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2 Post author: Brendon_Wong 10 August 2013 01:58AM

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Comment author: Ben_LandauTaylor 10 August 2013 04:58:45AM 1 point [-]

How many people interested in self improvement are effective altruists? If many are not, then the wiki would essentially be a net negative on the world.

I don't understand this claim. Most of the good things in the world were not built by effective altruists.

Comment author: Brendon_Wong 10 August 2013 05:55:55AM 1 point [-]

Thanks, meaning to improve the world is closer to what I meant to say.