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Jul 3, 2022 22 min

Money Part 1: Donating

from In Over My Head Hosted by Michael Bartz

Michael chats with the Forethought Foundation's John G. Halstead, all about Effective Altruism and the impact of donating to environmental causes. John talks about one core tenant of Effective Altruism - pledging to give 10% of your income for life to charity. They discuss earning to give versus direct work. John touches on donating carefully, and the ethics of offsetting your emissions. He covers some rules of thumb when donating, tradeoffs, and doing good from an impartial point of view. Lastly, John talks about how you can get involved in Effective Altruism. In Over My Head Website Forethought Foundation Founders Pledge Climate Fund 80,000 Hours

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