Notes on Effective Altruism (EA): michaelnotebook.com/eanotes/
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Really enjoyed this!
Noodling: say we take the stance that the totalizing version of EA is troubled, but on the margin, as a *lens* to add to one's repertoire, it leads to interesting ideas and inspiring behavior.
Is it possible to make strong institutions based on that stance?
Like many strong institutions, EA's strength in recruiting young people, inspiring high-cost actions, fundraising, etc seems to depend on making crisp, strident, highly legible claims: shut up or multiply!
Is a "metarational" institution doomed to seem milquetoast by comparison?
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This seems like a much weaker attractor: "the mutilitarians try to figure out what's best by weighing a well-balanced zoo of considerations, always sensitive to the individual and the context." Can you build a movement out of that?
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