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24 alternatives to Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill

Effective altruism, moral illusions, and existential risk

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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