I’m pretty sure this is not effective altruism. From skimming this guy’s website, it doesn’t seem like the work he’s been doing is even close to high-impact enough to make it worth supporting over many many other charitable causes.
I feel for the guy, but it seems fairly clear that the support he’s been getting from the nerd community is mostly about helping out one of their own tribe, a pretty textbook case of purchasing warm fuzzies rather than utilons.
A lot of stuff on LessWrong is relevant to picking which charity to donate to. Doing that correctly is of overwhelming importance. Far more important than working a little bit more every week.
An opportunity to practice effective altruism?
I’m pretty sure this is not effective altruism. From skimming this guy’s website, it doesn’t seem like the work he’s been doing is even close to high-impact enough to make it worth supporting over many many other charitable causes.
I feel for the guy, but it seems fairly clear that the support he’s been getting from the nerd community is mostly about helping out one of their own tribe, a pretty textbook case of purchasing warm fuzzies rather than utilons.
Probably not. Of course, reading and posting to LW is more an opportunity to shirk effective altruism.
A lot of stuff on LessWrong is relevant to picking which charity to donate to. Doing that correctly is of overwhelming importance. Far more important than working a little bit more every week.