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Some of the weirder EA folks do some of these things but there is no consensus that they’re making the right choices, even within the EA community. If you want
by skybrian 4y ago
Some of the weirder EA folks do some of these things but there is no consensus that they’re making the right choices, even within the EA community.
If you want to pick something that pretty much everyone in EA would agree is good, that would be donating to whatever GiveWell recommends. Yes, this uses money to actually accomplish things.
- js8 4y agoHowever, if even the people who claim we can use "rationality" to determine where to donate, cannot actually agree on what action is rational (as you say, lack of consensus), then this puts the whole movement into a question. Like, try to put money wisely into charities, duh, as if I didn't know! (Personally, I don't believe in utilitarian rationality. You cannot separate desired outcomes from personal values.)