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Effective Altruism
December 16, 2022
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Timothy Noah
You Know Who Had Sam Bankman-Fried’s Number? Charles Dickens
In his 1854 book “Hard Times,” the great British novelist satirized the utilitarian underpinnings of the Effective Altruist movement.
November 18, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
Effective Altruism Is Bunk, Crypto Is Bad for the Planet, and Other Basic Truths of the FTX Crash
The overarching lesson of Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall is that the gauzy philosophical natterings of CEOs are just meant to distract us from their real goal: accumulating cash without interference.
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