Economist's EA cover story reignites debate: was EA too soft on AI risk?
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-10-02
The Economist's cover story on effective altruism is praised as unusually accurate, with quibbles: calling EA "the century's big idea" is premature, and EA always hosted weird ideas (Vox's 2014 piece on Brian Tomasik). The quote-tweet goes further, arguing the worldview diversification thesis will be judged negatively and EAs should have been far more totalizing about AI impacts.
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