I think that there are certainly legitimate critiques of some of EA. But the ideas that either:
A) EA does more harm than good.
B) Doing EA things like giving to givewell charities isn’t very valuable
C) One shouldn’t strive to do good effectively
are all very crazy and supported by nothing.
I think that there are certainly legitimate critiques of some of EA. But the ideas that either:
A) EA does more harm than good.
B) Doing EA things like giving to givewell charities isn’t very valuable
C) One shouldn’t strive to do good effectively
are all very crazy and supported by nothing.