What object-level achievements has EA NYC had, in terms of money moved, talent found and placed in organizations, policy and technical achievements by those organizations, etc.? To be a bit blunt, the EA community and community members are not the point of EA, impact is the point.
Thanks for raising this, Thomas! I agree impact is the goal, rather than community for community’s sake. This particular Forum post was intended to focus on the community as a whole and its size, activity, and vibe, rather than on EA NYC as an organization. We plan to discuss EA NYC’s mission, strategy, and (object-level) achievements more in a future post. There’s a lot to say on that front and I don’t think I’ll do it justice here in a comment. If there are certain details you’d find especially interesting or useful to see in a future post about EA NYC, we’d love to know!
This is a reasonable question to ask, but it felt a bit unkind so I downvoted. I think it’s okay to post things that are clearly framed as “here’s the vibe of our community” and not “here’s why we’re impactful” and I wish you’d at least acknowledged that was the aim of the post before requesting more info.
When I wrote the comment, it wasn’t clear to me what the aim of the post was, and I thought Rockwell’s reply clarified this. I just misinterpreted “accomplishments” at the top as being about impact rather than community. So I’m now glad this post exists, though citing metrics still bothers me a bit.
What object-level achievements has EA NYC had, in terms of money moved, talent found and placed in organizations, policy and technical achievements by those organizations, etc.? To be a bit blunt, the EA community and community members are not the point of EA, impact is the point.
Thanks for raising this, Thomas! I agree impact is the goal, rather than community for community’s sake. This particular Forum post was intended to focus on the community as a whole and its size, activity, and vibe, rather than on EA NYC as an organization. We plan to discuss EA NYC’s mission, strategy, and (object-level) achievements more in a future post. There’s a lot to say on that front and I don’t think I’ll do it justice here in a comment. If there are certain details you’d find especially interesting or useful to see in a future post about EA NYC, we’d love to know!
This is a reasonable question to ask, but it felt a bit unkind so I downvoted. I think it’s okay to post things that are clearly framed as “here’s the vibe of our community” and not “here’s why we’re impactful” and I wish you’d at least acknowledged that was the aim of the post before requesting more info.
When I wrote the comment, it wasn’t clear to me what the aim of the post was, and I thought Rockwell’s reply clarified this. I just misinterpreted “accomplishments” at the top as being about impact rather than community. So I’m now glad this post exists, though citing metrics still bothers me a bit.
That’s fair. I agree accomplishments probably wasn’t the right word for this kind of post.