#18 – Luke Freeman on Giving What We Can and Community Building

Luke Freeman is the Executive Director of Giving What We Can. Before this, he was a entrepreneur and marketing specialist, including co-founding Positly.
In this episode we discuss:

[00:01:52] Background: History of EA
[00:04:02] Luke's story: Discovering EA
[00:09:30] Foreign Aid: Myths and valid critiques
[00:14:58] Evidence: RCTs and the ITN framework
[00:20:12] News: "Man bites dog"
[00:26:35] GWWC: Taking the pledge
[00:43:43] Donations: Risk and hidden zeros
[00:46:41] GWWC: Common misconceptions
[00:51:34] Entrepreneurship: Positly and WEIRD science
[00:54:31] Tech: Market for Donations
[01:05:46] Final questions: Change in mind and book recommendations

You can read much more on these topics in our accompanying write-up: https://hearthisidea.com/episodes/luke
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