Economist calls EA the century's biggest idea; commentator calls it shark jumping
intellectronica · x · 2026-10-08
Commenting on The Economist's cover story on effective altruism, the author argues the magazine overshot: EA deserves attention as an underexplored, important and influential idea, but branding it "this century's biggest idea" jumps the shark.
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