It bothers me how bad of a rep EA has gotten with many leftists. Ben Burgis, who I normally like a lot, just had a video with Krystal Ball bashing it and wrote an article criticizing it. I think EA fits very nicely with the goals of socialism. I don't see any conflict with "we should nationalize the heights of the economy and eliminate exploitative work contracts" and "we should donate money for malaria nets." I also think you can both believe in EA and think people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk are scumbags.
As a way to vent your frustration, I guess this is fine. As a way to persuade people towards EA, I think the extremely emotional tone of this piece is not so effective.
I'm a left wing effective altruist (for 10 years) and agree with everything McGoey says. It's an excellent peice.
I can understand why you are hurt, but I think you are taking it too personally. She raises some excellent issues and I want to try and help you see her good points.
I'm going to post this anonymously because the EA movement is quite a hostile place to leftists.
It bothers me how bad of a rep EA has gotten with many leftists. Ben Burgis, who I normally like a lot, just had a video with Krystal Ball bashing it and wrote an article criticizing it. I think EA fits very nicely with the goals of socialism. I don't see any conflict with "we should nationalize the heights of the economy and eliminate exploitative work contracts" and "we should donate money for malaria nets." I also think you can both believe in EA and think people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk are scumbags.
Although it is true that she is dishonest, I do not think that it is the most sickening and dishonest way possible. That seems like an exaggeration
As a way to vent your frustration, I guess this is fine. As a way to persuade people towards EA, I think the extremely emotional tone of this piece is not so effective.
>the Holocaust
>the century
... the Holocaust was last century, unless you mean like "within the past century".
I'm a left wing effective altruist (for 10 years) and agree with everything McGoey says. It's an excellent peice.
I can understand why you are hurt, but I think you are taking it too personally. She raises some excellent issues and I want to try and help you see her good points.
I'm going to post this anonymously because the EA movement is quite a hostile place to leftists.
Mentioned in a hit piece! Congrats!