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AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

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Citations Needed Ep 196: Benevolent Billionaire Despotism and US Media's Softball Treatment of 'Effective Altruism' (soundcloud.com)
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historical background of Effective Altruism back to Carnegie and Rockefeller, complete with race science you'll find very familiar

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for expanding on this. I've never heard of Sedgwick before.

[–] YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systems 2 points 9 months ago

Highly recommended for a dissenting view, against the greatness of Sidgwick, is from another great (and personal fave) Bernard Williams, who has a longish essay criticising Sidgwick in particular (his critiques of utilitarianism and kantianism in general are much better known)

It’s very easy to get the impression reading the more surface material that Sidgwick is universally admired, even where his reasoning may go awry. Williams corrects that misapprehension.