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Uncertainty has enveloped nonprofits, researchers and academics, who were either promised money from FTX’s charitable arm that will likely never come, or fear they’ll be caught up in a complex bankruptcy.
Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘longtermism’ and ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX's rise and fall can be explained through his controversial relationship with effective altruism, a philosophy that can breed extreme behavior.
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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is a messy heap of questionable effective altruist assertions.
Like much of Bankman-Fried’s empire, the bookkeeping at the FTX Future Fund was chaotic and promises were made that weren’t kept.