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The justifications in EA's long-termism are very similar to SBF's 'expected-value-reasoning', and the idea of buying out politicians to promote your cause is st
by c7b 4y ago
The justifications in EA's long-termism are very similar to SBF's 'expected-value-reasoning', and the idea of buying out politicians to promote your cause is straight out of the EA playbook, fully justified by the philosophy. Just saying 'don't break laws while getting rich' is a band-aid, the problems exposed here run deeper.
- gruez 4y ago>the idea of buying out politicians to promote your cause is straight out of the EA playbook, fully justified by the philosophy By "buying out", do you mean literal bribery, or just lobbying? If it's the latter, are you also against other organizations (eg. unions, environmental groups, activists) that try to fund raise/lobby for their preferred candidates?
- mejutoco 4y agoEA sounds to me like Machiavelli. In summary: the end justifies the means. I thought this was covered in any ethics class before highschool, I cannot see what is so interesting about it.