@bayeslord sharpen your critiques? I have mixed feelings abt EA and will argue for some things / against others- i think they were useful corrective on what went before; but imo are starting to fall back into the old pattern of diverting money into EA org-building & ingroup
@bayeslord specifically I think: - balance between global vs local & self- global moral weight but local knowledge & relationships - mental health & needing norms against burnout & abuse of power in any org - earn-to-give where the earning is socially deleterious (ahem sbf)
@bayeslord also imo EA deserves some memes abt the hubris of longtermism, given our inability to predict full effects of our actions
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