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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 all, the disclosure filing showed contributions from more than 800 donors to the inaugural committee.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg Harvard University is turning to donors to help offset a federal funding freeze triggered by the school’s rebuke of demands by President Trump.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2025
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The impressive haul included average donations of $21 and 266,000 individual donors, nearly two-thirds of whom were first-time givers, figures that reflect wide and growing appeal among voters.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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But being mindful of a patient’s needs can help guide the gift giver.—
Amy Bizzarri,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Based on industries listed in the regulations targeted by Trump, owners of coal plants are among the potential benefactors.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The institute’s primary benefactor was Peter Thiel, a billionaire venture capitalist and the co-founder of PayPal who donated more than $1.25 million to the organization and related projects.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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This group is arguably the most stable on the roster, with Downs and Pierce emerging as key contributors in recent years.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Venmo, long a centerpiece of PayPal’s growth story but often criticized for its lack of monetization, is becoming a bigger contributor to the business.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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The rocket had six passengers: singer Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King, philanthropist Lauren Sánchez (the fiancée of Bezos), former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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After the space mission, other celebrities — including Emily Ratajkowski, Olivia Wilde, and Olivia Munn — also criticized the crew that went to space, including journalist Gayle King, philanthropist Lauren Sanchez, and NASA scientist Aisha Bowe.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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