Weird this isnt getting a lot of attention. Is it Pro Israel brigading, Pro AI doomer brigading, or both?
eli_gottlieb 3 hours ago [-]
Personally I find "Effective Altruist" and "Firm" to be incongruous. Wouldn't you run a nonprofit if you were some kind of altruist?
skew-aberration 2 hours ago [-]
To be effective requires power. Therefore, the most altruistic strategy is to acquire all the power. This argument has seemingly convinced a lot of people, or perhaps they just wanted power anyway and now have an excuse too.
expedition32 4 minutes ago [-]
Absolute power corrupts. Many such pedophile rabbi cases.
watwut 17 minutes ago [-]
Effective altruism boils down to rationalization for getting as much power and money now, because you have vague utopic vision for long time after. And your future vision of theoretical good excuses abuses now.
There is a reason it is popular among people like Sam Bankman Friedman.
That is a better link for the story than the current (alt: https://xxcancel.com/brianchau57/status/2099580981271318606).
It was previously submitted but was quickly flagged out. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704132
There is a reason it is popular among people like Sam Bankman Friedman.