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		timeon on Nov 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing? Can '/s' after straw man sneak the message across?

js8 on Nov 18, 2023 [–]

I am strawmanning effective altruism in the same way that effective altruism strawmans just plain old altruism.

OJFord on Nov 18, 2023 | [–]

Ha, that's brilliantly put. I think the fundamental idea of EA is perfectly sound, but then instead of just being basic advice (for when 'doing altruism') it's somehow a cult?

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