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expecting effective altruism to not trust every single institutional indicator of legitimacy (dozens of governments, central banks, the entire media) is dumb.
by anthonypasq 4y ago
expecting effective altruism to not trust every single institutional indicator of legitimacy (dozens of governments, central banks, the entire media) is dumb.
its a fairly decentralized movement, its just a random collection of people donating money.
- ben_w 4y agoI don’t blame for the same reason I wasn’t expecting, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a learning opportunity. If you skip the learning opportunity, then I will blame, given the association with big-R Rationality causes an expectation.
- anthonypasq 4y agothere's absolutely no indication they aren't using this as a learning opportunity. William MacAskill who is one of the leaders of the movement has already put out multiple posts about this whole affair.