The age of dankness in effective altruism is upon us. It’s unstoppable. I don’t mean this as the go-to administrator of the Dank EA Memes Facebook group, or as one of the more reputed online memelords/shitposters in the EA movement.
I don’t just mean that as someone other effective altruists turn to for answers in the face of the onslaught of dank memes becoming a primary vector/medium shaping public perception of EA, both within and outside of the effective altruism community itself, for better or worse. I emphasize this as the go-to person other effective altruists turn to as potentially capable of using my influence to reign in the excessive or adverse impact of dank memes on EA. I don’t have that capability.
I can’t reign in dank memes in EA or do whatever anyone else might want me to do. They’re beyond me or any other mods/admins of the Dank EA Memes Facebook group.
The trend is unstoppable. It’s inevitable. The future of EA is dank.
To emphasize just how final this reality is, here is a very incomplete list of leaders in EA who I’m aware have embraced this uncanny reality
Dustin Moskowitz
Holden Karnofsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Ben West
Robert Wiblin
Kudos to Rob and Eliezer as early adopters of this trend.
The age of dankness in effective altruism is upon us. It’s unstoppable. I don’t mean this as the go-to administrator of the Dank EA Memes Facebook group, or as one of the more reputed online memelords/shitposters in the EA movement.
I don’t just mean that as someone other effective altruists turn to for answers in the face of the onslaught of dank memes becoming a primary vector/medium shaping public perception of EA, both within and outside of the effective altruism community itself, for better or worse. I emphasize this as the go-to person other effective altruists turn to as potentially capable of using my influence to reign in the excessive or adverse impact of dank memes on EA. I don’t have that capability.
I can’t reign in dank memes in EA or do whatever anyone else might want me to do. They’re beyond me or any other mods/admins of the Dank EA Memes Facebook group.
The trend is unstoppable. It’s inevitable. The future of EA is dank.
To emphasize just how final this reality is, here is a very incomplete list of leaders in EA who I’m aware have embraced this uncanny reality
Dustin Moskowitz
Holden Karnofsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Ben West
Robert Wiblin
Kudos to Rob and Eliezer as early adopters of this trend.