in thread "How did Effective Altruism get so big?": EA convinced one billionaire to give away all his money to them. Once that was accomplished, they had enough money to scale up the rest of their ecosystem. EA is a minnow compared to progressive philanthropy writ large, and everything else is a minnow comp... 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.0 6.0 EA convinced one bil (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.0 6.0 It just cannot be emphasized enough how the difference between being powerful and being a disempowered critic is just psychological. 99% of the people whining about EA, leftism, etc. are spending 99% of their time on making money rather than building power... 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 7.0 7.0 It just cannot be em (view hidden) log in to judge received 7.0 7.0 EA is fundamentally not a revolutionary ideology at all, but a mutation of the already-existing ruling ideology, that is true. In this sense EA is very similar to DSA. But since anyone posting on this site is more interested in applying the lessons of EA t... 3d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 EA is fundamentally (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 True, however both are extremely influential and have made lots of careers. Did you miss who won the mayoralty of New York City yesterday? 3d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.6 2.6 True, however both a (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.6 2.6