This is probably the best summary in this entire thread. The argument is basically effective altruism, taken to its conclusion, leads to some pretty morally qu

This is probably the best summary in this entire thread. The argument is basically effective altruism, taken to its conclusion, leads to some pretty morally questionable actions. It's not arguing being altruistic is bad. It's just that effective altruism has a bunch of pretty big holes in it. Another good example is the framework used to determine cost-effectiveness of drugs. At first glance it makes sense - just calculate [benefit]/[cost]. But then you realize that for some diseases, the cost baseline is really low because, well, people die when they are babies. So the model falls apart for some real life situations where the model says the ideal outcome is to just let people die because it's "cost effective"