Viliam_Bur comments on 'Effective Altruism' as utilitarian equivocation. - Less Wrong Discussion
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Step 1: Wirehead all the people.
Step 2A: Continue caring about them.
Step 2B: Kill them.
How exactly could the option 2A be easier than 2B? No one is mourning, because eveyone alive is wireheaded. And surely killing someone is less work than keeping them alive.