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Can effective altruism be redeemed?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Building Your Whole Identity Around EA

"I'm not really a fan of taking ideas as gospel," says effective altruist. "You work hard and you do your best in the way that a lot of people do their best." You don't have to build your whole identity around EA in order to do an enormous amount of good, he adds. It's like if you can just clear that first hurdle and be kind of a multi-dimensional, healthy human being who's just working hard, you can do a huge amount of good.

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