Why Effective Altruists (And Everyone Else) Should Become Nihilists

About this episode

Walter Veit discusses the implications of nihilism for effective altruists and others in society.

This is a recording of my essay (of the same name) for my podcast/youtube channel. If you prefer to read it, please visit the original essay here: Get full access to Walter Veit at walterveit.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Walter Veit

Topics covered

• effective altruism
• nihilism
• philosophy
• ethics
• society

Keywords

• effective altruism
• nihilism
• philosophy
• ethics
• society
• culture
• science

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