The Personality of Effective Altruists Part I

This episode features:


-Are effective altruists especially prone to anxiety and
depression?


-Are effective altruists high in autistic-like traits?


-Is effective altruism especially appealing to people high in
autistic-like traits?


-Are people high in autistic-like traits more rational?


-Why do we fall prey to biases like the attraction effect, the
sunk cost fallacy, and the framing effect?


-Are people high in autistic-like traits more oriented towards
“System 2” thinking?


-Are people high in autistic-like traits less susceptible to
cognitive biases?


 


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