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Weird article: if the point of EA-the-philosophy is to diligently measure and pursue utility-maximizing donations, then none of the "social" stuff should matter
by woodruffw 3y ago
Weird article: if the point of EA-the-philosophy is to diligently measure and pursue utility-maximizing donations, then none of the "social" stuff should matter to its adherents. They can call themselves whatever they'd like, and nobody would find that basic premise particularly objectionable.
In other words, this doesn't really seem to be about EA. It's about who owns the EA "brand," a thought that's incoherent with the putative mission of EA.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoIt's not even clear what the complaint is. The article only gives a couple of examples of what's going wrong, mostly the fact that "new EAs" don't respect some of the people the author admires and some swipes at the FDA.
- wendyshu 3y agoIndeed. EA makes sense as a blog post or a book but not really as an organization.