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What Does Effective Altruism Really Believe?

Plain English with Derek Thompson, 27 October 2026. The book comes up at 21 min 11 sec in.

Host Derek Thompson briefly mentions Toby Ord's book while enumerating what he sees as the guiding principles of effective altruism, noting that it is about existential risk—including AI and asteroid impacts.

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