the suggested role models are all thinkers rather than doers
At least some of the people listed are either doers, or are a sort of combination of thinkers and doers. I’m do view these people mostly as thinkers, but I also have a sort of bias in that I didn’t know about Hans Rosling in the 80s or about Paul Farmers work in the 90s. These people have done much more than simply give talks and write blog posts; they have also done things to directly improve the world.
Some of the people on the list
Changed their careers in order to generate more donations for the global poor (Holden Karnofsky)
At least some of the people listed are either doers, or are a sort of combination of thinkers and doers. I’m do view these people mostly as thinkers, but I also have a sort of bias in that I didn’t know about Hans Rosling in the 80s or about Paul Farmers work in the 90s. These people have done much more than simply give talks and write blog posts; they have also done things to directly improve the world.
Some of the people on the list
Changed their careers in order to generate more donations for the global poor (Holden Karnofsky)
Founded/created/ran organizations (William MacAskill)
Volunteered at a hospital in Haiti (Paul Farmer)
Counselled and provided guidance/advice to many, many people (Julia Wise)
Studied the outbreak of disease across multiple African countries and worked for Sweden’s International Development Agency (Hans Rosling)