Hi everyone! I generally go by Velociraptor online, but if you find that too silly, please call me Lu. I had a pretty awful experience burning myself out trying to do too much volunteer work during the peak of covid, and when I was seeking more reasonable and high-impact ways to return to helping, I stumbled across effective altruism a few months ago. The ideas have really appealed to me, although I’m still uncertain about some aspects (mostly the global focus, I’m generally a proponent of local efforts as participants tend to have more in-depth knowledge about the problems they are tackling). I’m most interested in the career directing ideas that I’ve read about, but I’m also interested in learning more about all aspects of this movement!
mostly the global focus, I’m generally a proponent of local efforts as participants tend to have more in-depth knowledge about the problems they are tackling
If you’re from an affluent community or country, there’s a trade-off between doing things you strongly know to be good (because you’re local), and helping the people who are the least fortunate (who are nowhere near you). A solution might be finding ways to elicit local knowledge and help with impactful work in other places (the Global South, the future, factory farms etc.).
Hi everyone! I generally go by Velociraptor online, but if you find that too silly, please call me Lu. I had a pretty awful experience burning myself out trying to do too much volunteer work during the peak of covid, and when I was seeking more reasonable and high-impact ways to return to helping, I stumbled across effective altruism a few months ago. The ideas have really appealed to me, although I’m still uncertain about some aspects (mostly the global focus, I’m generally a proponent of local efforts as participants tend to have more in-depth knowledge about the problems they are tackling). I’m most interested in the career directing ideas that I’ve read about, but I’m also interested in learning more about all aspects of this movement!
If you’re from an affluent community or country, there’s a trade-off between doing things you strongly know to be good (because you’re local), and helping the people who are the least fortunate (who are nowhere near you). A solution might be finding ways to elicit local knowledge and help with impactful work in other places (the Global South, the future, factory farms etc.).