You’re walking down the street and see two people: a starving child and an artist at work on a beautiful painting. Both of them have signs asking for money. It would be insane to donate to the artist, wouldn’t it? I simply don’t believe you if you claim that you would. So, I can’t dismiss what Dylan Matthews, an effective altruist, says in his argument …
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