⚡️ Reboot Reacts: SBF Gone Wild - by Jasmine Sun - Reboot

Reflections on what this crisis means for EA and crypto's future

Each day this week has brought a new wave of tweets and allegations about fraudulent crypto trader and famed EA moneybag Sam Bankman-Fried. While it’s been fun tracking each bombshell that comes out (most recently, SBF’s wild DMs with journalist Kelsey Piper), I want to spend this newsletter taking the long view: What does this all mean for the future of effective altruism (EA) and crypto? To answer this, I assembled and edited a collection of 7 mini-essays from Reboot community members. Investigating topics from billionaire philanthropy to consequentialism to institutional…

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