Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
I talked to Jack Rafferty, CEO of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP). LEEP recently played a pivotal role in transitioning the Malawi government off of lead paint- saving hundreds of thousands of children from brain damage.
We also discussed lead elimination, brain computer interfaces, Neuralink, Elon Musk and Effective Altruism.
Jack can be found on Linkedin:
linkedin.com/in/jackrafferty1
Chapters:
00:00 Intro - Who is Jack Rafferty?
00:30 What does the Lead Exposure Elimination Project do?
01:36 LEEP’s work in Malawi
04:42 LEEP and Effective Altruism
05:26 What are the health impacts of lead?
11:04 The terrifying reality of lead paint
12:41 How common is lead in the environment?
17:20 How EA works with problems everyone can get behind
20:00 Me telling Jack Rafferty that he should become famous
21:42 Commenters be crazy
23:44 One of my gripes about EA
30:53 Imposter syndrome amongst geniuses in EA
35:35 EA needs to learn about feelings
37:07 My neuroses around editing
43:55 What are some of the biggest existential risks to humans?
47:41 Brain Computer Interfaces: A horror story
1:02:50 The massive impact of small people
1:08:33 Reconceptualizing atrocities
1:14:02 How Jack started LEEP (and how you can too!)
1:20:05 How $40,000 saved 215,000 children from brain damage
1:22:04 Jack’s Team
1:26:17 Fuck Cessna planes
1:27:30 Mushrooms!
1:31:35 Foraging fruits and veggies
1:35:04 Our perception of time
1:39:49 Where can we find Jack?
1:41:26 Parting words of Inspiration from Jack
I talked to Jack Rafferty, CEO of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP). LEEP recently played a pivotal role in transitioning the Malawi government off of lead paint- saving hundreds of thousands of children from brain damage.
We also discussed lead elimination, brain computer interfaces, Neuralink, Elon Musk and Effective Altruism.
Jack can be found on Linkedin:
linkedin.com/in/jackrafferty1
Chapters:
00:00 Intro - Who is Jack Rafferty?
00:30 What does the Lead Exposure Elimination Project do?
01:36 LEEP’s work in Malawi
04:42 LEEP and Effective Altruism
05:26 What are the health impacts of lead?
11:04 The terrifying reality of lead paint
12:41 How common is lead in the environment?
17:20 How EA works with problems everyone can get behind
20:00 Me telling Jack Rafferty that he should become famous
21:42 Commenters be crazy
23:44 One of my gripes about EA
30:53 Imposter syndrome amongst geniuses in EA
35:35 EA needs to learn about feelings
37:07 My neuroses around editing
43:55 What are some of the biggest existential risks to humans?
47:41 Brain Computer Interfaces: A horror story
1:02:50 The massive impact of small people
1:08:33 Reconceptualizing atrocities
1:14:02 How Jack started LEEP (and how you can too!)
1:20:05 How $40,000 saved 215,000 children from brain damage
1:22:04 Jack’s Team
1:26:17 Fuck Cessna planes
1:27:30 Mushrooms!
1:31:35 Foraging fruits and veggies
1:35:04 Our perception of time
1:39:49 Where can we find Jack?
1:41:26 Parting words of Inspiration from Jack
