A Stylized Story of EA Funding: Did Moskovitz Get Tricked Into Pet Projects?
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-15
The author offers a stylized narrative of the EA funding controversy: "a cult tricked genuine altruist Dustin Moskovitz into funding their pet projects over genuine beneficiaries, basically stealing from the poor."
He clarifies he doesn't endorse that extreme framing, but sees it as structurally similar to the real claim — that people persuaded Moskovitz to fund projects they are directly involved with, which likely reduces counterfactual spending on the poor.
Related event: Debate Flares Over EA Money Flowing to AI at the Expense of the Poor(4 posts)→
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