I find the Big Think article surprisingly nasty towards EA. Does Bregman see it as “a misguided movement that sought to weaponize the country’s capitalist engines to protect the planet and the human race”?
I was also not aware that EA’s “demise” has apparently already occurred: “Bregman saw EA’s demise long before the downfall of the movement’s poster child, Sam Bankman-Fried (...)”
The first quote you mention sounds more like a dog whistle to me. I actually think it’s great if we can “weaponize capitalist engines” against the world’s most pressing problems. But if you hate capitalism, it sounds insidious.
The rest I agree is uncharitable. Like, surely you wouldn’t come out the shallow pond feeling moral guily, you’d be extatic that you just saved a child! To me, Singer’s thought experiment always implied I should feel the same way about donations.
I find the Big Think article surprisingly nasty towards EA. Does Bregman see it as “a misguided movement that sought to weaponize the country’s capitalist engines to protect the planet and the human race”?
I was also not aware that EA’s “demise” has apparently already occurred: “Bregman saw EA’s demise long before the downfall of the movement’s poster child, Sam Bankman-Fried (...)”
EA still seems to have a pulse and much more.
The first quote you mention sounds more like a dog whistle to me. I actually think it’s great if we can “weaponize capitalist engines” against the world’s most pressing problems. But if you hate capitalism, it sounds insidious.
The rest I agree is uncharitable. Like, surely you wouldn’t come out the shallow pond feeling moral guily, you’d be extatic that you just saved a child! To me, Singer’s thought experiment always implied I should feel the same way about donations.