EA Forum Podcast (All audio) “More Everything Forever - a new book critique of EA” by Manuel Del Río Rodríguez 🔹
Adam Becker recently published More Everything Forever. From the initial blurbs and early reactions, I expected it to be broadly representative of the now familiar leftist critique of Effective Altruism, Rationalism, and adjacent communities: essentially a highly critical summary of what is often referred to as TESCREAL. This expectation has proven accurate.
I’ve been summarizing each chapter carefully while also adding my own commentary along the way. Since Chapter 4 is the main (though not exclusive) section where Becker directly focuses on Effective Altruism itself, I thought it might be particularly relevant to share my notes and reflections on this chapter here.
Chapter 4 - “The Ethicist at the End of the Universe”
Secrets of Trajan House exposed!
- Becker visits Trajan House in Oxford, home to many EA organizations (Centre for Effective Altruism, Global Priorities Institute Future of Humanity Institute…)
- Key figures include William MacAskill, Toby Ord, Nick [...]
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First published:
June 6th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.