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A young American computer scientist is making a fortune in Wall Street – and giving half of it away.<\/p>\n
Jason Trigg, aged 25, earns an estimated $100,000 a year and donates 50 per cent of his wages to charity.<\/p>\n
Philanthropist Trigg works for a high-frequency trading firm, but he still lives with three flatmates and walks to work. He gives half of his salary to the Against Malaria Foundation.<\/p>\n
Trigg doesn’t feel in any way deprived. “I wouldn’t know how to spend a large amount of money,” he says. “A lot of people, they want to make a difference and end up in the Peace Corps and in the developing world without running water. But I can donate some of my time in the office and make more of a difference.”<\/p>\n
Trigg was apparently inspired by controversial philosopher Peter Singer, who argued: “If it is within our power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”
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