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Should you get rich and give it away?

Professor Peter Singer giving his 2013 TED Talk, "The why and how effective altruism."
Professor Peter Singer giving his 2013 TED Talk, "The why and how effective altruism."
James Duncan Davidson / CC BY-NC 3.0

It's been a decade since Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values, gave his seminal TED Talk, "The why and how of effective altruism." Now, more and more Princeton students find themselves facing a catch-22 — pursuing a career of money or impact.

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Today, Daybreak revisits Effective Altruism with Professor Singer. We take a look at how the movement has changed since its conception and what those changes mean for the next generation of effective altruists.

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