This is an interesting post and I do think there is an underappreciated analogy, even if the effect size of each behavior is quite different.
One minor point: I very strongly encourage you not to adopt any concept of an “EA in good standing” based on how much good a person does and how effectively.
EA is a set of ideas and a movement. If we make it about a set of people, only some of who are “true EAs,” it becomes at best a clique and at worst a cult.
This is an interesting post and I do think there is an underappreciated analogy, even if the effect size of each behavior is quite different.
One minor point: I very strongly encourage you not to adopt any concept of an “EA in good standing” based on how much good a person does and how effectively.
EA is a set of ideas and a movement. If we make it about a set of people, only some of who are “true EAs,” it becomes at best a clique and at worst a cult.