Larissa MacFarquhar

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Author and staff writer for the New Yorker

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Larissa MacFarquhar writes about do-gooders who practice effective altruism. They don't care what others think of their extreme choices. They care about being effective.

Larissa MacFarquhar: Strangers Drowning

Larissa MacFarquhar writes about do-gooders who practice effective altruism. They don't care what others think of their extreme choices. They care about being effective.

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