Thanks Zach for writing on behalf of CEA.

EA Australia is also not going to be platforming Manifund for the foreseeable future.

This is a great comment and very true! 

I guess in my writing of this, I was assuming that doing good is table stakes - but I think you're right to call this out explicitly!

very exciting!!!

We enticed a real life comedian onto our podcast: 

I'm going to rattle off some loose thoughts (mostly just speculation and intuition) - but I think this deserves a deeper interrogation another time:
- I think Australia's takes on EA and to some extent evidence-based development are influenced by Peter Singer. Many university educated people are aware of Peter and his work - this is an outlier globally! I think this has driven outsized early interest in effective altruism
- I think the fact that Australia has more economic/social equality than other comparative countries like US and UK probably means that Aussies perceive ourselves as "lucky" comparative to other countries - and I think are less likely to default to "charity begins at home". (I don't think this is sufficient to drive action, but maybe is a useful factor)
- A high proportion of Aussies are either first or second gen migrants - I wonder how that interacts with seeing/feeling the need - I think there's lots to explore here - for example some of my Indian / Chinese friends think that development is likely best done through growing the economy as this is how their parents moved from poverty to wealth. 

 

I just watched it and have a lot of tears after the beautiful heart-felt ending! I have family who've also worked in slaughterhouses and animal farming, and I think you brought this together in a way that feels compassionate. I think it's a really well done film! Congratulations!

Thanks so much, Leonie! I totally agree!

Congratulations, Jack! I'm looking forward to watching it!

Thanks Jacob! Give this a go: https://anchor.fm/s/11209b150/podcast/rss 

Thanks so much Paula!