People frequently behave as though EA is an ideology. I believe they ought not behave this way; we will do more good if we focus on doing good and not on the dogmas that inevitably arise out of the EA community. I myself am guilty of this: when responding to OP, I originally wanted to “defend my tribe” and say OP is bad and EA is good. I re-wrote my comment several times to focus on the fact that OP is actually good and saying valuable things, and to formulate a constructive and cooperative comment, instead of just defending my tribe. I believe this is a good thing and I ought to try to do this more often, and I can probably do better.
People often behave as though EA is an ideology, not a question; this is generally harmful.
I can probably mitigate the effects of (1) by reminding people to think of EA as a question, not an ideology; which is why I did so in my previous comment.
People frequently behave as though EA is an ideology. I believe they ought not behave this way; we will do more good if we focus on doing good and not on the dogmas that inevitably arise out of the EA community. I myself am guilty of this: when responding to OP, I originally wanted to “defend my tribe” and say OP is bad and EA is good. I re-wrote my comment several times to focus on the fact that OP is actually good and saying valuable things, and to formulate a constructive and cooperative comment, instead of just defending my tribe. I believe this is a good thing and I ought to try to do this more often, and I can probably do better.
People often behave as though EA is an ideology, not a question; this is generally harmful.
I can probably mitigate the effects of (1) by reminding people to think of EA as a question, not an ideology; which is why I did so in my previous comment.