Listen "BREAKING – FTX collapse & EA shockwaves"
Episode Synopsis
While recording the next episode we got to talking about the FTX collapse and some of the waves it sent through the Effective Altruism community. We decided to break it out into a separate segment so it can air while it’s still relevant.
FTX: The $32B implosion – a good fast roundup of what the hell happened
Yudkowsky’s essay on FTX Future Fund money that’s been paid out
Yudkowsky’s essay warning against humans trying to use utilitarianism 14 years ago
Bunch of Twitter – The reason we have excess money to give; Robert Wiblin; a god complex; conflating utilitarianism with naive utilitarianism; the ultimate take-away
Our recent episode on Virtue Ethics
Erik Hoel criticizing EA
More details about the FTX stuff will be on the next episode of The Mind Killer
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page, your support is most rational, and totally effective.
FTX: The $32B implosion – a good fast roundup of what the hell happened
Yudkowsky’s essay on FTX Future Fund money that’s been paid out
Yudkowsky’s essay warning against humans trying to use utilitarianism 14 years ago
Bunch of Twitter – The reason we have excess money to give; Robert Wiblin; a god complex; conflating utilitarianism with naive utilitarianism; the ultimate take-away
Our recent episode on Virtue Ethics
Erik Hoel criticizing EA
More details about the FTX stuff will be on the next episode of The Mind Killer
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page, your support is most rational, and totally effective.
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