Responding to Criticisms of Effective Altruism @JamesFodor

Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

Matt and I discuss several prominent criticisms of effective altruism, and why we think they fail. We consider the claim that EA is trivial, is dependent on utilitarianism, ignores systemic change, is too focused on longtermism, and serves only to make billionaires feel better about themselves.

Video we reviewed:
youtube.com/watch?v=jvpGdoKTK_I

Responding to Criticisms of Effective Altruism

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