Boom, thanks! Dig the push back here. I generally agree with Scott Alexander’s comment at the bottom: “I don’t think ethical offsetting is antithetical to EA. I think it’s orthogonal to EA.”
(Though I also believe there are some “macro systemic” reasons for believing that offsetting is a crucial piece to moving more folks to an EA-based non-accumulation mindset. More detailed explanation of this later!)
You might enjoy this post Claire wrote: Ethical Offsetting is Antithetical to EA.
Boom, thanks! Dig the push back here. I generally agree with Scott Alexander’s comment at the bottom: “I don’t think ethical offsetting is antithetical to EA. I think it’s orthogonal to EA.”
(Though I also believe there are some “macro systemic” reasons for believing that offsetting is a crucial piece to moving more folks to an EA-based non-accumulation mindset. More detailed explanation of this later!)