Thank you for this post! Iâm a loud-and-proud advocate of the âbig tentâ. Itâs partly selfish, because I donât have the markers that would make me EA Elite (like multiple Oxbridge degrees or a gazillion dollars).
What I do have is a persistent desire to steadily hack away at the tremendous amount of suffering in the world, and a solid set of interpersonal skills. So I show up and I make my donations and I do my level best to encourage/âuplift/âmotivate the other folks who might feel the way that I do. If the tent werenât big, I wouldnât be here, and I think that would be a loss.
Your new GWWC memberâs EAGx experience is exactly what Iâm out here trying to prevent. Here is someone who was interested/âengaged enough to go to a conference, andâweâve lost them. What a waste! Just a little more care could have helped that person come away willing to continue to engage with EAâor at least not have a negative view of it.
There are lots of folks out there who are working hard on ânarrow towerâ EA. Hooray for themâthey are driving the forward motion of the movement and achieving amazing things. But in my view, we also need the âbig tentâ folks to make sure the movement stays accessible.
After all, âHow can I do the most good, with the resources available to me?â is a question moreâcertainly not fewer! - people should be encouraged to ask.
Thank you for this post! Iâm a loud-and-proud advocate of the âbig tentâ. Itâs partly selfish, because I donât have the markers that would make me EA Elite (like multiple Oxbridge degrees or a gazillion dollars).
What I do have is a persistent desire to steadily hack away at the tremendous amount of suffering in the world, and a solid set of interpersonal skills. So I show up and I make my donations and I do my level best to encourage/âuplift/âmotivate the other folks who might feel the way that I do. If the tent werenât big, I wouldnât be here, and I think that would be a loss.
Your new GWWC memberâs EAGx experience is exactly what Iâm out here trying to prevent. Here is someone who was interested/âengaged enough to go to a conference, andâweâve lost them. What a waste! Just a little more care could have helped that person come away willing to continue to engage with EAâor at least not have a negative view of it.
There are lots of folks out there who are working hard on ânarrow towerâ EA. Hooray for themâthey are driving the forward motion of the movement and achieving amazing things. But in my view, we also need the âbig tentâ folks to make sure the movement stays accessible.
After all, âHow can I do the most good, with the resources available to me?â is a question moreâcertainly not fewer! - people should be encouraged to ask.