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.
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.