The high priests of effective altruism

When goodness becomes groupthink

Effective altruism is one of the most influential philosophical movements of our time, including in its ranks celebrity philosophers like Peter Singer and Nick Bostrom, and funded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. But Effective Altruism is in serious trouble, argues Jonathan Anomaly. It has fallen prey to group think, corruption, and now reflects a perverse reality that Nietzsche warned about in his Genealogy of Morals. The effective altruists have become the high priests, powerful gatekeepers of the truth and manipulators of society.

 

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Richard Dorset 13 March 2024

Longtermism , effective altruism, accelerationism. Tech bros love these together with Russian ideas about Noosphere and Cosmism.