EA's ben_j_todd: The Day Effective Altruism Stops Being Weird, It Dies
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-02
benjtodd, founder of 80,000 Hours, argues that the whole point of effective altruism is finding ways of doing good that others neglect, since those are most effective at the margin. His conclusion: the day EA stops being weird is the day it dies.
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