Effective Altruism: The Opposite of Extremism

"I find it refreshing to, let's say, you know, say it could be because I'm a failure. Like, there's something super contrarian about that," he says. "What I also took away from your thread was that at the individual level, we actually should not worry so much about being 1% more effectively altruistic than other people." 'It seems like kind of reverse virtue signaling or at least at risk of it unless it motivates,' his colleague adds.