EA should try to make people feel relevant if and only if they’re doing good.
I would even say something like “iff they’re making an honest attempt at doing good”, because the kids are suffering from enough crippling anxiety as it is :)
Regarding applying to EA organizations, I think we can simply say that the applicants are doing good by applying. Many of the orgs have explicitly said they want lots of applicants—the applicants aren’t wasting the orgs’ time, but helping them get better candidates (in addition to learning a lot through the process, etc).
Yes, makes sense.
I would even say something like “iff they’re making an honest attempt at doing good”, because the kids are suffering from enough crippling anxiety as it is :)
Regarding applying to EA organizations, I think we can simply say that the applicants are doing good by applying. Many of the orgs have explicitly said they want lots of applicants—the applicants aren’t wasting the orgs’ time, but helping them get better candidates (in addition to learning a lot through the process, etc).