32: Sam Bankman-Fried - Crypto, Altruism, and Leadership

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I flew to the Bahamas to interview <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX">Sam Bankman-Fried</a>, the CEO of FTX! He talks about FTX’s plan to infiltrate traditional finance, giving $100m this year to AI + pandemic risk, scaling slowly + hiring A-players, and much more. Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/5Af0d2DbK5w">YouTube</a>, or listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4JH4tybY1zX6e5hjCwU6gF">Spotify</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lunar-society/id1516093381">Apple Podcasts</a>, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript <a target="_blank" href="https://dwarkeshpatel.com/p/sbf">here</a>. Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes. Timestamps (00:18) -	How inefficient is the world? (01:11) -	Choosing a career (04:15) -	The difficulty of being a founder (06:21) -	Is effective altruism too narrowminded? (09:57) -	Political giving (12:55) -	FTX Future Fund (16:41) -	Adverse selection in philanthropy (18:06) -	Correlation between different causes (22:15) -	Great founders do difficult things (25:51) -	Pitcher fatigue and the importance of focus (28:30) -	How SBF identifies talent (31:09) -	Why scaling too fast kills companies (33:51) -	The future of crypto (35:46) -	Risk, efficiency, and human discretion in derivatives (41:00) -	Jane Street vs FTX (41:56) -	Conflict of interest between broker and exchange (42:59) -	Bahamas and Charter Cities (43:47) -	SBF’s RAM-skewed mind Unfortunately, audio quality abruptly drops from 17:50-19:15 Transcript Dwarkesh Patel 0:09 Today on The Lunar Science Society Podcast, I have the pleasure of

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32: Sam Bankman-Fried - Crypto, Altruism, and Leadership

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