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Critiquing Effective Altruism (with Michael Nielsen and Ajeya Cotra)
Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
The Importance of Strong Philosophical Foundations
Michael Wolraich: I can see the poll of wanting to give that part of you that's like wants to maximize you know, global utility, more credit. But if we step back and kind of just view you as a brain that has these like different goals, right? If there's no objective moral truth, what is going on in your brain here? He says he doesn't think it's possible to create strong philosophical foundations or principles to counteract the amount of good you do principle so people aren't burning themselves out. Kolraich: The Mormon church tithing at 10% seems to be one of delegating authority to a superhuman institution where it becomes sort of a social covenant.
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