EA Co-Founder Embraces The Economist's 'Weird' Label as the Movement's Strength

Will MacAskill responded to The Economist's cover story calling effective altruism 'the biggest idea of the century,' acknowledging the praise is overblown while arguing that the movement's 'weird' visionary ideas are exactly its strength.

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