EA hasn’t been a major personal focus for me, yet, and my achievements are more modest.
I was one of the volunteers at the EA Global Summit in Melbourne. The summit would have gone on fine without me, but the things I helped with seemed to make people happy (and I enjoyed it). Creating positive experiences around EA seems valuable.
I’ve been posting a bit about the Giving What We Can pledge on Facebook, including in a group that I run (Self-Improvement for Nerds). That has led to some positive comments, including a friend saying that they really liked what I posted and that they want to be more deliberate about their giving this year. So I’m likely to have nudged at least one person in a positive direction.
Bigger plans this year, but I’m encouraged that even small efforts can have an impact. I really appreciated being able to post quality content from the EA community (articles, blog posts and the video showing changes in malaria rates) – I think that made it much more credible.
Update: my friend signed the pledge, and watched Peter Singer’s TED Talk on EA with their mother. It apparently has pushed them both to be more strategic about their altruism.
I was careful not to badger them about it at any point—they came to me about it. I would have liked to sign up more friends during the pledge drive, but I started late, and I think I want to continue working in this way, engaging without being pushy.
EA hasn’t been a major personal focus for me, yet, and my achievements are more modest.
I was one of the volunteers at the EA Global Summit in Melbourne. The summit would have gone on fine without me, but the things I helped with seemed to make people happy (and I enjoyed it). Creating positive experiences around EA seems valuable.
I’ve been posting a bit about the Giving What We Can pledge on Facebook, including in a group that I run (Self-Improvement for Nerds). That has led to some positive comments, including a friend saying that they really liked what I posted and that they want to be more deliberate about their giving this year. So I’m likely to have nudged at least one person in a positive direction.
Bigger plans this year, but I’m encouraged that even small efforts can have an impact. I really appreciated being able to post quality content from the EA community (articles, blog posts and the video showing changes in malaria rates) – I think that made it much more credible.
Update: my friend signed the pledge, and watched Peter Singer’s TED Talk on EA with their mother. It apparently has pushed them both to be more strategic about their altruism.
I was careful not to badger them about it at any point—they came to me about it. I would have liked to sign up more friends during the pledge drive, but I started late, and I think I want to continue working in this way, engaging without being pushy.
Congratulations! I think that’s really awesome! :D
Ditto!