Explore every episode of the podcast Critiques of EA
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| Astronomical Value, Existential Risk, and Billionaire Philanthropy with David Thorstad | 18 Apr 2023 | 01:28:27 | |
In this episode I sit down with David Thorstad to delve into three series from his blog, Reflective Altruism, that challenge various aspects of EA. We discuss the unexpected tension between existential risk pessimism and the astronomical value thesis, whether EAs are exaggerating the risk of human extinction, and how both society and the EA movement should think about billionaire philanthropy.
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| Is EA an Ideology? with James Fodor | 03 Feb 2023 | 01:19:16 | |
In this episode, Nick and James discuss whether EA is an ideology. James argues that the EA community privileges certain questions, framing of questions, theoretical frameworks over others, in a way that may lead us to overlook alternative cause areas or ways of doing good. Other Links:
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| Expected Value and Critical Rationalism with Vaden Masrani and Ben Chugg | 03 Feb 2023 | 02:01:16 | |
Vaden and Ben, hosts of the podcast Increments, join Nick for a heated debate friendly discussion on the expected value/subjective probability style of reasoning used in the EA community, their alternative approach of critical rationalism, and how this disagreement effects the EA project of trying to do the most good. Other Links:
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| Democratizing Risk and EA with Carla Zoe Cremer and Luke Kemp | 03 Feb 2023 | 02:05:52 | |
In this episode, Carla and Luke discuss their paper Democratising Risk which lays out their critiques of the field of existential risk. They argue that the field is dominated by a particular paradigm, the Techno-Utopian Approach (TUA), which is unrepresentative of the general public's values, and may even lead to a higher risk of large scale catastrophes. We also discuss the possible structural reforms that the EA community could make to make decision making more democratic and less centralized. Full transcript of the episode is here. Anonymous feedback form for the podcast. Other Links:
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