By that definition, plausibly (though we’re even more niche than that). Being very highly educated doesn’t seem to have especially concerning costs of the sorts that Katja sketched, partly because the prospects we’re currently reaching are highly educated too. Also, perhaps needless to say, the highly educated are disproportionately high earning, and while we should be trying to reach everyone there’s a case for prioritising these people while our reach is quite small.
Highly educated can have trouble relating to the non highly educated. This is a wierdness cost that has echoes in numbers 2-6. The good news is that we can mitigate this cost fairly easily by reaching out to people on their own terms and building a broader movement. :)
if by ‘weird’ we simply mean ‘unusual’, I would have thought being very highly educated is the strongest way in which EAs are weird.
By that definition, plausibly (though we’re even more niche than that). Being very highly educated doesn’t seem to have especially concerning costs of the sorts that Katja sketched, partly because the prospects we’re currently reaching are highly educated too. Also, perhaps needless to say, the highly educated are disproportionately high earning, and while we should be trying to reach everyone there’s a case for prioritising these people while our reach is quite small.
Highly educated can have trouble relating to the non highly educated. This is a wierdness cost that has echoes in numbers 2-6. The good news is that we can mitigate this cost fairly easily by reaching out to people on their own terms and building a broader movement. :)