Adam Thierer(@AdamThierer):I’m perplexed by this @tylercowen “defense” of effective altruism movement, which instead somehow gives the reader even more reasons to be suspicious of them! > “Some effective altruists also rate above average in arrogance. […] A rationalist and deductive approach to truth can shade into arrogance itself, with its suggestion that complex moral matters can be solved definitively.” > “It is easy to turn normies against effective altruism, especially in its more extreme forms.” > “One commonly perceived problem with effective altruism is that it devalues humans’ natural preference for our own species.” These all seem like good reasons to question the movement, not endorse it!

2026.10.06 19:21

I’m perplexed by this @tylercowen “defense” of effective altruism movement, which instead somehow gives the reader even more reasons to be suspicious of them! > “Some effective altruists also rate above average in arrogance. […] A rationalist and deductive approach to truth can shade into arrogance itself, with its suggestion that complex moral matters can be solved definitively.” > “It is easy to turn normies against effective altruism, especially in its more extreme forms.” > “One commonly perceived problem with effective altruism is that it devalues humans’ natural preference for our own species.” These all seem like good reasons to question the movement, not endorse it!