EA Called a Distinctive Experiment in High-Agency Applied Philosophy with Few Guardrails
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-21
The post quotes a critique describing the EA (Effective Altruism) formation as a distinctive experiment in high-agency applied philosophy with few skeptical guardrails — one that tries to shorten the distance between abstract reasoning and consequential action, and enjoys "the Great Game of acquiring and exercising power."
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