Stubborn Attachments by @tylercowen IS OUT(!) This book finally knocked loose, with minimal pain, an ever-wiggling concern that Effective Altruism may only be part of the grand human story (though a critical one). https://smile.amazon.com/Stubborn-Attachments-Prosperous-Responsible-Individuals/dp/1732265135/ …
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I can see a case for counting animal welfare as "redistributive", but usually people use that word to talk about redistributing wealth to other humans, so IMO this usage is a little misleading.
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And it's totally fine to say the movement as a whole "feels weird" about far future stuff - it is indeed controversial within the movement - but it's so *prominent* among EA discussions that I don't think you can justify ignoring it when describing what the movement is about.
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