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The evolution of effective altruism

66 points · 171 comments · bazzmt

  1. drywater2 · · focus · HN ↗
    EA sounds like an excuse for billionaires to continue being the opposite of altruist.
    1. cogman10 · · focus · HN ↗
      That's the take away I get. It's a philosophical justification to being as greedy and heartless as possible because in the future the money you got from burning down the world could potentially be used to reverse that damage.
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