Overall, I thought they were well-presented criticisms.
One exception is @34:18 in the video where Abigail quotes Anthony Kalulu that there is “no chance” someone in abject poverty will mention an EA-supported charity “as having impacted their lives more than the work of traditional global antipoverty agencies.”
I saw that piece has been discussed on the forum before. My reaction to the statement was the same as the comment made by timunderwood to that forum post (i.e. it’s unlikely they would due to EA-charities having a relatively small budget). And also Sanjay regarding general sceptism to the claim (and others in that piece). I didn’t read all comments so others surely shared similar doubts.
My point here though is just that I thought it, and that EA’s leaders “don’t really want to talk about that,” was a particularly poor criticism on Abigail’s part and a let-down on an otherwise good critique/viewpoint on EA.
Overall, I thought they were well-presented criticisms.
One exception is @34:18 in the video where Abigail quotes Anthony Kalulu that there is “no chance” someone in abject poverty will mention an EA-supported charity “as having impacted their lives more than the work of traditional global antipoverty agencies.”
I saw that piece has been discussed on the forum before. My reaction to the statement was the same as the comment made by timunderwood to that forum post (i.e. it’s unlikely they would due to EA-charities having a relatively small budget). And also Sanjay regarding general sceptism to the claim (and others in that piece). I didn’t read all comments so others surely shared similar doubts.
My point here though is just that I thought it, and that EA’s leaders “don’t really want to talk about that,” was a particularly poor criticism on Abigail’s part and a let-down on an otherwise good critique/viewpoint on EA.