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Recent Examples of altruist
Effective altruists, by contrast, tended to jump at such opportunities — after all, 10 percent better conditions for animals, while hardly perfect, is still better.
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Some of the effective altruists will classify all of the effective accelerationists as extreme libertarians.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were also making a splash in other areas, like global health and development or biosecurity or AI, but those were all areas where a lot of money was already being spent from many sources.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Effective altruists were some of the earliest people to take seriously the study of catastrophic risks from AI, and many in the AI safety community—though not all—subscribe to the philosophy to varying degrees.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
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In response, McLean and the City Council made the Pride flag and an organ donor flag official flags of the city, which are allowed under the law.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
16 May 2025
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Yet, too often, nonprofits are forced to operate in a state of financial precarity, relying on a single source of funding or scrambling to adjust to shifting donor priorities.—
Firaaz Azeez,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Researchers suggest that in the short-term, making sacrifices for the other person can improve relationships, and this improvement can encourage the giver to sacrifice even more.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Even for the savviest gift giver, finding a Mother’s Day gift can be a challenge.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Working with a biography that needed much filling in, Kehlmann decided, in each instance, to make his Pabst a man who never actively chooses to embrace his Nazi benefactors.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
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In exchange, Adams — who has denied wrongdoing — secured his benefactors political favors, like building permits, the indictment says.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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In 2016, the disorder was the largest contributor to disability among Australian children under five.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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The renowned Israeli author Etgar Keret (who, like Alexie, is a frequent contributor to this magazine) posts fiction on his Substack.—
Peter C. Baker,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
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The program is funded by philanthropist E.A. Michelson, and the Pérez Museum is just one of over 25 institutions with similar programs.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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In 2002, Rau was hired as CEO of the Miami Corp. — now Miami Corporation Management — which is a single-family office that manages the affairs of industrialist and philanthropist William Deering’s descendants.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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