“Red-teaming PowerSmoothie.org by Holden Karnofsky” by JamesÖz 🔸

[This is a belated submission for the EA Red-teaming contest] Having recently discovered PowerSmoothie.org, a website founded by our very own Holden Karnofsky, I felt compelled to share some concerns with the EA community about the nutritional framework and ethical implications of this project. While the site presents itself as an evidence-based approach to nutrition, several troubling issues emerge upon closer inspection. PowerSmoothie.org applies naive utilitarian analysis to nutrition in a way that undermines EA values and the system change we need in the food system. Is Holden a lizard in a human suit? First, some of the writing is so strange that I suspect Holden might be a lizard masquerading as a human. For example, take this statement: Was anyone really considering putting bread in the blender? Most humans intuitively understand that bread doesn't belong in a blender without requiring an explicit cost-benefit analysis of bread-blending [...] ---Outline:(00:45) Is Holden a lizard in a human suit?(01:38) Nutritional disinformation(02:18) Promoting eating insects....didn't turn out so good(03:45) Epistemic Rigour(04:04) Conclusion--- First published: April 1st, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mkkM9GqpFuj9xFbyZ/red-teaming-powersmoothie-org-by-holden-karnofsky --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.