The EA community seems to have a lot of very successful people by normal social standards, pursuing earning to give, research, politics and more. They are often doing better by their own lights as a result of having learned things from other people interested in EA-ish topics. Typically they aren’t yet at the top of their fields but that’s unsurprising as most are 25-35.
The rationality community, inasmuch as it doesn’t overlap with the EA community, also has plenty of people who are successful by their own lights, but their goals tend to be becoming thinkers and writers who offer the world fresh ideas and a unique perspective on things. That does seems to be the comparative advantage of that group. So then it’s not so surprising that we don’t see lots of people e.g. getting rich. They mostly aren’t trying to. 🤷♂️
The EA community seems to have a lot of very successful people by normal social standards, pursuing earning to give, research, politics and more. They are often doing better by their own lights as a result of having learned things from other people interested in EA-ish topics. Typically they aren’t yet at the top of their fields but that’s unsurprising as most are 25-35.
The rationality community, inasmuch as it doesn’t overlap with the EA community, also has plenty of people who are successful by their own lights, but their goals tend to be becoming thinkers and writers who offer the world fresh ideas and a unique perspective on things. That does seems to be the comparative advantage of that group. So then it’s not so surprising that we don’t see lots of people e.g. getting rich. They mostly aren’t trying to. 🤷♂️