I was surprised by the weakness of this article, regardless the potential absurdities of parts of EA.

Why does The Economist consider this the most important issue this week, in a world of complex problems, to splash its first leader on (and more than one page long too)?

Effective altruism, like economics, is mostly a bunch post hoc justifications for bad behavior.

> Actually, if you think real hard about it, we're the good guys

--the bad guys

The economist likes it because it resembles what their target audience tells themselves so they can sleep at night.

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