I talked to two people who said things that indicated they lean EA, asked them about if they identified that way, and then they told me they didn’t because they associate EA with Singer-style act utilitarianism and self-imposed poverty through maximizing donated income.
This is interesting. What about them seemed EA-aligned? When I came across EA I was attracted to it because of the Singer-style act utilitarianism, and I’ve had worries that it’s drifting too far from that and losing touch with the moral urgency that I felt in the early days. That said, I do think that actually trying to practice act utilitarianism leads to more mature views that suggest being careful about pushing ourselves too far.
This is interesting. What about them seemed EA-aligned? When I came across EA I was attracted to it because of the Singer-style act utilitarianism, and I’ve had worries that it’s drifting too far from that and losing touch with the moral urgency that I felt in the early days. That said, I do think that actually trying to practice act utilitarianism leads to more mature views that suggest being careful about pushing ourselves too far.
Probably that they expressed interest in doing the most good possible for the world with their work.