Just spotted this August post on the EA Forum that had -8 votes on it (after looking through @chrisscross’s comments, who seemed like an interesting fellow).

I can totally see how people reacted negatively yet, holistically, the post is right on point:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/QRaf9iWv… See this list of common EA inclinations (I just noticed some cite my original blindspots post –confirmation bias beware).

If you react to @timnitGebru and @xriskology that their descriptions of effective altruism are stereotyped and unreasonable, consider:

None of this is new.

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In 2019, @glenweyl criticised EA in an interview with @80000Hours and went on to post: radicalxchange.org/media/blog/201… In 2021, Scott Alexander wrote “Contra Weyl on Technocracy” and what followed was a series of debates where everyone seemed to talk past each other and left feeling smug.

Track back some of those posts here:
google.com/search?q=glen+…

I like a few people involved with @collect_intel but have fundamental concerns:
1. Institutions/mechanisms first focus.

2. Putting unreliable blackbox models in between human interactions.

3. Objectifying preferences.

4. Alliances with two unscrupulous power-seeking actors.

https://twitter.com/collect_intel/status/1622639744722124801

(whom I’ll not name to not be in the crossfire)