Drew DeVault on Nostr: One last note: Kurzgesagt has uncomfortably close ties to Effective Altruism. If ...
One last note: Kurzgesagt has uncomfortably close ties to Effective Altruism. If you've ever felt like their takes were enlightened centrist stuff, very technology-is-the-solution (esp. for climate change), uncritical of capitalism, etc, it's because of those connections.
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