I didn’t vote either way, but I’m sympathetic to Hauke’s view because I think some EAs are distracted by COVID-19 stuff that they don’t have a lot of expertise right now when they could be doing higher impact work.
(There are also some EAs who should be working on COVOD-19! I’m just not sure what the balance is.)
EDIT: Okay, if I’m honest, it’s because I keep getting distracted by COVID-19 volunteer efforts when I would have more impact focusing on my job.
I didn’t vote either way, but I’m sympathetic to Hauke’s view because I think some EAs are distracted by COVID-19 stuff that they don’t have a lot of expertise right now when they could be doing higher impact work.
(There are also some EAs who should be working on COVOD-19! I’m just not sure what the balance is.)
EDIT: Okay, if I’m honest, it’s because I keep getting distracted by COVID-19 volunteer efforts when I would have more impact focusing on my job.
80000 Hours says the ~4% with greatest comparative advantage should work on COVID-19.