Thanks for this analysis. If there’s time for more, I’d be keen to see something more focused on ‘level of contribution’ rather than subscriber vs. identifier. I’m not too concerned about whether someone identifies with EA, but rather with how much impact they’re able to have. It would be useful to know which sources are most responsible for the people who are most contributing.
I’m not sure what proxies you have for this in the survey data, but I’m thinking ideally of concrete achievements, like working full-time in EA; or donating over $5,000 per year.
You could also look at how dedicated to social impact they say they are combined with things like academic credentials, but these proxies are much more noisy.
One potential source of proxies is how involved someone says they are in EA, but again I don’t care about that so much compared to what they’re actually contributing.
Agreed. A per my reply to you here we’re still going to talk about the influence of different levels of involvement with regards to cause selection and in a post addressing your question about levels of involvement and different routes by which people get involved in EA.
Thanks for this analysis. If there’s time for more, I’d be keen to see something more focused on ‘level of contribution’ rather than subscriber vs. identifier. I’m not too concerned about whether someone identifies with EA, but rather with how much impact they’re able to have. It would be useful to know which sources are most responsible for the people who are most contributing.
I’m not sure what proxies you have for this in the survey data, but I’m thinking ideally of concrete achievements, like working full-time in EA; or donating over $5,000 per year.
You could also look at how dedicated to social impact they say they are combined with things like academic credentials, but these proxies are much more noisy.
One potential source of proxies is how involved someone says they are in EA, but again I don’t care about that so much compared to what they’re actually contributing.
Agreed. A per my reply to you here we’re still going to talk about the influence of different levels of involvement with regards to cause selection and in a post addressing your question about levels of involvement and different routes by which people get involved in EA.
Great! I was wondering if this might be it.