> That also feels very inaccurate and misrepresentative of the philosophy. I admit, I don't want to generalize, I'm sure there are many interpretation of the i

> That also feels very inaccurate and misrepresentative of the philosophy. I admit, I don't want to generalize, I'm sure there are many interpretation of the ideas of EA and different people practice it differently. That said, in practice, at least the prominent figures and their prominent groups, my impression is that they fall into what I described. Seems there's an appealing aspect to it that's about being able to be the most cut throat, dirty capitalist where ends justify the means, and where you can feel good about being filthy rich off the back of everyone else, because you'll be efficiently altruistic in donating some of it back. Feels there's a dimension to it that seems to justify taking from the poor to give to the poorer, while keeping a cut for yourself.