I actually think getting that sort of information might be quite useful. I’m not saying we should have an independent research project on “Romantic relationships in EA” but perhaps the next EA survey could throw a few questions in regarding how being an EA has impacted on social/romantic life. We don’t want to completely neglect the how “nice” 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, I’d 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 people’s social/romantic lives seems perhaps more important and less weird/weird-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.)
Funny article!
I actually think getting that sort of information might be quite useful. I’m not saying we should have an independent research project on “Romantic relationships in EA” but perhaps the next EA survey could throw a few questions in regarding how being an EA has impacted on social/romantic life. We don’t want to completely neglect the how “nice” 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, I’d 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 people’s social/romantic lives seems perhaps more important and less weird/weird-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!