Cool. For what it’s worth, I tried doing similar things in college for a while without very much lasting effect—people would come to a couple events or otherwise be initially positive but not really sustain interest or motivation. After a while I noticed and stopped being so vocal and only mentioned EA when it came up naturally (events, HCEA-related stuff, etc.). A couple years later, a bunch of the people I tried to sell on it earlier got interested of their own accord.
Our samples of people probably differ a lot, and obviously the long game isn’t practical for people you don’t see frequently—just mentioning this as another anecdotal datapoint.
Cool. For what it’s worth, I tried doing similar things in college for a while without very much lasting effect—people would come to a couple events or otherwise be initially positive but not really sustain interest or motivation. After a while I noticed and stopped being so vocal and only mentioned EA when it came up naturally (events, HCEA-related stuff, etc.). A couple years later, a bunch of the people I tried to sell on it earlier got interested of their own accord.
Our samples of people probably differ a lot, and obviously the long game isn’t practical for people you don’t see frequently—just mentioning this as another anecdotal datapoint.
I had essentially the exact same experience.