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Once people began revealing their sexual orientation to friends and family, the floodgates started to open, perhaps especially when their family members were politicians who were members of a party opposed to this change.
Cass R. Sunstein • Nudge: The Final Edition
“Deeper satisfaction comes not from feeling good, he taught, but from doing good: from cultivating and maintaining virtuous habits that balance one’s own life and create and deepen ties with others.”
Jonathan Rauch • The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
Overnight I had gone from monster to cliché.
Jonathan Rauch • Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul (Kindle Single)
“Maximizing the most good for the most number of people” can lead to repugnant conclusions when applied at-scale
Erik Hoel • EconTalk on Apple Podcasts
First He Came for Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones
https://www.nytimes.com/by/emma-goldbergnytimes.com
in practice both EAs and rationalists have a catholic appetite for involving themselves in all sorts of controversies. Effective altruism