EA’s leaders should be encouraging donors to fund direct legislative action to leverage the scale of government, argues philanthropist and venture capitalist Bradley Tusk.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s rapid demise and recent arrest certainly wasn’t a great moment for “effective altruism” (EA). It took away funding, gave the movement a black eye, and gave critics an easy avenue for attack. But once the fury dies down, many of EA’s value propositions to the world remain unchanged. And...