Effective Altruism Debate with Jonas Sota

Effective Altruism has been a controversial topic on social media, so today my guest and I are going to settle the question once and for all: Is it good or bad?Jonas Sota is a Software Engineer at Rippling, BA in Philosophy from UC Berkeley, who’s been observing the Effective Altruism (EA) movement in the San Francisco Bay Area for over a decade… and he’s not a fan.00:00 Introduction01:22 Jonas’s Criticisms of EA03:23 Recoil Exaggeration05:53 Impact of Malaria Nets10:48 Local vs. Global Altruism13:02 Shrimp Welfare25:14 Capitalism vs. Charity33:37 Cultural Sensitivity34:43 The Impact of Direct Cash Transfers37:23 Long-Term Solutions vs. Immediate Aid42:21 Charity Budgets45:47 Prioritizing Local Issues50:55 The EA Community59:34 Debate Recap1:03:57 AnnouncementsShow NotesJonas’s Instagram: @jonas_wandersWill MacAskill’s famous book, Doing Good Better: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/doing-good-betterScott Alexander’s excellent post about the people he met at EA Global: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/16/fear-and-loathing-at-effective-altruism-global-2017/Watch the Lethal Intelligence Guide, the ultimate introduction to AI x-risk!PauseAI, the volunteer organization I’m part of: https://pauseai.infoJoin the PauseAI Discord — https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA — and say hi to me in the #doom-debates-podcast channel!Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe

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