Grand Theft Automated: How to Save a Trillion Lives

4. juli 2025 · 38m

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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A radical thought experiment transforms the lives of a new breed of philanthropists, as they follow the logic of altruism to extraordinary lengths. The most famous convert to the Effective Altruism movement, Sam Bankman-Fried, is either a humanitarian hero, a con artist at an astonishing scale, or most bafflingly, both.

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