[MichaelDickens]

I would rather see you engage with the substance of the article rather than skipping right to insulting the authors. I don't think this sort of comment is up to the standard I have come to expect from HN.

[romanhounds]

> I intend to donate (at least) 20% of my lifetime income to effective charities. I publish my donations on my Donations page.

From your bio I suspect you're already in the cult.

[johnfn]

When your best counter-argument is “you donate money to charity” you have to start wondering if you’re on the bad side and not the good side.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

"I see your objection to ad hominem arguments, and raise you a further ad hominem argument"

[nadir_ishiguro]

His whole blog is exactly the same kind of nonsense as the article and reeks of effective altruism.

That's not an ad hominem.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

Attacking a person instead of the substance of what they're saying is ad hominem.

[HDThoreaun]

Imagine thinking someone donating money is evidence of something bad

[nadir_ishiguro]

If the cause they donate to is bad, it is

[jamilton]

What is bad about "effective charities"? It's probably mostly for malaria nets!