“Facing up to the Price on Life” by Richard Y Chappell🔸

This is a link post. There's something deeply wrong with the world, when the median US college graduate's starting salary is a dozen times higher than the price to save another person's entire life. The enduring presence of such low-hanging fruit reflects a basic societal failure to allocate resources in a way that reflects valuing those lives appropriately. (If you personally earn over $60k, and agree that your least-important $5k of personal spending is not nearly as important as a young child's entire life, I’d encourage you to reallocate your budget accordingly and save someone's life today. Then, if you’re happy with the results, consider taking the🔸10% Pledge to make it a regular thing. This should be the norm for anyone who is financially comfortable.) It's a tricky thing. If you really let yourself internalize this fact—that children are dying for want of $5000—it can be hard to think of [...] ---Outline:(01:20) Psychological Defense 1: moral delusion(03:23) 2: Compartmentalization(04:56) ConclusionThe original text contained 6 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: January 29th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fMEhpDrpbnHpcgsDE/facing-up-to-the-price-on-life --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.