Sam Harris speaks with Will MacAskill about how to do the most good in the world. They discuss the "effective altruism" movement, choosing causes to support, the apparent tension between wealth and altruism, how best to think about generosity over the course of one's lifetime, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.

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#228 — Doing Good

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Sam Harris Episodes Around December 14, 2020

#214 — A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

#215 — A Conversation with David Miliband

#216 — A Conversation with Graeme Wood

#217 — The New Religion of Anti-Racism

#218 — Welcome to the Cult Factory

#219 — The Power of Compassion

#220 - The Information Apocalypse

#221 — Success, Failure, & the Common Good

#222 — A Pandemic of Incompetence

#223 — A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

#224 — The Key to Trump's Appeal

#225 — Republic of Lies

#226 — The Price of Distraction

#227 — Knowing the Mind

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#228 — Doing Good

#229 — A Few Thoughts for a New Year

#230 — An Insurrection of Lies

#231 — Crossing the Abyss

#232 — Inequality and Revolution

#233 — The Groves of Misinformation

#234 — The Divided Mind

#235 — A Call from Ricky Gervais

#236 — Rebooting New York City

#237 — Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#238 — How to Build a Universe

#239 — Yet Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#240 — The Boundaries of Self

#241 — Final Thoughts on Free Will

#242 — Psychedelics and the Self

#243 — A Few Points of Confusion

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