Fwiw it seems to me that effective altruists do emphasise several of the other mentioned traits a lot. E.g. that seems true regarding “Being good at scrutinizing one’s own ideas and convictions”, “Being willing to face unpleasant views and inconvenient conclusions”, “Being willing to explore fundamental issues”, and “Being driven (by altruistic impact)”.
With regards to the first three, effective altruists have celebrated the Scout Mindset, cause-neutrality, and “weird” ideas; and are more generally emphasising the importance of good epistemics a lot. Similarly, effective altruists emphasise the importance of being driven by impact.
I agree that most of these other traits do get emphasized, and I probably should have acknowledged that. :)
But I still think it would be beneficial to emphasize most of these traits much more (which is part of the reason why a book like The Scout Mindset is so important). For example, it seems to me that exploration of fundamental issues is extremely neglected relative to its importance. It also seems to me that potential inconvenience and unpleasantness biases warrant more attention in discussions about the importance of non-human animals and risks of very bad future outcomes.
Fwiw it seems to me that effective altruists do emphasise several of the other mentioned traits a lot. E.g. that seems true regarding “Being good at scrutinizing one’s own ideas and convictions”, “Being willing to face unpleasant views and inconvenient conclusions”, “Being willing to explore fundamental issues”, and “Being driven (by altruistic impact)”.
With regards to the first three, effective altruists have celebrated the Scout Mindset, cause-neutrality, and “weird” ideas; and are more generally emphasising the importance of good epistemics a lot. Similarly, effective altruists emphasise the importance of being driven by impact.
I agree that most of these other traits do get emphasized, and I probably should have acknowledged that. :)
But I still think it would be beneficial to emphasize most of these traits much more (which is part of the reason why a book like The Scout Mindset is so important). For example, it seems to me that exploration of fundamental issues is extremely neglected relative to its importance. It also seems to me that potential inconvenience and unpleasantness biases warrant more attention in discussions about the importance of non-human animals and risks of very bad future outcomes.