Ultimately I care about impact, but the engagement measures in the EA survey seem like the best proxy we have within that dataset.
(E.g. there is also donation data but I don’t think it’s very useful for assessing the potential impact of people who are too young to have donated much yet.)
A better analysis of this question should also look at things like people who made valuable career changes vs. age, which seems more closely related to impact.
Is engagement the thing you want to optimise for over impact or are the two highly correlated for you?
Ultimately I care about impact, but the engagement measures in the EA survey seem like the best proxy we have within that dataset.
(E.g. there is also donation data but I don’t think it’s very useful for assessing the potential impact of people who are too young to have donated much yet.)
A better analysis of this question should also look at things like people who made valuable career changes vs. age, which seems more closely related to impact.