I hope successful rich people show up to the failure party to help provide a path forward.
When I think of my failures in life (and I’ve had many) what really irks me the most is that … I failed. I wanted to improve the world, and didn’t. (in my case: thousands of hours over 15 years, no impact, and a strong sense of wasted potential). The support I want most, then, is a path toward improving the world. But I guess emotional support would’ve helped too, in order to prevent me from losing faith that I could ever succeed (I did lose faith to some extent; I tend to act more like someone who expects to fail, now). In my case, I don’t know any other EAs in my city, so virtual meetings/therapy might have been helpful. I briefly purchased discount therapy while unemployed in 2018; it was better than nothing.
I like hits-based giving, but if somebody ends up working on misses for many years in a row… we need a community that can support that person.
Just going to say that your donation to CEEALAR (EA Hotel) in late 2019 when we were facing running out of money was very much appreciated, and, I think, probably pretty high EV! (although obviously I’m biased :))
I hope successful rich people show up to the failure party to help provide a path forward.
When I think of my failures in life (and I’ve had many) what really irks me the most is that … I failed. I wanted to improve the world, and didn’t. (in my case: thousands of hours over 15 years, no impact, and a strong sense of wasted potential). The support I want most, then, is a path toward improving the world. But I guess emotional support would’ve helped too, in order to prevent me from losing faith that I could ever succeed (I did lose faith to some extent; I tend to act more like someone who expects to fail, now). In my case, I don’t know any other EAs in my city, so virtual meetings/therapy might have been helpful. I briefly purchased discount therapy while unemployed in 2018; it was better than nothing.
I like hits-based giving, but if somebody ends up working on misses for many years in a row… we need a community that can support that person.
Just going to say that your donation to CEEALAR (EA Hotel) in late 2019 when we were facing running out of money was very much appreciated, and, I think, probably pretty high EV! (although obviously I’m biased :))