This is the first interview (and second episode) in a new series dedicated to the question “Is EA Right?”. The premise of the show is that the hosts are interested laypeople who interview many guests with different perspectives, in the hopes of answering their question by the end of the series.
I’m optimistic about this podcast as another productive bridge between the EA and lefty worlds; their intro episode gave me a lot of hope that they’re approaching this with real curiosity.
(I’m posting this more to recommend / mention the series rather than the particular episode though; the episode itself spent most of its runtime covering intro-EA topics in what I felt was a pretty standard way, which most people here probably don’t need. That said, it did a good job of what it was aiming for, and I’m looking forward to the real heavy-hitting critiques and responses as the series continues.)
Another podcast episode on a similar topic came out yesterday, from Rabbithole Investigations (hosted by former Current Affairs podcasts hosts Pete Davis, Sparky Abraham, and Dan Thorn). They had Joshua Kissel on to talk about the premises of EA and his paper “Effective Altruism and Anti-Capitalism: An Attempt at Reconciliation.”
This is the first interview (and second episode) in a new series dedicated to the question “Is EA Right?”. The premise of the show is that the hosts are interested laypeople who interview many guests with different perspectives, in the hopes of answering their question by the end of the series.
I’m optimistic about this podcast as another productive bridge between the EA and lefty worlds; their intro episode gave me a lot of hope that they’re approaching this with real curiosity.
(I’m posting this more to recommend / mention the series rather than the particular episode though; the episode itself spent most of its runtime covering intro-EA topics in what I felt was a pretty standard way, which most people here probably don’t need. That said, it did a good job of what it was aiming for, and I’m looking forward to the real heavy-hitting critiques and responses as the series continues.)