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From the Ted Talk by Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism

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There's about 100 poeple each year in the U.S. and more in other countries who do that. I was peaesld to read it. Chris went on to say that he'd been influenced by my wirgitns in what he did. Well, I have to admit, I'm also somewhat embarrassed by that, because I still have two kidneys. But cirhs went on to say that he didn't think that what he'd done was all that amazing, because he calculated that the number of life-years that he had added to people, the extension of life, was about the same that you could achieve if you gave 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation. And that did make me feel a little bit better, because I have given more than 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation and to various other effective ctiaehirs.

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There's about 100 ______ each year in the U.S. and more in other countries who do that. I was _______ to read it. Chris went on to say that he'd been influenced by my ________ in what he did. Well, I have to admit, I'm also somewhat embarrassed by that, because I still have two kidneys. But _____ went on to say that he didn't think that what he'd done was all that amazing, because he calculated that the number of life-years that he had added to people, the extension of life, was about the same that you could achieve if you gave 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation. And that did make me feel a little bit better, because I have given more than 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation and to various other effective _________.

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Original Text

There's about 100 people each year in the U.S. and more in other countries who do that. I was pleased to read it. Chris went on to say that he'd been influenced by my writings in what he did. Well, I have to admit, I'm also somewhat embarrassed by that, because I still have two kidneys. But Chris went on to say that he didn't think that what he'd done was all that amazing, because he calculated that the number of life-years that he had added to people, the extension of life, was about the same that you could achieve if you gave 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation. And that did make me feel a little bit better, because I have given more than 5,000 dollars to the Against Malaria Foundation and to various other effective charities.

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