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The evolution of effective altruism

71 points · 196 comments · bazzmt

  1. drywater2 · · focus · HN ↗
    EA sounds like an excuse for billionaires to continue being the opposite of altruist.
    1. imtringued · · focus · HN ↗
      Previous Discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33708575">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33708575

      Basically EA operates as an insurance system for billionaires who want to gain enough wealth and power to collapse humanity until they need to insurance against the collapse of humanity so that they can keep extracting anyway.

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