The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. This is the second time I’ve written an updated version of a previous post; this one has been redone from scratch. If you read this column you’ve very likely already heard of effective altruism, or EA, the philosophy/community that’s concerned with performing charitable acts in a way that creates the most positive good for the most people. If not, here’s an explainer/endorsement from Dylan Matthews that’s a good introduction. If