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HN isn't really the place for this kind of vitriolic diatribe, because it's not all that conducive to thoughtful commentary. That Aside, > As if you can reduc
by eutropia 3y ago
HN isn't really the place for this kind of vitriolic diatribe, because it's not all that conducive to thoughtful commentary.
That Aside,
> As if you can reduce "societal benefit" to some quantifiable number
I assume your business doesn't mark any Goodwill value or other non-tangibles in its GAAP-compliant financial statements then?
- monero-xmr 3y agoThe linked article was explicitly stating a philosophical argument in favor of effective altruism as a good philosophy to live by. I see this equivalent to eugenics - the ends justify the means, afterall. If we are going to live in a society where some people pretend they can calculate the benefit of all their actions, then I am free to say how absolutely fucked that entire process is, and point out the real world damage that is has explicitly caused. If someone was openly a National Socialist, we wouldn't have any problem pointing out the problems the Nazis caused. But with EAs who recently lit tens of billions of dollars on fire to buy penthouses on Caribbean islands and castles in rural England, we have to give them a pass? Excuse me if I'm not open to listening to their thoughtful commentary.
- sooheon 3y agoGAAP compliance has no bearing on accuracy. Accounting intangibles are suggestions at best, the market discovers the true value of assets. Where's the market on bad EA ideas?