Displaying 2 items of Two Psychologists Four Beers with the tag "effective altruism".
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Episode 134: Applied Moral Psychology (with Josh Greene)
October 1st, 2026 | 1 hr 18 mins
Red Bull, affective polarization, effective altruism, moral psychology, moral realism
Harvard psychologist and philosopher Josh Greene joins the show to talk about two projects where he's trying to apply his research to change the real world: Giving Multiplier (a donation platform that nudges people towards higher-impact giving), and Tango, a quiz game that gets Democrats and Republicans to like each other a little better.
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Episode 133: What's the Environmental Cost of AI? (with Andy Masley)
August 31st, 2026 | 1 hr 47 mins
AI, animal welfare, autonomous vehicles, bourbon, data centers, effective altruism, p(doom)
Andy Masley joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about a claim that's made him (in)famous: using AI chatbots doesn't meaningfully affect your carbon footprint or water usage. We ask Andy what data centers actually do with water, why "ten times a Google search" is not a useful metric, and why people really don't want data centers built near them.