#349 — Generosity, Cynicism, and the Future of Doing Good

Sam Harris speaks with Chris Anderson about generosity in the age
of the Internet. They talk about the new spirit of cynicism in
tech and finance, the problems with DEI, the Coleman Hughes
controversy at TED, the norm of color blindness, the science of
generosity, the leverage of the Internet, the false opposition
between selfishness and selflessness, mixed motives in giving,
results vs reward, the importance of intentions, looking for the
good in people, digital business models, the economics of TED,
TEDx, wealth inequality, the ethics of billionaires, philanthropy
at scale, the power of pledges, the arguments of Peter Singer,
the Sam Bankman-Fried scandal, problems with Effective Altruism,
how to improve our digital lives, and other topics.


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