Your first sentence betrays lack of familiarity with EA. It is offensive to me that you state it as fact. EA started as a continuation of Peter Singer's argume

Your first sentence betrays lack of familiarity with EA. It is offensive to me that you state it as fact. EA started as a continuation of Peter Singer's argument in "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (1972), as a progression after the founding of Giving What We Can (thousands of people giving at least 10% of their pre-tax income to cost-effective charities). Have you ever read about it here? https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/introduction-to-effective-altruism https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/introduction-to-e...