fubarobfusco comments on A critique of effective altruism - LessWrong

64 Post author: benkuhn 02 December 2013 04:53PM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 03 December 2013 04:45:04PM -1 points [-]

This seems like a noncentral use of "centrally planned", meaning something like "there exists a highly influential opinion leader" ... or else a noncentral use of "EA", meaning something like "give all your money to GiveWell and let them sort it out".

Comment author: Lumifer 03 December 2013 05:45:34PM 0 points [-]

Given that the context is comparison to communism, your explanation doesn't look likely. But I'm sure Eli can explain his meaning if he wants to.