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   Aaron Williamson ? (copiesofcopies@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 02:56:05 JST Aaron Williamson ?

   I don't know much about effective altruism, but it seems like an obvious pitfall of the "earn to give" philosophy is that somewhere not far along the "earning" curve, loss aversion turns it into hoarding. And my instinct is that no matter how much you're giving away, you can't outstrip the harm you're causing by the hoarding (and the behaviors that feed it).

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 02:57:23 JST hypolite

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     @copiesofcopies You're bang on the money. Effective altruism is capitalism ethics-washing. There are so many ineffectiveness at all stages (chase higher earnings, charity inefficiency, personal finance considerations, the time you have to spend talking about it...) its name is a complete misnomer for sure.
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     Frenemy of the Court (flanagancan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 06:05:56 JST Frenemy of the Court

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     @copiesofcopies Any philosophy that purports to rely on benevolent philosopher-king types voluntarily sharing their wealth smacks of bad faith, tbh.

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