Effective altruism
Subject in Philosophy
Effective altruism has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Builders. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Peter ThielInvestor and author of Zero to One
Thiel argues that the effective altruists, despite cult-like aspects, correctly foresaw that AI was coming and built a hugely valuable company in Anthropic.
“So if you have a cult that's built a company that's worth probably close to $2 trillion at the IPO”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 7:41
Podcasts
- The Builders · 1 episode
Episodes
Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AIThe Builders · Oct 22, 2026 · 58 min
Walter Isaacson interviews Peter Thiel on the AI backlash, existential risk, his Antichrist lectures, founder-led companies, René Girard, and why he prefers evil to incompetence.