Oh. Looks like people are (once again) figuring out that silicon valley and effective altruism and longtermism and the rest are all bound up root to ass with eugenics and white supremacy.
So: Welcome to the party; there are a LOT of academics, researchers, and people with direct lived experience, already here.
For anyone who doesn't know what 'effective #altruism' and '#longtermism' mean, there's a video by @rebeccawatson where she explains them - and why they are really fucking problematic - in simple terms.
@tine_schreibt @Wolven @rebeccawatson thanks for sharing this video! I think I mostly agree with it's contents, but it doesn't seem to say what you're saying.
The main culprit of the bad things discussed seems to be longtermism, which itself is a fairly extreme view, as well as an *extreme* adherence to effective altruism, and utilitarianism. She even summarizes at the end "moderation in all things" and "I still believe in critically evaluating the effectiveness of our charity", which does not suggest that effective altruism is an inherently problematic idea.
Anyways, I'm mostly sharing here because I must be missing some context about what recently occurred to spark this very vague thread, so if anyone has more resources explaining why effective altruism is bad, or what recently happened, please do share.
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