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1) You don’t get to choose your family; I got very lucky with mine

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2) My mother, father, and brother all deserve shout-outs and helped me get where I am in life. In honor of Mother’s day, this is about my mom,

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3) She’s a professor at Stanford Law School, but some of her best work has been in philosophy, and in particular on consequentialism, which is at the root of Effective Altruism and has guided all four of our lives. In fact, many EAs knew of her work before they knew me.

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4) (Some of her essays were published as ‘Facing Up to Scarcity’ by Oxford Press a few years ago, if you want to check them out!)

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Facing Up to Scarcity: The Logic and Limits of Nonconsequentialist Thought

Facing Up to Scarcity offers a powerful critique of the nonconsequentialist approaches that have been dominant in Anglophone moral and political thought over the last fifty years. In these essays...

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5) In her (scarce!) spare time, she’s also a fiction writer. Middle school mostly ruined fiction for me, but some of her stories have grabbed me back in. Her published stories are at bhfried.com. A collection (“It Goes Without Saying”) is forthcoming!

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happy mother's day to the barbaras (my mom too)

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Hello Mr sam

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please can you show me how can i send a private message to Samuel Bankman-Fried Thank you

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I wish you would give me 5 BTC on this day of mine and also share it with my mother and buy her a house as her special gift

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Thanks for the recommendation. I’ve ordered this book as I’m curious about EA and how it is reconciled with one’s own wants and desires. Semi related, are there any books that you would recommend on cryptocurrency?

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Just purchased. Ty. So excited to read this. I love when people share their Mom's work.

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