Oliver Curry argues Effective Altruism never gave a good reason to be altruistic
mjdramstead · x · 2026-09-20
Oliver Curry (retweeted by mjdramstead) argues that Effective Altruism's core flaw is that it has never provided a good reason to be altruistic—because there are none—making the rest of the movement moot, "like arguing about the best way to levitate."
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