EA insider half-defends MAGA in feud over 'people matter less than insects' essay
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-22
The Effective Altruism community is in turmoil over Bentham's Bulldog's essay arguing insect welfare may outweigh human lives. Tracewoodgrains writes the piece pushed him to half-defend MAGA in its feud against EA, saying he doesn't want people who think that way holding power. The thread mocks EA's multi-thousand-page jargon defenses before admitting 'if you want to be reductive, then yea'.
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