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‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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The EA movement, based on what I know of it, seems as though it’s complete hogwash, just a veneer of ‘mathematically proven’ benevolence hiding privileged people who are really only endeavoring to further enrich themselves. It looks and smells like bullshit to me. I’m sure some good things have been done by people who call themselves EAs but it’s still really reminiscent to trickle down economics from my perspective
Check out the original episodes Behind the Bastards did on Bankman-Fried for a more in depth and entertaining breakdown of why they suck
I must have had a very surface level understanding of what it was. The parts I saw previously were about finding which charities to donate to and career development.
I've got more to read about for sure