The Nonlinear Fund: A Microcosm of Dysfunction in Effective Altruism (Part 2) (opens in new tab)

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James_HenryOP3y ago· 2 in thread

I am all for being effectively altruistic, but it seems like you have to be careful around Effective Altruism to do it right. (And I'm sure plenty of EAs think this way too.)

PaulHoule3y ago

I can’t see anything effective about “x-risk” which is always ex-Climate Change to the extent that it makes me think: “is this primarily a climate denier organization?” Or is it more like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_gro...

James_HenryOP3y ago

Whatever x-risk-style Effective Altruists' goals, if they run their organizations like The Nonlinear Fund, I wonder how long they are going to last.

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