I increasingly think EA is just Objectivism for progressives.
From https://gideons.substack.com/p/altruism-wrap, which I found through Zvi’s writeup. I hadn’t heard it put quite this way before, but the “shut up and multiply” mindset (at least with made-up coefficients) really does lead to prioritizing far-mode ideals and shaky projections over actual real living people.
It’s weird that EA lost credibility (with many, at least partly including me) when it drifted away from mosquito nets as the thing it was mocked for talking about.
From https://gideons.substack.com/p/altruism-wrap, which I found through Zvi’s writeup. I hadn’t heard it put quite this way before, but the “shut up and multiply” mindset (at least with made-up coefficients) really does lead to prioritizing far-mode ideals and shaky projections over actual real living people.
It’s weird that EA lost credibility (with many, at least partly including me) when it drifted away from mosquito nets as the thing it was mocked for talking about.