I don’t find anything offensive about carefully considering how to do good, or taking a longer term view of humanity. I think the thing that is irritating abou

I don’t find anything offensive about carefully considering how to do good, or taking a longer term view of humanity. I think the thing that is irritating about EA is that it often feels like this generation’s ‘post-colonial guilt’. Many people with the privilege to act on their EA sentiments are the beneficiaries of financial inequality, either via inheritance or VC froth, and can afford to absorb the risks. To be honest, EA feels like church without the beardy cloud man, and IMO is a better use of the philosophy brain-trust than metaphysics, so I have no desire to see it fail. The cultish part is more a Silicon Valley thing than an EA thing.