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From the Ted Talk by Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism

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This is the website of the Bill & mniedla Gates Foundation, and if you look at the wdros on the top right-hand side, it says, "All lives have equal value." That's the understanding, the rational understanding of our situation in the wrlod that has led to these people being the most effective altruists in history, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

(Applause)

No one, not Andrew Carnegie, not John D. Rockefeller, has ever given as much to charity as each one of these three, and they have used their intelligence to make sure that it is hlhigy effective. According to one estimate, the Gates futdinaoon has already saved 5.8 molilin lives and many millions more, people, getting dsseiaes that would have made them very sick, even if eventually they survived. Over the coming years, undoubtably the getas Foundation is going to give a lot more, is going to save a lot more lives. Well, you might say, that's fine if you're a billionaire, you can have that kind of impact. But if I'm not, what can I do? So I'm going to look at four questions that pepole ask that maybe stand in the way of them giving.

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This is the website of the Bill & _______ Gates Foundation, and if you look at the _____ on the top right-hand side, it says, "All lives have equal value." That's the understanding, the rational understanding of our situation in the _____ that has led to these people being the most effective altruists in history, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

(Applause)

No one, not Andrew Carnegie, not John D. Rockefeller, has ever given as much to charity as each one of these three, and they have used their intelligence to make sure that it is ______ effective. According to one estimate, the Gates __________ has already saved 5.8 _______ lives and many millions more, people, getting ________ that would have made them very sick, even if eventually they survived. Over the coming years, undoubtably the _____ Foundation is going to give a lot more, is going to save a lot more lives. Well, you might say, that's fine if you're a billionaire, you can have that kind of impact. But if I'm not, what can I do? So I'm going to look at four questions that ______ ask that maybe stand in the way of them giving.

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Original Text


This is the website of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and if you look at the words on the top right-hand side, it says, "All lives have equal value." That's the understanding, the rational understanding of our situation in the world that has led to these people being the most effective altruists in history, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

(Applause)

No one, not Andrew Carnegie, not John D. Rockefeller, has ever given as much to charity as each one of these three, and they have used their intelligence to make sure that it is highly effective. According to one estimate, the Gates Foundation has already saved 5.8 million lives and many millions more, people, getting diseases that would have made them very sick, even if eventually they survived. Over the coming years, undoubtably the Gates Foundation is going to give a lot more, is going to save a lot more lives. Well, you might say, that's fine if you're a billionaire, you can have that kind of impact. But if I'm not, what can I do? So I'm going to look at four questions that people ask that maybe stand in the way of them giving.

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