He became an effective altruist when he calculated that with the money that he was likely to earn throughout his career, an academic career, he could give enough to cure 80,000 people of blindness in developing countries and still have enough left for a perfectly adequate standard of living.
A devenit un altruist eficient când a calculat că donând banii pe care i-ar putea câştiga de-a lungul carierei sale academice, ar putea vindeca 80.000 oameni de orbire, în ţări în curs de dezvoltare și încă să-i rămână destul pentru un standard de viață perfect acceptabil.