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Trey Goff's viral X thread brands effective altruism "evil"

Trey Goff posts thread calling EA "a patently evil philosophy"

1 Sep 19 11:53 PM · 4d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 1 of 2

Goff argues that effective altruism's longtermist calculus, which weighs quadrillions of hypothetical future beings against currently living people, logically compels adherents to treat AI existential risk reduction as the only morally consequential action.

Trey Goff posts thread calling EA "a patently evil philosophy"
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“Effective Altruism (EA) is a patently evil philosophy. Better we all find this out now rather than later”

Trey Goff

Trey Goff Author of the essay / X user (@thetreygoff)

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