effective Altruism Is Actually Important
- How to Talk About Effective Altruism
- Rob’s Outro
Robert Wiblin:Hi listeners, this is the 80,000 Hours Podcast, where each week we have an unusually in-depth conversation about one of the world’s most pressing problems and how you can use your career to solve it. I’m Rob Wiblin, Director of Research at 80,000 Hours. Today I’m delighted to bring you another conversation between Arden Koehler, and o...
Arden Koehler:Hi listeners, I’m Arden. I’m a researcher at 80,000 Hours. Ben Todd:Hi, and I’m Ben, CEO of 80,000 Hours. Arden Koehler:And today we are going to talk about effective altruism, how it’s framed, what it is and how people misunderstand it. So, I know you’ve been thinking a bunch about effective altruism recently. 80,000 Hours is an orga...
Arden Koehler:I guess it seems like there’s at least two differences between this definition of effective altruism that Sam Harris offered and that people seem to work with and the one that you gave, and maybe more, but it seems like two that jump out are one, it’s not just about donating money. At 80,000 Hours we talk a lot about doing good with y...
Arden Koehler:So another thing that I think talking about Peter Singer makes salient, is it seems like oftentimes effective altruism is also identified with or associated with in some way a certain demanding moral theory. So it’s not so much about what you should do to do good… Or well, okay, I think everyone knows it is about that, but oftentimes ...
Arden Koehler:Okay. So you promised to give us your definition a little bit earlier. I feel like we’ve gotten bits and pieces. But do you want to just lay out how you would… If somebody said, “What is effective altruism, Ben?” What would you say? Ben Todd:Well, yeah. So, there’s maybe two different questions. One is, what are the best ways to expla...
Arden Koehler:Do you want to just talk about, why is effective altruism important? Why is this project important? And we’ve sort of gestured at a couple of reasons, but what’s the rigorous argument? Ben Todd:Yeah. And it’s a bit alarming in a way that there isn’t just a rigorous argument for effective altruism written up somewhere, because that see...
Arden Koehler:So with these, it does seem like this is a valid argument to me. So I guess if somebody was going to object, they’d have to reject one of the premises. Ben Todd:Yes. Arden Koehler:So what are some ways that people could reject these premises? Ben Todd:Yeah, well maybe just to clarify, when you’re rejecting effective altruism, you can ...
Arden Koehler:Okay. We’ve talked a bunch about reasons to reject this argument, but obviously, you and I, in fact, do not reject this argument, at least provisionally, we think that effective altruism is really important. Why think that these three premises that imply that it’s important are true? Ben Todd:Yeah. Well, one is that they might just se...
Arden Koehler:Okay. We’ve talked a bunch about the core ideas of EA and the argument for those ideas being important. But we said earlier that we’d talk a little bit about framing and how to talk about effective altruism, especially to people who don’t know very much about it. Do you have any sort of tips or ways you think it should be framed? Ben ...
That’s the second installment in a series of chats we’ll be releasing between Ben and Arden over the coming months. Over the last week I’ve been enjoying reading your many responses to our user survey including a lot of commentary on this show. We’re busy evaluating how the last twelve months at 80,000 Hours have gone, but don’t worry — we’ve still...
Nov 12, 2020 · Benjamin Todd. In the last ’80k team chat’ with Ben Todd and Arden Koehler, we discussed what effective altruism is and isn’t, and how to argue for it. In this episode we turn now to what the effective altruism community most needs.
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A TEDx talk by Benjamin Todd, Executive Director of 80,000 Hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKlx1DLa9EA. Check out the new version of our career guide to see what you should really do: https://80000hours.org/career-advice/ youtube.com. To find work you love, don't follow your passion | Benjamin Todd | TEDxYouth@Tallinn.
Ben is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that has reached millions of people and… · Experience: 80,000 Hours · Education: University of Oxford · Location: London · 500+ connections on...
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