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10th Anniversary Edition: The Life You Can Save
How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty
By: Peter Singer

For a limited time only, order the book The Life You Can Save for free and get free standard shipping on your entire order! Discount applies at checkout.

Ts & Cs apply. Ends 16-May-2023, 11.59PM AEST, unless sold out prior. Valid for the first 10,000 units sold. Max 10 units per order. Free shipping only applies to standard shipping. Offer applies at checkout and cannot be used with any other offer. Booktopia reserves the right to limit quantities per customer.

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  • deme on 10/05/2023 - 10:33
    -8

    What a scam, just a tax the rich, solved.

    Remember that time Daddy Elon asked for a plan and then when they got one just forgot: https://twitter.com/WFPChief/status/1460323875804397568?s=20

    • bargain huntress on 10/05/2023 - 14:21
      +3

      I dont enjoy saying this because i am no fan of musk. But wasnt that plan inherently short term in nature? He did respond to them saying billionaires could END world hunger saying he would do that. But then as far as i know they responded with a plan to feed everyone for a few years. While admirable, that just isnt the same thing. Its just DELAYING world hunger.
      Id love to be wrong so please correct me if i am.

      • deme on 10/05/2023 - 18:31
        +4

        Fair question https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfps-plan-support-42-million-peo…
        Is for 1 year.

        Let me put the $6.6B into perspective

        Over 5 years that's 33B

        Now if Australia, just, Australia introduced the greens billionaire tax.

        The tax would be levied at 6% on the individual’s net wealth amount above $1 billion.
        one-off pandemic levy of 50% on the increase in individual net
        wealth between 11 March 2020 and 10 March 2021 for individuals with net wealth above $1 billion
        as at 30 June 2021.

        That's 50B according to our Parliamentary Budget Office.
        https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/05_About_Parliament/54_Parlia…

        • delpy on 11/05/2023 - 08:48

          Yes, billionaires are going to keep residential status in a country that taxes them for being rich.

          • deme on 11/05/2023 - 09:52
            +2

            @delpy: I'd be very happy if billionaires in Australia (profanity) off.

            • delpy on 11/05/2023 - 10:19

              @deme: So, no revenue from them to support government services? Gotcha.

              • deme on 11/05/2023 - 10:22
                +2

                @delpy: They don't pay tax anyway.

                • delpy on 11/05/2023 - 10:32

                  @deme: So, your OP to tax the rich is not really problem solved, is it?

                  • deme on 11/05/2023 - 10:40
                    +1

                    @delpy: Well if they stay, they get taxed.

  • xyron on 10/05/2023 - 10:41
    +16

    There is something so ironic about an offer whereby someone in the First World can get a book delivered to them for free that details how to solve extreme poverty.

    • chrism238 on 10/05/2023 - 10:45
      +10

      A bit like flying your private jet to a Climate Change summit?

    • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 11:01

      Is the irony that we're in the first world and discussing how to solve poverty (asking people with money to help those without money, pretty darn ironic yeah) or that the book is being delivered for free (free means no money, same as poverty, check out the irony lads)?

      • xyron on 10/05/2023 - 11:04
        -2

        The irony is in the fact that this book probably costs what, $10, and shipping about $10, which in total is more than what 10 people living in extreme poverty have to feed, clothe and house themselves for an entire day.

        • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 11:10
          +2

          It's spreading awareness for free shipping to individuals about what they can do to fix a problem (should they wish)?
          Why does whatever the current people suffering the problem make daily affect this?

          Or is this "hurr durr instead of printing the books and mailing them out they should have given $20 to Unicef"?

          Either way, I think Alanis Morrisette wants her definition of ironic back.

          • xyron on 10/05/2023 - 11:12
            +4

            @Crow K: Why does this need to be distributed in the form of a physical book, rather than an eBook then?

            Yes, stupid profligate spending like this on solving poverty should be pointed out and condemned, and yes the $20 would have been better spent sending it to Unicef instead.

            I would add, that I think it is likely the people taking this book for free are probably not the same people who see value in spending their own earnings on solving world poverty.

            • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 11:15
              +1

              @xyron:

              Why does this need to be distributed in the form of a physical book, rather than an eBook then?

              Well, it's being distributed as an eBook as well (if you actually click the link). So I guess my answer is "Uh, some people like physical books and some like eBooks, shocking, I know".

              I think it is likely the people taking this book for free are probably not the same people who see value in spending their own earnings on solving world poverty.

              Your theory is people are mostly ordering a physical copy of a book they have no interest in reading/learning from?
              Why? Are they obsessive compulsive? Just love mail?

              • freefall101 on 10/05/2023 - 11:19
                +2

                @Crow K: People who are actually interested in the book would have already spent the $15 on it, it has been out for a decade now.

                And yes, people are compulsive and love free stuff. Welcome to humanity, it's a mess.

                • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 11:21
                  +5

                  @freefall101: I'm interesting in watching The Wire but I haven't gotten around to it yet. If I saw it on a boxset for $15 right now I'd probably buy it.

                  Oh wait no, that's impossible, if I actually wanted to watch it I would have seen it ten years ago and paid a lot more, you're right.

                  • freefall101 on 10/05/2023 - 11:57

                    @Crow K: There's a difference when something is free and zero effort.

                    If The Wire was free, I'd take a copy even though I have already seen it and if I watched it again it'd probably be streamed. I'm sure many people will grab this book with all the good intentions in the world and some will actually read it, but most of them won't.

                    FOMO, compulsion and love of free stuff will mean people will just click and take the book.

                    • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 12:12

                      @freefall101: It's kind of cute that you're expecting all of society to have the same take on these sorts of things (hint: by being a member of a website called OzBargain, have you already self-selected as someone who seeks out low cost items more than the rest of society who don't use the site?), but society is a spectrum of personalities and I'm still putting my chips on "wants the book/intend to read it" than "actually doesn't want the book/doesn't intend to read it" when we consider the question "If someone orders a book from a website for free, do they actually want to read it".

                      Ordering off BookTopia is not zero effort. Let's just call it what it is - a feel-good promotion to get traffic onto their site. Which is fine.

                      I'm sure many people will grab this book with all the good intentions in the world and some will actually read it, but most of them won't.

                      Aha, some subtle goalpost shifting. Glad you left the "if they actually wanted to read it" ship (which is sinking fast).

                      Now it's on people on whether they actually end up reading it. Also known as "an irrelevant detail, and not what was being discussed, which was whether they were interested in it or not".

                      Sometimes it's just easier to admit you were wrong in the first place.

                      • freefall101 on 10/05/2023 - 12:34

                        @Crow K:

                        Aha, some subtle goalpost shifting. Glad you left the "if they actually wanted to read it" ship (which is sinking fast).

                        Nope, not shifting at all, the claim was never that no one would read it. As you said earlier, and what I was replying to

                        Your theory is people are mostly ordering a physical copy of a book they have no interest in reading/learning from?

                        Ultimately, this book won't be read by most people and isn't really a good way to spread the good word.

                        • Crow K on 10/05/2023 - 12:38

                          @freefall101:

                          Crow: Your theory is people are mostly ordering a physical copy of a book they have no interest in reading/learning from?
                          FreeFall: People who are actually interested in the book would have already spent the $15 on it, it has been out for a decade now.

                          There's the claim. Note your use of the word "interested", in response to my word "interest".
                          The "well they might not end up reading it" was a (clumsy) later addition by someone who was afraid they would look foolish, right before they ended up looking foolish.

                          Go to clown jail, do not pass GO, do not collect a free copy of a book (whether you read it or not).

            • FredAstair on 10/05/2023 - 21:07

              @xyron: you had me until your last paragraph

        • NoshTwin on 10/05/2023 - 11:19

          You think it costs $10 to manufacture a paperback book?

  • chrism238 on 10/05/2023 - 10:45

    An interesting article on Peter Singer's current thoughts on the ABC yesterday: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-08/peter-singer-on-ai-ro…

    • deme on 10/05/2023 - 10:50

      ChatGPT Summary:

      Ethicist Peter Singer believes that robots should have rights when they become conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives. However, he thinks we are not there yet and machines should not be assumed to have rights if they only have the appearance of consciousness. Singer also acknowledges that AI raises a lot of social questions, including privacy issues, discrimination, bias, and unemployment. Governments worldwide are working on laws to govern AI, with the aim of putting human interests first. Singer argues that the free market should not govern AI, and its impact on animals must be considered as well. He sees the food industry as the biggest threat to animal rights and suggests that as raising animals for food becomes a major contributor to climate change, there is a reason to move towards a more plant-based diet.

      • GnarlyKnuckles on 10/05/2023 - 19:10
        +1

        Yo dezza, re:

        'He sees the food industry as the biggest threat to animal rights …'

        I read some of Singer's views on animal consumption decades ago, and I found them quite insightful. If I remember correctly, he argued that animals that have sufficiently developed neural networks to enable them so feel fear and pain should not be eaten by humans. Where he drew the line was (from memory) shellfish. So, he argued that killing and eating anything more evolved than a shellfish was unethical in his opinion, but shellfish and anything below them in the neural network department was 'fair game' (pardon the pun). To me that made a whole lot more sense that the claptrap spouted by your average 'vegetarian' who designates fish an honorary vegetable, 'vegans' who eat cheese with rennet in it, etc.

        My old man was in the same year as Singer at Melbourne Uni, and remembers that even back in his youth he was an insightful and original thinker.

        I'm looking forward to reading this book. With regard to the 'irony'/etc. erroneously perceived by some above, let's forget that whingy 'try-hard-woke' rubbish and just do some very rudimentary maths. They're giving away 10,000 of them. Let's assume that half of the recipients actually read it. Let's assume that 20% of those are sufficiently moved by the content to spend the $?? it costs to actually save a life. I haven't read the book yet, but my guess is that dollar amount is less than $100. Perhaps someone someone who has read the book already can enlighten us on what the bottom-line dollar amount is to save one life. Twenty percent of 5,000 = 1,000 lives saved by this generous book give-away.

        I wonder how many other OzBargain deals have resulted in 1,000 human lives being saved?

        To quote a wise sheep-loving rapper … 'not many, if any'.

        • deme on 10/05/2023 - 19:23

          1,000 lives saved by this generous book give-away.

          Imagine how many lives would be saved if people stopped voting Liberal?

          • GnarlyKnuckles on 10/05/2023 - 19:26
            -5

            @deme: Not as many as would be saved if peeps stopped voting labour/green/pinko/etc.

            Perhaps you mistook me for some sort of idealist hippy all hopped up on goof-balls.

  • deme on 10/05/2023 - 10:53
    -7

    Max 10 units per order.

    Free firewood?

  • NoshTwin on 10/05/2023 - 11:17
    +3

    Great book

  • dvd107 on 10/05/2023 - 11:30
    -4

    Thanks got 10

  • alamodey on 10/05/2023 - 11:53
    +1

    why is the ebook not free?

  • sircable on 10/05/2023 - 12:01
    +8

    I got this book to apply the free shipping across the rest of the order.
    I had a few books that I wanted to get as I was getting them as gifts.
    Getting this book made the whole order have free shipping, win!
    Will I read the book?
    Well maybe, although I am not really a reader.
    Every time I try to read a book, I fall asleep.
    I like the idea of reading but never seem to be able to do it, because, sleep…

  • ihbh on 10/05/2023 - 12:14

    BESTSELLER TITLE

    But no reviews?

    • gdogdiggity on 10/05/2023 - 13:01
      +1

      There are plenty of reviews online, it's a very popular book

  • gdogdiggity on 10/05/2023 - 13:01
    +7

    This was a life changing book for me when i read it about 15 years ago and i still think about it weekly. I have already gifted it to many people and now will force it on a few more!

  • ootnat on 10/05/2023 - 13:09
    +3

    Yeah awesome book. The audiobook is also free and narrated by Stephen Fry, Kristen Bell, etc. https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org.au/the-book/

  • Aerol on 10/05/2023 - 13:16

    Free shipping applies to NZ deliveries as well - they're normally a flat-rate of $9.99. Looking forward to reading some Peter Singer for the first time in yonks.

  • bdl on 10/05/2023 - 13:26
    +7

    The Shipping You Can Save

  • GenghisGun on 10/05/2023 - 14:21
    +1

    Amazing, thanks OP

  • xbee11 on 10/05/2023 - 18:44
    +1

    Thank you so much! Looking forward to reading it

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 10/05/2023 - 19:11
    +1

    Great post/'deal' OP, thanks.

  • krunchymoses on 10/05/2023 - 21:26
    +2

    Cool. Might actually read it. Singer is an interesting guy.

  • CyberMurning on 11/05/2023 - 08:35
    +1

    Okay, got one
    So this is the ozb book

  • frances76 on 11/05/2023 - 08:56
    +7

    So much negativity and complaining. I think it's a great idea, this way the book will be read by people who normally would not purchase it. This can help contribute to a positive impact on world poverty, thus helping drive the real reason why this but was written. It means more to the writer, to make a difference in the world rather than monetary advantage. I have ordered it and want to know how I can help, in this overconsumed, highly marketed, self centered western world.

  • I Smell Pennies on 12/05/2023 - 19:14

    Thanks OP for sharing :)

  • Jackson on 20/05/2023 - 23:12

    Has anyone received their book yet? I would have thought I'd have got it by now, unless they haven't printed them yet

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/05/2023 - 00:00
      +1

      I made several orders over several days and all arrived within 2-3 days of ordering

      • Jackson on 21/05/2023 - 00:26

        False alarm, it arrived and was put away without anyone letting me know

      • GenghisGun on 21/05/2023 - 21:43

        same

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