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Apologies if this is curt, but if you think one of the most impactful altruism movements in the world with major focuses in global health and long term outcomes
by Veedrac 4y ago
Apologies if this is curt, but if you think one of the most impactful altruism movements in the world with major focuses in global health and long term outcomes is a joke because they do outreach in odd (but clearly effective) ways, you have missed the point of effective altruism altogether.
You don't get brownie points for how steadfastly you stick to your Overton window. You get brownie points for saving lives.
- PragmaticPulp 4y ago> You don't get brownie points for how steadfastly you stick to your Overton window. You get brownie points for saving lives. ...by distributing copies of rationalist Harry Potter fan fiction? I agree that charities that save lives are doing good things. That's why I brought up the fact that some of their spending has historically been kind of ludicrously off base.
- lucaparodi 4y agoSo you're literally basing your entire argument to disqualify a movement with clear and public data about the positive impact that has created on a single $30k grant?
- Veedrac 4y agoIt sounds less stupid when you count the fraction of EA funding and activity that HPMOR was already in the causal chain of. It's not how I'd do outreach, but it's not like the choice was arbitrary.
- rcoveson 4y agoYou know Maus[0]? It's a comic book about Disney animals. Isn't that just laughable? Wouldn't teaching such a thing in schools--with the aim of imparting serious lessons--be "ludicrously off base"? Derision for fan fiction and/or Harry Potter can't be the beginning and end of your argument for why HPMOR isn't a good book to introduce nerdy school kids to a handful of valuable ideas. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus
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