Thanks for being so honest, Nicholas, really useful to hear your perspective—especially as it sounds like you’ve been paying a fair amount of attention to what’s going on in the EA movement. I can empathise with your point 4. quite a bit and I think a fair number of others do too—it’s so hard to be motivated if you’re unsure about whether you’re actually making a difference, and it’s so hard to be sure you’re making a difference, especially when we start questioning everything. For me it doesn’t stop me wanting to try, but it does affect my motivation sometimes, and I’d love to know of better ways to deal with uncertainty.
Thanks for being so honest, Nicholas, really useful to hear your perspective—especially as it sounds like you’ve been paying a fair amount of attention to what’s going on in the EA movement. I can empathise with your point 4. quite a bit and I think a fair number of others do too—it’s so hard to be motivated if you’re unsure about whether you’re actually making a difference, and it’s so hard to be sure you’re making a difference, especially when we start questioning everything. For me it doesn’t stop me wanting to try, but it does affect my motivation sometimes, and I’d love to know of better ways to deal with uncertainty.