Strongly upvoted this. It’s three years old but as relevant now as everI really liked the nuance captured about the perils of maximisation, also very clearly expressed by @Holden Karnofsky with this post: EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous All of it really resonates with how I conceive of to the be the best way to do Effective Altruism, especially the bits about why naive utilitarianism is bad and about being respectful of common sense morality!
Strongly upvoted this. It’s three years old but as relevant now as ever
I really liked the nuance captured about the perils of maximisation, also very clearly expressed by @Holden Karnofsky with this post: EA is about maximization, and maximization is perilous
All of it really resonates with how I conceive of to the be the best way to do Effective Altruism, especially the bits about why naive utilitarianism is bad and about being respectful of common sense morality!