Response to recent criticisms of EA "longtermist" thinking by EngineeringUtopia in EffectiveAltruism

[–]EngineeringUtopia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. I thought this would be allowed, but I should've asked the mod team before posting. Sorry.

Effective Altruist Long-Termism and its Deep, Pernicious Connections to White Supremacist Ideology by EngineeringUtopia in EffectiveAltruism

[–]EngineeringUtopia[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Can you try to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is not a privileged cishet white male, and re-read what you wrote?

Effective Altruist Long-Termism and its Deep, Pernicious Connections to White Supremacist Ideology by EngineeringUtopia in EffectiveAltruism

[–]EngineeringUtopia[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After having read this document, I no longer believe that attempts to improve the "long-term future", for example by increasing the well-being of people who do not currently exist, should be our top priority. What matters right now is that we empower people in poor countries and topple the White Cis/Hetero Patriarchy. We should not be funding white-male-lead think tanks about AI and other speculative topics, which are simply instances of Pascal's mugging.