“Be Proud To Be An Effective Altruist” by Omnizoid

Crossposted on my blog. When I was at Manifest, Austin Chen said something interesting to me: that one thing that he liked about my blog was that I was proud to be an effective altruist. I didn’t treat it as an embarrassing quirk, but as something that's actively good, that's worth encouraging. A lot of EAs don’t do this, which I think is sad. Scott Alexander amusingly quips: I hate having to post criticism of EA. Not because EA is bad at taking criticism. The opposite: they like it too much. It almost feels like a sex thing. “Please, tell me again how naughty I’m being!” I went to an EA organization's offices once - I think it was OpenPhil, but don’t quote me on that - and the whole place was strewn with the most critical books you can imagine - Robert Reich, Anand Giradharadas, that kind [...] --- First published: June 14th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/kyQ7opNWhvMe8BMFj/be-proud-to-be-an-effective-altruist --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.