It’s definitely not just long termism—and at least before sbf’s money started becoming a huge thing there is still an order of magnitude more money going to children in Africa than anything else. For that matter, I’m mostly longtermist mentally, and most of what I do (partly because of inertia, partly because it’s easier to promote) is saving children in Africa style donations.
It’s definitely not just long termism—and at least before sbf’s money started becoming a huge thing there is still an order of magnitude more money going to children in Africa than anything else. For that matter, I’m mostly longtermist mentally, and most of what I do (partly because of inertia, partly because it’s easier to promote) is saving children in Africa style donations.
Not sure how visible it is, but I was linking to this post: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LRmEezoeeqGhkWm2p/is-ea-just-longtermism-now-1