I’ve been aware of EA since 2016, but only engaged with it seriously in the past 6 months. I’ve attended EAGxVirtual, joined a local group and have started giving away 10% of my income.
I think my disposistion toward altruism has changed dramatically over the past 12 months, going from being mostly self-intersted to being very interested in improving the world.
Nice to hear that your engagement has increased, and that you’ve started donating more and feel more inclined towards altruism now!
Out of interest, do you think it’s more like engaging more with EA made your disposition towards altruism change, or the other way around, or both? Relatedly, do you think EA played an important role in you starting to give away 10%, or that you would’ve started doing so around the same time without EA?
I think it’s mostly the other way around. More altruism causing more engagement. When I first encountered EA, I was more or less immediately convinced that EA was the way to go if one wanted to do the most good, but I wasn’t very interested in doing good at the time.
My path towards altruism is quite complicated and I don’t entirely know what made the biggest difference, but I’m quite confident that EA didn’t play a major role.
I’ve been aware of EA since 2016, but only engaged with it seriously in the past 6 months. I’ve attended EAGxVirtual, joined a local group and have started giving away 10% of my income.
I think my disposistion toward altruism has changed dramatically over the past 12 months, going from being mostly self-intersted to being very interested in improving the world.
Nice to hear that your engagement has increased, and that you’ve started donating more and feel more inclined towards altruism now!
Out of interest, do you think it’s more like engaging more with EA made your disposition towards altruism change, or the other way around, or both? Relatedly, do you think EA played an important role in you starting to give away 10%, or that you would’ve started doing so around the same time without EA?
I think it’s mostly the other way around. More altruism causing more engagement. When I first encountered EA, I was more or less immediately convinced that EA was the way to go if one wanted to do the most good, but I wasn’t very interested in doing good at the time.
My path towards altruism is quite complicated and I don’t entirely know what made the biggest difference, but I’m quite confident that EA didn’t play a major role.
I’m not sure if EA has had a counterfactual impact on my donation rate, but my donations are definitely more effective because of EA.