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3/26/2023 04:13:00 PM
The major shortcoming of EA is an assumption that a small group of individuals has the capacity to appropriately estimate a universal utility function. This allows many well-meaning people to justify amassing wealth and power at the expense of others. This is essentially exerting control over others "for their own good," and it's an echo of the philosophies that justified white supremacy and colonization. I personally think that a more egalitarian division of wealth and societal control would be far more beneficial to more people all over the planet by giving everyone greater autonomy over their own lives. That requires pursuing very different objectives than just increasing one's personal income to redirect it to various charities of one's own choosing.