Moskovitz and Tuna’s net worth is estimated at $12.7 billion. They founded his own group, Good Ventures, in 2011. The group says it has donated $1.96 billion. Since 2017, the company has been working with GiveWell, another early influential and effective altruistic organization, on Open Philanthropy.
These two vast fortunes, combined with the donations of many high-paid engineers in tech companies, mean that the community is very well-funded.
So you don’t necessarily need Mr. Mask. But it doesn’t bother him.
With an estimated net worth of $220 billion, Musk has single-handedly managed to make effective altruism a major movement in philanthropy. Musk spoke at his EA Global Conference in 2015 and appeared on a panel on the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
MacAskill said he got to know Musk better through Igor Kurganov, a professional poker player and talented altruist.
That’s how his text message appeared among the hundreds of other text messages sent to Mr. Musk.
Bankman-Fried ultimately did not participate in Musk’s bid. “I don’t know exactly what Elon is going for with Twitter,” Bankman-Fried said in an interview. “There was a bit of ambiguity there.”
In the months that followed when cryptocurrency prices crashed, he had his hands full. Twitter’s deal has been volatile in and of itself, with Musk recently trying to pull out before finally announcing his intention to continue with it.
In August, Musk retweeted McCaskill’s book announcement to his 108 million followers, saying: This fits my philosophy. But instead of taking that support from his heart, as many do, MacAskill posted the typical serious statement. detail thread He replied with some places he agreed with Mr. Musk, and many areas he disagreed with.
MacAskill acknowledges responsibility for what he calls misconceptions about the community. “As a philosopher who was unprepared for all this media attention, I owe a great deal of responsibility.”