“EA should unequivocally condemn race science” by JSc

I wrote an initial draft of this post much closer to the Manifest controversy earlier this summer. Although I got sidetracked and it took a while to finish, I still think this is a conversation worth having; perhaps it would even be better to have it now since calmer heads have had time to prevail. --- I can’t in good faith deny being an effective altruist. I’ve worked at EA organizations, I believe many of the core tenants of the movement, and thinking about optimizing my impact by EA lights has guided every major career decision I’ve made since early 2021. And yet I am ashamed to identify myself as such in polite society. Someone at a party recently guessed that I was an EA after I said I was interested in animal welfare litigation or maybe AI governance; I laughed awkwardly, said yeah maybe [...] ---Outline:(03:49) Why might one tolerate this?(09:31) Why does it have to be this thing in particular?(12:50) On the subject of good faith(15:19) Where do we go from here?The original text contained 10 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: August 1st, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/MCxtGbzeyfFDmrJZx/ea-should-unequivocally-condemn-race-science --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.