I agree with Kei here. It seems very odd to credit ‘EA’ as significant to the election result. To do so seems to imply that there was some kind of coordinated, unified effort to influence the election, whereas what OP is describing is major donations from one actor who was also associated with the EA movement.
This is about much more than not unfairly associating EA with SBFs actions (and donating to the Democratic party is hardly a bad thing to be associated with, compared to SBFs other actions). It’s an incorrect description of EA beliefs and culture as a whole. I think if you asked 100 EAs ‘what’s the best thing you could do with a few billion dollars’, ‘donating to the Biden campaign’ would be fairly low down the list of results.
I agree with Kei here. It seems very odd to credit ‘EA’ as significant to the election result. To do so seems to imply that there was some kind of coordinated, unified effort to influence the election, whereas what OP is describing is major donations from one actor who was also associated with the EA movement.
This is about much more than not unfairly associating EA with SBFs actions (and donating to the Democratic party is hardly a bad thing to be associated with, compared to SBFs other actions). It’s an incorrect description of EA beliefs and culture as a whole. I think if you asked 100 EAs ‘what’s the best thing you could do with a few billion dollars’, ‘donating to the Biden campaign’ would be fairly low down the list of results.