Fintech Podcast Episode 135 Understanding Effective Altruism And Why Amazon's Echo Just Grew Eyes

Brian and Mike back at it for an intense discussion about altruism and how people think about donating money and charity. In the first part of the conversation Brian and Mike initially discuss their favorite product of the week then spend time on Amazon's new announcement about the new Echo with a camera. Brian take a bullish stand on how new Echo will impact the fashion industry which he write more in detail here. We took a deep dive into the effective altruism - which seeks to answer the simple question: "how can we use our resources to help others the most?" Brian's product of the week: Victor Scheinman -16 year old student invents Emvi, a voice recognition system in the 1950s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEhE11gqGw&t=14s Mike product of the week: A curated directory of resources & tools to help you build your Startup: www.Startupstash.com: This week’s special shout outs are: Nathan Kontny CEO Highrise https://m.signalvnoise.com/speed-reading-2ff843053cc6 Chad Grills Founder of the Mission https://medium.com/the-mission/you-wont-win-until-they-start-betting-against-you-a97a3141690e Shaunta Grimes How to know what to write about. https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-to-know-what-to-write-about-bf539223ba32 Show note links: - https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/being-good-and-doing-good - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ - http://readmultiplex.com/2017/04/26/the-amazon-look-will-transform-the-closet-and-the-fashion-industry/ - http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/ Sponsors: Otter Labs www.hireotter.com - Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza - Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.