It is, however, an argument for why we should normally look beyond EA to find people/organizations/opportunities for solving big problems.
Yes, if the post was simply arguing that we should look beyond longtermism for opportunities to solve big problems it would have more validity. As it stands the argument is a non sequitur.
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It is, however, an argument for why we should normally look beyond EA to find people/organizations/opportunities for solving big problems.
Yes, if the post was simply arguing that we should look beyond longtermism for opportunities to solve big problems it would have more validity. As it stands the argument is a non sequitur.