It’s been showing up in eerie conversations I can’t legally share

  • Fallibilist@feddit.uk
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    6 days ago

    For me it’s always been a way to donate based on reason rather than emotions. I never quite figured out why it has this dark, cultish reputation among the people who for some reason oppose it.

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      6 days ago

      Because of what prominent proponents of “effective altruism” actually donate to.

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        6 days ago

        What I most often hear recommended as the single most effective way to donate is to an organization that buys bed-nets to africa to protect people from malaria. What’s the problem with that?

        What do you think they donate to?