Some Criticisms Of Effective Altruism Are Silly And Far Too Hypothetical

You can be an effective altruist without being an online weirdo utilitarian fundamentalist

Starting last year, I decided to donate a portion of this newsletter’s annual profit to GiveWell, an effective altruism organization. I stole the idea from Matt Yglesias.

I plan to make the same donation this year. Some people would argue this is not a good use of my finite donation funds. After all, these are boom times for critics of effective altruism…