is the claim that EA is about social justice or is there some other objection you have to A+
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit @admittedlyhuman
is the concern that it causes people to try to signal their moral goodness at the expense of the movement's integrity?
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
the concern is I go to a rationalist meetup and all they want to talk about is the ethics of veganism
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
hmm, i don't think EA is competing for brand space with rationality in the same way as A+ and atheism
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
i don't think EA is trying to position itself, or has positioned itself, as a better version of the same thing
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
I feel like it's sort of positioned itself as the next logical step
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
as a side note, some EAs feel that yudkowskists have been doing inappropriate entryism into their movement
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit @admittedlyhuman
worth noting that yudkowsky + people around him placed great emphasis on both effectiveness and altruism from the beginning
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which is not to make an argument like "he owns it and should do whatever he wants with it". but EA is not an alien invader
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maybe you had a broader rationality movement in mind than just yudkowskyism, though
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