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NYT opinion piece title: Effective Altruism Is Flawed. But What’s the Alternative? (archive.org)
lmao, what alternatives could possibly exist? have you thought about it, like, at all? no? oh...
(also, pet peeve, maybe bordering on pedantry, but why would you even frame this as singular alternative? The alternative doesn't exist, but there are actually many alternatives that have fewer flaws).
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rational_economist.webp
There are actually some decent quotes critical of EA (though the author doesn't actually engage with them at all):
get it out get it out get it out
@FRACTRANS @jax
Me: Kiiiiiiill meeee...
[Economist bursts through my chest]
Oh my god there is literally nothing the effective altruists do that can't be done better by people who aren't in a cult
Eating live fire ants is flawed. But what's the alternative?
didn't the comments say "tax the hell out of them" before they were closed
Funny how the wannabe LW Rationalists don't seem read that much Rationalism, as Scott has already mentioned that our views on economists (that they are all looking for the Rational Economic Human Unit) is not up to date and not how economists think anymore. (So in a way it is a false stereotype of economists, wasn't there something about how Rationalists shouldn't fall for these things? ;) ).
Effective Altruism Is Flawed. Here's Why It's Bad News for Joe Biden.