Lee Davy gives his account of Raising for Effective Giving’s annual jaunt to the World Series of Poker where they try their very best to spread the word of effective altruism from the heart of an Indian Restaurant in the Rio.

Are you a selfish bastard?

I bet you are.

I used to be. I still am, most of the time, but not all of the time. I call myself a work in progress. I’m somewhere on the road between death and destitution. Worried about the end, figuring out how I will survive when I stop working, and getting tired of this mean-spirited money monster that’s making me feel malnourished.