Against Effective Altruism
I think many are missing the article&#x27;s thesis since it&#x27;s very, _very_ poorly written: &quot;I would argue that altruism is really meant to help the altruist, not the altruee.&quot;<p>The critical flaw of the essay is that the only evidence to back this point up is (1) &quot;look, a bunch of people donated to the NY opera!&quot; and (2) &quot;look what some effective altruist said; he must represent all altruists&quot;. All in all, the essay&#x27;s erratic logic is only rendered worse by its incomprehensible thesaurus mangling. Of course, intentional obfuscation is a hedge against criticism.<p>There&#x27;s poorly-written philosophy and well-written philosophy. This is neither.<p>Edit: My apologies for the caustic comment, but I felt it warranted, given the glib tone of the article