Support for a cause area isn’t bias. That’s just having an opinion. Your argument would imply that ACE is biased because they are run by animal activists, or that Givewell is biased because they advocate for reducing global poverty. These groups aren’t necessarily an authority when you’re deciding between cause areas, of course. But in deciding which organization is most effective within a given cause area, the “trusted experts” are almost always going to be advocates for that cause area.
More generally, you keep trying to frame your points as politically neutral “meta” considerations but it definitely feels like you have an axe to grind against the activist left which motivates a lot of what you’re saying.
More generally, you keep trying to frame your points as politically neutral “meta” considerations but it definitely feels like you have an axe to grind against the activist left which motivates a lot of what you’re saying.
Well if EA is funding the activist left, justifying it by saying that a “trusted expert” (who just happens to be a leftist activist!) said it was a good idea, what exactly do you expect me to do?
And if people who disagree with leftist activism aren’t allowed to bring up “meta” considerations when those considerations are inconvenient for leftist activism, then who is going to do it?
Support for a cause area isn’t bias. That’s just having an opinion. Your argument would imply that ACE is biased because they are run by animal activists, or that Givewell is biased because they advocate for reducing global poverty. These groups aren’t necessarily an authority when you’re deciding between cause areas, of course. But in deciding which organization is most effective within a given cause area, the “trusted experts” are almost always going to be advocates for that cause area.
More generally, you keep trying to frame your points as politically neutral “meta” considerations but it definitely feels like you have an axe to grind against the activist left which motivates a lot of what you’re saying.
Well if EA is funding the activist left, justifying it by saying that a “trusted expert” (who just happens to be a leftist activist!) said it was a good idea, what exactly do you expect me to do?
And if people who disagree with leftist activism aren’t allowed to bring up “meta” considerations when those considerations are inconvenient for leftist activism, then who is going to do it?