altruist

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But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

Ellison said that Bankman-Fried, a self-described effective altruist who purportedly wanted to make the world better by making tons of money, used that angle to justify their crimes together.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

He brought on Gary Wang, an old friend from math camp, and later Caroline Ellison, a fellow effective altruist from Jane Street.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

He grew the company into a $32 billion business, cultivating a reputation as a hard-working do-gooder who barely slept and intended to donate his fortune to causes backed by the effective altruist movement.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

The egoist may love his wife, but this love is interested and very different from that of the altruist.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste