Backyard 1: Large number skepticism

English - November 01, 2022 18:20 - 52 minutes - 24.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Chris and Jay experiment with a new format: 2 lapel mics in the backyard while
running 4 dogs around. Jay asks a question from the excellent 80,000 hours podcast:
Andreas
Mogensen on whether effective altruism is just for consequentialists. (That link
jumps to time mark 1h 21m in that podcast episode.)

When is it better to “let” one person die than to inconvenience thousands, millions,
billions, trillions of people?

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Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional
(oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer.