But the underlying purpose of the work would be entirely different, because she would be doing it only with other effective altruists. Jane Street, as Sam put it, was “just a place where people come to work each day to play some games and increase the number in their bank account, because what the fuck else are they going to do with their lives?” Alameda Research, as he was calling the new firm, was going to be different: a vessel to save some vast number of lives.
