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Leif Wenar's 'Takedown' of Effective Altruism.

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A LessWrong crosspost criticizes Stanford philosopher Leif Wenar's piece in The Economist as an embarrassing attack on effective altruism.

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“This is a crosspost from my Substack newsletter. This month’s most embarrassing piece of public philosophy appeared on invitation in a piece for The Economist by the Stanford philosopher Leif Wenar.”
LessWrong, 12 Oct 2026, 11:41.

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