TheAncientGeek comments on Taking Effective Altruism Seriously - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Salemicus 07 June 2015 06:59AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 June 2015 06:11:55AM -1 points [-]

If by that you mean, "capitalism does not generate utility for any particular human individuals" and so on, yes.

Comment author: Lumifer 07 June 2015 02:40:37PM 2 points [-]

Does that not create a bit of a problem, then, given that capitalism is one of the best things that humanity came up with during the last few centuries?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 07 June 2015 04:44:00PM 0 points [-]

I'll agree with that, if you agree it's also one of the worst.

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