Escaping Effective Altruism
Dystopia Now · Kate Willett and Emile Torres
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Show Notes
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How did Émile get involved in Effective Altruism and what was it like beginning to turn away? In this week's episode, we touch on Palantir CEO Alex Karp's political journey, a review of longtermism, and what first sounded the alarm bells on EA for Émile.
Further reading:
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Emile's article "Against longtermism": https://aeon.co/essays/why-longtermism-is-the-worlds-most-dangerous-secular-credo
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Karp's swordsmanship: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/alex-karp-wielding-a-sword