Prof.

says most criticism of effective altruism (EA) “doesn’t tackle its core ideas.” I can’t speak to “most criticism,” but MY criticism (graboyes.substack.com/p/the-fatal-conce…) is (1) EA calculators are no more reliable/objective than are central planners; (2) authoritarian EA (ML: “Some people sincerely think that you’re morally obligated to work in finance to donate all of your money to research that prevents a rogue AI from destroying humanity.”) is dangerous and prone to crowd out reasonable voices; (3) EA is loaded with political activists like SBF who would harness police/taxation powers of the state to implement their ideals; (4) There is virtue in the messy process of humble individuals thinking about charity and making idiosyncratic choices. Happy to read and consider EAers recommendations, but the movement is problematic. persuasion.community/p/the-case-for-eff…