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A lot of citations to Razib Khan and Scott Alexander in his other posts! Effective Altruism was founded to evade the two dynamics he describes (donors who do w
by pixodaros 4y ago
A lot of citations to Razib Khan and Scott Alexander in his other posts!
Effective Altruism was founded to evade the two dynamics he describes (donors who do what their friends will admire them for not what helps poor strangers, and charities which spend most of their donations on themselves or on raising money). It sounds like part of it was hijacked by the Lesswrong / AI Risk crowd and by cryptocurrency swindlers.