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.
Current theme: default
Less Wrong (text)
Less Wrong (link)
Arrow keys: Next/previous image
Escape or click: Hide zoomed image
Space bar: Reset image size & position
Scroll to zoom in/out
(When zoomed in, drag to pan; double-click to close)
Keys shown in yellow (e.g., ]) are accesskeys, and require a browser-specific modifier key (or keys).
]
Keys shown in grey (e.g., ?) do not require any modifier keys.
?
Esc
h
f
a
m
v
c
r
q
t
u
o
,
.
/
s
n
e
;
Enter
[
\
k
i
l
=
-
0
′
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
→
↓
←
↑
Space
x
z
`
g
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.