Some quick notes on "Effective Altruism"

Abstract

I have some concerns about the “e ective altruism” branding of the community. I recently posted them as a comment°, and some people encouraged me to share them as a full post instead, which I’m now doing. I think this conversation is most likely not particularly useful or important to have right now, but there’s some small chance it could be pretty valuable. This post is based on my personal intuition and anecdotal evidence. I would put more trust in well-run surveys of the right kinds of people or other more reliable sources of evidence.