Ep 196: Benevolent Billionaire Despotism and US Media's Softball Treatment of 'Effective Altruism'
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"Join Wall Street. Save the world," The Washington Post urged in 2013. "How to Know Your Donations Are Doing the Most Good," The New York Times proclaimed in 2015. "I give 10 percent of my income to c
  • FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    “Effective Altruism”

    Such a vulgarly euphemistic term for what that asshole actually did, akin to calling torture “enhanced interrogation techniques”.

    • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Effective Altruism is harmful even without this asshole. For one, it’s very naïve to assume that these billionaires are going to just give away their wealth for greater good. Second, it encourages the methods that create wealth inequality to generate the said wealth. Finally, it just allows these cutthroats to assuage the prick of their conscience and the sharpness of criticisms against them.