有效利他主义如何征服世界（以及可能毁灭它）
How effective altruism conquered the world (and might yet end it)
有效利他主义（EA）以"减轻饥饿、庇护与医疗匮乏造成的痛苦与死亡"为信条，在21世纪发展为影响全球的社会运动。《经济学人》10月1日文章指出，EA核心成员担忧"冷漠的超级智能掌控宇宙资源"将加速人类终结，并将该运动称为"21世纪最重要的社会运动"。
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International | A muddled mission
How effective altruism conquered the world
And how the 21st century’s most important social movement might yet end it
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Illustration: Olivier Heiligers
Oct 1st 2026|14 min read
T HE STARTING-point for effective altruism was a simple assumption, that “suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad.” Yet adherents fear they may be hastening an ending, too, when humanity’s “cosmic endowment”—every star and galaxy that is plausibly exploitable—falls sway to an indifferent, superior intelligence.
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