This is a fantastic article.<p>Ever since I wrote this comment[1] a year ago, I've been grappling with the parts of effective altruism I find admirable and the parts that I think are hubristic and self-serving. Similarly, I've been trying to wrap my head around the various strains of thought around AI safety/doomerism, AI ethics, and AI accelerationism.<p>Molly White takes these threads and weaves them together to tell us something meaningful about the Silicon Valley ethos and shine a light on its dark externalities.<p>Side note: I wish there were more discussion about SV elites' obsession with maintaining population growth - there are many otherwise-uncommon beliefs worth interrogating in that area (for one: both Peter Thiel and Sam Altman apparently believe that a flat global population will spell certain disaster for most of humanity).<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33626584">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33626584</a>