Thanks for sharing. I agree that it’s useful to know how “thought leaders” interpret EA.
It’s disappointing, however, that Mounk’s primary critiques of EA are:
An apocryphal story about some asshole taking EVs to the extreme.
SBF, a fraud who has no legitimate EA backers today, and, like the imaginary dude above, took EVs to the extreme.
Worries that EAs earning to give might end up donating less than planned or—God forbid—roughly the same amount as everyone else.
Mounk’s critique of longtermism is okay, but Kelsey Piper raised the same objections but better two years ago.
Thanks for sharing. I agree that it’s useful to know how “thought leaders” interpret EA.
It’s disappointing, however, that Mounk’s primary critiques of EA are:
An apocryphal story about some asshole taking EVs to the extreme.
SBF, a fraud who has no legitimate EA backers today, and, like the imaginary dude above, took EVs to the extreme.
Worries that EAs earning to give might end up donating less than planned or—God forbid—roughly the same amount as everyone else.
Mounk’s critique of longtermism is okay, but Kelsey Piper raised the same objections but better two years ago.