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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago

Why I'm leaving EA

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Why I'm leaving EA

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David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) M to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years ago
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Why I'm leaving — EA Forum
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This is a story of growing apart. • I was excited when I first discovered Effective Altruism. A community that takes responsibility seriously, wants…
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    “my good bitch have you met rationalists”

    It can be pretty hard to admit you have been conned, so I figure this is their defense mechanism, pretending that this all is new and not that it has been there from the start. (The hbomberguy skull guy was one of the early LW people for example (9 years, has it been 9 years already?))

    • flere-imsaho ( mawhrin@awful.systems ) 
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      jfc. i remembered that the aurini motherfucker was very liberal with hard-r, but listening to that clip in 2024 is something else altogether.

      • David Gerard ( dgerard@awful.systems ) OP
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        so much nothing of value was lost when his youtube was finally shut down

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