January 27, 2022

#36 - Analyzing Effective Altruism as a Social Movement

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56 minutes

In what is hopefully the last installment of Vaden and Ben debate Effective Altruism, we ask if EA lies on the cultishness (yes, that's a word) spectrum. We discuss:

The potential pitfall of having goodness as a core value

Aspects of Effective Altruism (EA) that put it on the cultishness spectrum

Does EA focus on good over truth?

Ben's experience with EA

Making criticism a core value

How does one resist the allure of groupthink?

How to (mis)behave at parties

How would one create a movement which doesn't succumb to cult-like dynamics?

Weird ideas as junk food

Error Correction intro segment

Scott Alexander pointing out that Ivermectin works indirectly via:

There’s a reason the most impressive ivermectin studies came from parts of the world where worms are prevalent, he says. Parasites suppress the immune system, making it more difficult for the human body to fight off viruses. Thus, getting rid of worm infections makes it easier for COVID-19 patients to bounce back from the virus.

See full post below and summary news article here

Czechoslovakia was not a part of the USSR

@lukeconibear pointing out some climate models and data are publicly available. See for instance

Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Chem model: https://github.com/geoschem/geos-chem

Community Earth System Model (CESM): https://github.com/ESCOMP/CESM

Energy Exascale Earth System model: https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM

@PRyan pointing out we were confused about the difference between economic growth, division of labour, and free trade

Join the movement at [email protected].

Follow us on twitter at @IncrementsPod and on Youtube.

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By Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani

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January 27, 2022

#36 - Analyzing Effective Altruism as a Social Movement

Listen Later

56 minutes

In what is hopefully the last installment of Vaden and Ben debate Effective Altruism, we ask if EA lies on the cultishness (yes, that's a word) spectrum. We discuss:

The potential pitfall of having goodness as a core value

Aspects of Effective Altruism (EA) that put it on the cultishness spectrum

Does EA focus on good over truth?

Ben's experience with EA

Making criticism a core value

How does one resist the allure of groupthink?

How to (mis)behave at parties

How would one create a movement which doesn't succumb to cult-like dynamics?

Weird ideas as junk food

Error Correction intro segment

Scott Alexander pointing out that Ivermectin works indirectly via:

There’s a reason the most impressive ivermectin studies came from parts of the world where worms are prevalent, he says. Parasites suppress the immune system, making it more difficult for the human body to fight off viruses. Thus, getting rid of worm infections makes it easier for COVID-19 patients to bounce back from the virus.

See full post below and summary news article here

Czechoslovakia was not a part of the USSR

@lukeconibear pointing out some climate models and data are publicly available. See for instance

Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Chem model: https://github.com/geoschem/geos-chem

Community Earth System Model (CESM): https://github.com/ESCOMP/CESM

Energy Exascale Earth System model: https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM

@PRyan pointing out we were confused about the difference between economic growth, division of labour, and free trade

Join the movement at [email protected].

Follow us on twitter at @IncrementsPod and on Youtube.

Support Increments

...more

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