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mwmisses4289

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5. Thank you for that explanation.

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:20 PM

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So basically instead of doing actual good work (volunteering, donating, etc.), you just say you are raising money for something nonprofit and you're good to go? Sounds like another way for the super wealthy to grift and not actually do anything.

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Sam Bankman-Fried and the Lies We Tell Ourselves -- Peter Beck - Lawfare [View all] erronis Friday OP

I remember him Yeller Friday #1

What on earth is "effective altruism"? mwmisses4289 Friday #2

Just a feel-good phrase. Like trump's "affordability". erronis Friday #3

It's a theory on social good EdmondDantes_ Friday #4

Thank you for that explanation. mwmisses4289 Saturday #5

That's my opinion of it as well EdmondDantes_ Saturday #6