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vrganjtoday at 4:01 PM3 repliesview on HN

They must be "effective" "altruists".

The only way to do good is to first do all the bad and consolidate power, so you can then use all that power to do good, pinkie promise!


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mcmcmctoday at 6:48 PM

Seems you’ve rustled some jimmies. I’ve always thought effective altruism was a nice way to rationalize insatiable greed.

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Centigonaltoday at 7:57 PM

Effective Altruism isn't very different from Randian objectivism.

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watwuttoday at 6:47 PM

I noticed the same thing about effective altruism. Its fans are really good at convincing themselves the most self-serving action amd goals are noble pursuits.

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