I like EA ideas, I think my sanely trying to solve the biggest problems is a good thing. I am less sure about the current EA movement, partly because of the track record of the movement so far and partly because of intuitions that movements that are as into gaining influence and recruiting more people will go off track and it doesn’t to me look like there’s enough being done to preserve people’s sanity and get them to think clearly in the face of the mind-warping effects of the movement.
I think it could both be true that we need a healthy EA (or longtermist) movement to make it through this century and that the current EA movement ends up causing more harm than good. Just to be clear, I currently think that in the current trajectory, the EA movement will end up being net good but I am not super confident in this.
Also, sorry my answer is mostly just coming from thinking about AI x-risk stuff rather than EA as a whole.
If EA is net harmful then people shouldn’t work directly on solving problems either, we should just pack up and go home.
I like EA ideas, I think my sanely trying to solve the biggest problems is a good thing. I am less sure about the current EA movement, partly because of the track record of the movement so far and partly because of intuitions that movements that are as into gaining influence and recruiting more people will go off track and it doesn’t to me look like there’s enough being done to preserve people’s sanity and get them to think clearly in the face of the mind-warping effects of the movement.
I think it could both be true that we need a healthy EA (or longtermist) movement to make it through this century and that the current EA movement ends up causing more harm than good. Just to be clear, I currently think that in the current trajectory, the EA movement will end up being net good but I am not super confident in this.
Also, sorry my answer is mostly just coming from thinking about AI x-risk stuff rather than EA as a whole.