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Re:How Effective Altruism Conquered the World by gentoo on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:43PM (#49958196)
> people who'd rather see poor people die than see support for billionaires

Can you give an example of this kind of person?

Re:How Effective Altruism Conquered the World by Joeboy on Sunday October 04, 2026 @05:53PM (#49958284)
It's a fairly common talking point that EA is bad because it's too friendly with billionaires. I admit I would struggle to find an example of somebody openly celebrating preventable deaths of poor people, but the large numbers of lives saved by EA-funded interventions don't generally figure in these people's calculus.
Re:How Effective Altruism Conquered the World by henryaj on Monday October 05, 2026 @11:42AM (#49966334)
You mean like donating hundreds of millions of dollars to bednets, or cash grants to the world's poorest?