Wall Street Journal Reporter Looking to Speak to EAs

Last year, MacAskill contacted Bankman-Fried to check in about his promise: “Someone gets very rich and, it’s, like, O.K., remember the altruism side? I called him and said, ‘So, still planning to donate?’ ” Bankman-Fried pledged to give nearly all his money away; if suitable opportunities are found, he’s willing to contribute more than a billion dollars a year. Bankman-Fried had longtermist views before they held sway over MacAskill, and has always been, MacAskill remembers, “particularly excited by pandemics”—a normal thing to hear among E.A.s. Bankman-Fried set up a foundation, the FTX Future Fund, and hired the longtermist philosopher Nick Beckstead as C.E.O. This past December, MacAskill finished the manuscript of his new book, and hoped to spend more time with his partner, Holly Morgan, an early E.A. and the biggest single input to his stability. Instead, Bankman-Fried enlisted him as a Future Fund adviser. (He offered MacAskill a “generous” six-figure salary, but MacAskill replied that he was just going to redistribute the money anyway.)

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Isn't that a bit of a conflict of interest?

McAskill didin't resign from the FTX Future Fund until November 10.

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