More is Different | Dan Elton | Substack

Note: At the Effective Altruism Global: San Francisco conference in 2017, Prof. Will MacAskill implored the audience to “keep EA weird”. As the EA movement grows and becomes more institutionalized, it’s important to keep EA’s original spirit of exploration alive. To help do that…

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