Is there a funding breakdown anywhere? That is, where does all the money actually come from? (Feastables sales, advertising deals, donations, etc.) What’s the ROI of the average video on Mr. Beast’s main channel, where he has participants compete for some large cash prize? How real are these prizes; do participants actually walk away with that much in winnings, or is that just for show and they’re actually getting less?
For the larger scale projects, like the “built 100 houses” and “built 100 wells”, is there a follow-up with the affected people afterwards to see whether there was any long-term benefit? How are these goals decided on?
Would you ever consider doing a video on factory farmed animal welfare? I understand that this might come with reputational concerns, since people don’t like being reminded of the cruelty that they’re paying for with their food money, but it could also do outsized good by making people aware of a cause area they didn’t previously realize was an issue. Everyone already knows there are starving children in Africa, but many people don’t realize how bad factory farming is. Even if the video convinces just 0.1% of viewers to eat less meat, that could easily outweigh every other donation Mr. Beast Philanthropy has ever made.
Mr. Beast has done some videos that border on psychological experiments, like the “trapped 100 people” video. Would he be interested in doing more of those that are similar to classic ethical thought experiments? Obviously he can’t tie people to train tracks, but there are plenty of interesting experiments that involve only giving people stuff under certain conditions, like putting people in a prisoner’s dilemma for money, or Kavka’s toxin puzzle using a human judge, or even just something as simple as making participants choose between giving $1000 to one person who’s standing in front of them vs. $100,000 to 100 people in poverty. There are all sorts of interesting video ideas that could also get people interested in moral philosophy.
Is there a funding breakdown anywhere? That is, where does all the money actually come from? (Feastables sales, advertising deals, donations, etc.) What’s the ROI of the average video on Mr. Beast’s main channel, where he has participants compete for some large cash prize? How real are these prizes; do participants actually walk away with that much in winnings, or is that just for show and they’re actually getting less?
For the larger scale projects, like the “built 100 houses” and “built 100 wells”, is there a follow-up with the affected people afterwards to see whether there was any long-term benefit? How are these goals decided on?
Would you ever consider doing a video on factory farmed animal welfare? I understand that this might come with reputational concerns, since people don’t like being reminded of the cruelty that they’re paying for with their food money, but it could also do outsized good by making people aware of a cause area they didn’t previously realize was an issue. Everyone already knows there are starving children in Africa, but many people don’t realize how bad factory farming is. Even if the video convinces just 0.1% of viewers to eat less meat, that could easily outweigh every other donation Mr. Beast Philanthropy has ever made.
Mr. Beast has done some videos that border on psychological experiments, like the “trapped 100 people” video. Would he be interested in doing more of those that are similar to classic ethical thought experiments? Obviously he can’t tie people to train tracks, but there are plenty of interesting experiments that involve only giving people stuff under certain conditions, like putting people in a prisoner’s dilemma for money, or Kavka’s toxin puzzle using a human judge, or even just something as simple as making participants choose between giving $1000 to one person who’s standing in front of them vs. $100,000 to 100 people in poverty. There are all sorts of interesting video ideas that could also get people interested in moral philosophy.