effective altruism – DIGIT INFO

9 months after SBF conviction, Peter Singer defends effective altruism in debate

DIGIT — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

According to the prominent voice for effective altruism, Sam Bankman-Fried’s version of the philosophy was only one among many.

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Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea

DIGIT — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:30:36 +0000

Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinformation about energy solutions. Christensen is asking for 20,000 MKR tokens to move forward with the idea. The draft of the Maker Constitution was criticized on […]

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Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Awaits Trial, Passes Time Playing Video Games and Blogging on His New Substack Newsletter

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 22:04:46 +0000

The former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has published a Substack newsletter on Jan. 12, 2023, and the first post is titled “FTX Pre-Mortem Overview.” In the post, SBF maintains that an “extreme, quick, targeted crash precipitated by the CEO of Binance made Alameda insolvent.” The blog post does not mention the allegations made […]

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Philanthropic FTX Foundation Sunsets Operations Amid Bankrupt Exchange’s Fallout

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:30:25 +0000

The philanthropic effort created by the troubled crypto exchange FTX has detailed it is sunsetting operations and told the community that members were “shocked and immensely saddened” by the turn of events that transpired around the trading platform. Sam Bankman-Fried’s Altruistic Efforts Undermined by the FTX Collapse, Plans to ‘Do Unbelievably Good Things’ Shaken While […]

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