Tag: MacAskill, William (1987- )

‘Effective Altruism’ Led Bankman-Fried to a Little-Known Wall St. Firm

The FTX founder joined Jane Street Capital not to learn about controlling risk, which is its focus, but because the tenets of a philanthropic movement drew him there.

How a Scottish Moral Philosopher Got Elon Musk’s Number

In a few short years, effective altruism has become the giving philosophy for many Silicon Valley programmers, hedge funders and even tech billionaires.