I agree with the examples, but for the record I think it’s very misleading to claim Imma is a “mediocre EA”.
If I understand correctly, she moved to a different country so she could donate more, which enables her to donate a lot with her “normal” tech job (much more than the median EA). Before that, she helped kickstart the now booming Dutch EA community, and helped with “Doing Good Better” (she’s in the credits)
My understanding is that she’s not giving millions every year or founding charities, but she still did much more than a “median EA” would be able to
I don’t know Imma and so can’t evaluate her identification as “mediocre” in some way, but what you’re describing shows that being “mediocre” in some characteristics can be overcome with strength in others, like heart and commitment.
I think the only thing Imma might be “median” in is weekly work hours, which I don’t think is what the poster meant. Most people couldn’t do these things
FWIW: I moved back for reasons fully in line with my (mixture of altruistic and non-altruistic) values and for kickstarting the Dutch EA community I would really really assign the credits to other people. Big thanks to them.
I agree with the examples, but for the record I think it’s very misleading to claim Imma is a “mediocre EA”.
If I understand correctly, she moved to a different country so she could donate more, which enables her to donate a lot with her “normal” tech job (much more than the median EA). Before that, she helped kickstart the now booming Dutch EA community, and helped with “Doing Good Better” (she’s in the credits)
My understanding is that she’s not giving millions every year or founding charities, but she still did much more than a “median EA” would be able to
I don’t know Imma and so can’t evaluate her identification as “mediocre” in some way, but what you’re describing shows that being “mediocre” in some characteristics can be overcome with strength in others, like heart and commitment.
I think the only thing Imma might be “median” in is weekly work hours, which I don’t think is what the poster meant. Most people couldn’t do these things
Big +1, thanks for bigging up Imma (and the Dutch EA community!)
Your comment makes me smile :)
FWIW: I moved back for reasons fully in line with my (mixture of altruistic and non-altruistic) values and for kickstarting the Dutch EA community I would really really assign the credits to other people. Big thanks to them.
I agree with Jason though, in general terms.