Shrimp Welfare co-founder pushes back on The Economist's portrayal of Effective Altruism
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-10-06
The co-founder of Shrimp Welfare Project, a longtime Effective Altruist, criticizes The Economist's portrayal of EA, arguing the piece twists 'taking moral commitments seriously' and 'weighing evidence explicitly' into vices. Reposter Ryan Chappell frames it as a core divide: ethics as improving the world vs. ethics as self-expression.
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