Agreed! I’ve just read the articles you mentioned today and really liked them. Links:vox article by Dylan Matthews: “How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force – Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it?”New Yorker article by Gideon Lewis-Kraus: “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism – William MacAskill’s movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way?”
Agreed! I’ve just read the articles you mentioned today and really liked them. Links:
vox article by Dylan Matthews: “How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force – Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it?”
New Yorker article by Gideon Lewis-Kraus: “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism – William MacAskill’s movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way?”