It could be interesting to learn what proportion of EAs date/āform long-term relationships with other EAs vs with non-EAs, and whether thereās a notable difference between those cases in how successful the dating/ārelationships are
But Iād guess that that information would be much less valuable than a lot of other information we could spend our resources gaining, and Iād also worry about becoming/āappearing navel-gazing or cult-like
I actually think getting that sort of information might be quite useful. Iām not saying we should have an independent research project on āRomantic relationships in EAā but perhaps the next EA survey could throw a few questions in regarding how being an EA has impacted on social/āromantic life. We donāt want to completely neglect the how āniceā it is to be part of the EA community angle. Making progress on this could help us grow the community in the long-run.
Yeah, Iād feel more positive about some questions on this as part of a larger survey than about an independent research project just on this. And the question of how being an EA has impacted peopleās social/āromantic lives seems perhaps more important and less weird/āweird-seeming than the specific questions of whether EAs date other EAs vs non-EAs and how that affects their experiences.
(But these are just my quick, largely-intuition-based two cents.)
Marisaās answer seems great to me.
Two small things Iāll add:
Hereās a hilarious article on āmarrying to giveā, written as a parody of 80,000 Hours
It could be interesting to learn what proportion of EAs date/āform long-term relationships with other EAs vs with non-EAs, and whether thereās a notable difference between those cases in how successful the dating/ārelationships are
But Iād guess that that information would be much less valuable than a lot of other information we could spend our resources gaining, and Iād also worry about becoming/āappearing navel-gazing or cult-like
Funny article!
I actually think getting that sort of information might be quite useful. Iām not saying we should have an independent research project on āRomantic relationships in EAā but perhaps the next EA survey could throw a few questions in regarding how being an EA has impacted on social/āromantic life. We donāt want to completely neglect the how āniceā it is to be part of the EA community angle. Making progress on this could help us grow the community in the long-run.
Yeah, Iād feel more positive about some questions on this as part of a larger survey than about an independent research project just on this. And the question of how being an EA has impacted peopleās social/āromantic lives seems perhaps more important and less weird/āweird-seeming than the specific questions of whether EAs date other EAs vs non-EAs and how that affects their experiences.
(But these are just my quick, largely-intuition-based two cents.)
I agree!