And beyond neglectedness, a reason to focus more on these other important traits relative to IQ — at the level of what we seek to develop individually and incentivize collectively — is that many of these other traits and skills probably are more elastic and improvable than is IQ
This is the most important thing to me. We’re burning a lot of fuel proving that we have a good (basically) fixed trait, and what’s the point? What do we actually gain by knowing the exact smartness ranking of the people in EA? Just seems like a waste of time compared to learning things, gaining skills, forming new collaborations, etc.
Also disturbs me that being found to be smart seems to be its own reward, instead of an instrument for having a positive impact.
This is the most important thing to me. We’re burning a lot of fuel proving that we have a good (basically) fixed trait, and what’s the point? What do we actually gain by knowing the exact smartness ranking of the people in EA? Just seems like a waste of time compared to learning things, gaining skills, forming new collaborations, etc.
Also disturbs me that being found to be smart seems to be its own reward, instead of an instrument for having a positive impact.