I think there are extensions of (1) and (3) that could also be true, like “people at EA Global were particularly likely to be college-educated” and “people who successfully applied to EA Global are particularly willing to sacrifice today in order to improve the future”
EDIT: and just generally wealth leads to increased fitness I think—obesity is correlated with poverty and food insecurity in Western countries
I’m currently doing research on this! The big big driver is age, income is pretty small comparatively, the education effect goes away when you account for income and age. At least this what I get from the raw health survey of England data lol.
I think there are extensions of (1) and (3) that could also be true, like “people at EA Global were particularly likely to be college-educated” and “people who successfully applied to EA Global are particularly willing to sacrifice today in order to improve the future”
EDIT: and just generally wealth leads to increased fitness I think—obesity is correlated with poverty and food insecurity in Western countries
I’m currently doing research on this! The big big driver is age, income is pretty small comparatively, the education effect goes away when you account for income and age. At least this what I get from the raw health survey of England data lol.