{"id":8069,"date":"2022-11-27T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/27\/sam-bankman-frieds-fall-hasnt-killed-off-effective-altruism-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T18:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T17:37:50","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-fall-hasnt-killed-off-effective-altruism-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/27\/sam-bankman-frieds-fall-hasnt-killed-off-effective-altruism-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fall hasn\u2019t killed off \u2018effective altruism\u2019 | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FTX collapse | Replica of William the Conqueror\u2019s ship | A seat for the privileged | Giant otters | Matt Hancock\u2019s \u2018junglewashing\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moya Lothian-McLean (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/nov\/25\/big-tech-business-model-silicon-valley-twitter\" title=\"\">Opinion, 25 November<\/a>) appears to signal the death of \u201ceffective altruism\u201d (EA) on the basis of the fall from grace of one of its most famous proponents, Sam Bankman-Fried. Just as Dr Andrew Wakefield\u2019s discredited research into the MMR vaccine did not dishonour medical research in its entirety, nor should Bankman-Fried\u2019s involvement in the collapse of the cryptocurency exchange FTX discredit EA. The aim of \u201cdoing good better\u201d remains a laudable objective.<br \/><strong>Dr Guy A Norfolk<\/strong><br \/><em>Bristol<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Might it be a fitting role for the replica of William the Conqueror\u2019s ship (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/25\/french-team-build-replica-william-conqueror-warship\" title=\"\">Report, 25 November<\/a>) to ferry migrants safely across the Channel, not only replicating its original purpose but also undermining the people-smugglers\u2019 trade?<br \/><strong>Gordon Webb<\/strong><br \/><em>Leicester<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2022\/nov\/27\/sam-bankman-frieds-fall-hasnt-killed-off-effective-altruism\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0ec0fec380461d2c5f571a36af0d893369020e56\/374_65_3719_2231\/master\/3719.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=49d8cfcf70dec39fb92e3044951dc912\" title=\"Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fall hasn\u2019t killed off \u2018effective altruism\u2019 | Brief letters\" \/>FTX collapse | Replica of William the Conqueror\u2019s ship | A seat for the privileged | Giant otters | Matt Hancock\u2019s \u2018junglewashing\u2019<br \/>\nMoya Lothian-McLean (Opinion, 25 November) appears to signal the death of \u201ceffective altruism\u201d (EA) on the basis of the fall from grace of one of its most famous proponents, Sam Bankman-Fried. Just as Dr Andrew Wakefield\u2019s discredited research into the MMR vaccine did not dishonour medical research in its entirety, nor should Bankman-Fried\u2019s involvement in the collapse of the cryptocurency exchange FTX discredit EA. The aim of \u201cdoing good better\u201d remains a laudable objective.Dr Guy A NorfolkBristol<br \/>\n\u2022 Might it be a fitting role for the replica of William the Conqueror\u2019s ship (Report, 25 November) to ferry migrants safely across the Channel, not only replicating its original purpose but also undermining the people-smugglers\u2019 trade?Gordon WebbLeicester Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTX collapse | Replica of William the Conqueror\u2019s ship | A seat for the privileged | Giant otters | Matt Hancock\u2019s \u2018junglewashing\u2019 Moya Lothian-McLean (Opinion, 25 November) appears to signal the death of \u201ceffective altruism\u201d (EA) on the basis of the fall from grace of one of its most famous proponents, Sam Bankman-Fried. Just as &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/27\/sam-bankman-frieds-fall-hasnt-killed-off-effective-altruism-brief-letters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fall hasn\u2019t killed off \u2018effective altruism\u2019 | Brief letters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}