Effective Altruism’s Democracy Problem (Gone Utilitarian!) (bobjacobs.substack.com)

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Might unilateral billionaire funding skew priorities?

Should the "epistemically humble" listen to people who disagree with them?

Might it be undemocratic to give some people many times more voting power?

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[-] fnix@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago

Wow, the term 'epistemically humble' is ingenious really. I don't have to listen to any critics at all, not because I'm a narcissist, oh no, but because I'm so 'epistemically humble' no one could possibly have anything left to teach me!

[-] o7___o7@awful.systems 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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