The optimal solution is neither to allow no one in nor to allow everyone in, but somewhere in between.
I feel somewhat icky about the framing of “allowing people into EA”. I celebrate everyone who shares the value of improving the lives of others, and who wants to do this most effectively. I don’t like the idea that some people will be not allowed to be part of this community, especially since EA is currently the only community like it. I see the tradeoff more in who we’re advertising towards and what type of activities we’re focussing on as a community, e.g. things that better reflect what is most useful, like cultivating intellectual rigor and effective execution of useful projects.
So I think “(not) allowing X in” was not particularly well worded; what I meant was something like “making choices that cause X (not) to join”. So that includes stuff like this:
I see the tradeoff more in who we’re advertising towards and what type of activities we’re focussing on as a community, e.g. things that better reflect what is most useful, like cultivating intellectual rigor and effective execution of useful projects.
And to be clear, I’m talking about EA as a community / shared project. I think it’s perfectly possible and fine to have an EA mindset / do good by EA standards without being a member of the community.
That said, I do think there are some rare situations where you would not allow some people to be part of the community, e.g. I don’t think Gleb Tsipursky should be a member today.
I feel somewhat icky about the framing of “allowing people into EA”. I celebrate everyone who shares the value of improving the lives of others, and who wants to do this most effectively. I don’t like the idea that some people will be not allowed to be part of this community, especially since EA is currently the only community like it. I see the tradeoff more in who we’re advertising towards and what type of activities we’re focussing on as a community, e.g. things that better reflect what is most useful, like cultivating intellectual rigor and effective execution of useful projects.
So I think “(not) allowing X in” was not particularly well worded; what I meant was something like “making choices that cause X (not) to join”. So that includes stuff like this:
And to be clear, I’m talking about EA as a community / shared project. I think it’s perfectly possible and fine to have an EA mindset / do good by EA standards without being a member of the community.
That said, I do think there are some rare situations where you would not allow some people to be part of the community, e.g. I don’t think Gleb Tsipursky should be a member today.