Thanks for taking the time to let me know your thoughts in detail, and it’s useful to have a bit of your background for context. As you say, people focused on poverty sometimes seem to get a slightly short shrift in the online EA community (that’s not at all my experience in person, at least in Oxford). The two books being released focus quite a bit on poverty rather than other causes though, so it’s likely that the current atmosphere is temporary. It does seem important for us to keep our current focus, whether or not we change the pledge.
“Those committed to poverty, who—in other EA orgs—often seem to be looked on as incomplete or fledgling EAs,”
My experience matches Arepo’s both online and in person. (I found it most prevalent in Oxford in fact). Also I agree this is even more true when it comes to AR.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know your thoughts in detail, and it’s useful to have a bit of your background for context. As you say, people focused on poverty sometimes seem to get a slightly short shrift in the online EA community (that’s not at all my experience in person, at least in Oxford). The two books being released focus quite a bit on poverty rather than other causes though, so it’s likely that the current atmosphere is temporary. It does seem important for us to keep our current focus, whether or not we change the pledge.
“Those committed to poverty, who—in other EA orgs—often seem to be looked on as incomplete or fledgling EAs,”
My experience matches Arepo’s both online and in person. (I found it most prevalent in Oxford in fact). Also I agree this is even more true when it comes to AR.