#10 Classic episode - Dr Nick Beckstead on spending billions of dollars preventing human extinction

<b>Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in October 2017.</b><br><br> What if you were in a position to give away billions of dollars to improve the world? What would you do with it? This is the problem facing Program Officers at the Open Philanthropy Project - people like Dr Nick Beckstead.<br><br> Following a PhD in philosophy, Nick works to figure out where money can do the most good. He’s been involved in major grants in a wide range of areas, including ending factory farming through technological innovation, safeguarding the world from advances in biotechnology and ar...