#271 — Earning to Give

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sam Bankman-Fried about effective altruism. They discuss how he became the wealthiest self-made billionaire under 30, what might go wrong with cryptocurrency, the Giving What We Can pledge, how SBF thinks about using his resources to do the most good in the world, how not to stigmatize wealth, wealth redistribution, norms of generosity among the ultra-wealthy, pandemic preparedness, impact through lobbying, how ambitious should we be in doing good, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:24.3	This is Sam Harris.
0:26.3	Okay, as we get to the end of the year here and into the holidays, I guess the theme
0:34.0	of the moment for me is doing good in the world.
0:38.5	How to think about that, how to do more of it, how to appropriately show gratitude for
0:46.7	one's good luck and share that luck with those who need it.
0:55.2	So at the top here, I am going to produce an ad, as you know, I don't run ads on the
1:02.0	podcast, but this is an ad for a very good thing, with which I have no direct affiliation.
1:10.5	A couple of months ago, Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher and one of the patriarchs of the
1:17.4	Effective Alchewism Movement, told me about a company called Humanitics, which was founded
1:23.0	by Joshua Ross and Adam McCurdle.
1:27.4	They started in Australia and New Zealand, but now they are global and they've just
1:32.6	set up their first US office in Denver.
1:36.0	And this struck me as an extraordinarily cool idea.
1:39.3	Humanitics is an event ticketing platform that donates 100% of its profits to children's
1:47.2	charities.
1:48.7	So they operate like a for-profit business, in that they don't ask anyone for donations.
1:55.2	They just sell tickets, it's like event bright or ticket master.
1:59.3	However, they're also a registered charity and 100% of their profits go to social impact
2:04.8	projects for disadvantaged kids.
2:07.4	And their service is free for free events and for paid events, their fees are actually
2:12.2	lower than most ticketing services.
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