Bregman and Harari are exactly examples of tokens, and being open about your EA-ness to friends is detokenizing them I think, so I do agree with you on this being part of the solution.
I don’t think me not having a job offer cuts against my thesis:
It’s not that simple and there’s more to the story
My point is, I was frustrated, but I think being honest about my EA affiliation is not something I would trade against a job—if someone doesn’t want me because of that, I’d probably be better off somewhere else. There will be other impactful opportunities, some of them with a better value-alignment factor.
I can say that also because I was not in a precarious financial situation.
It’s also a point supporting something like “I have experienced this myself and don’t regret it” (it happened 9 months ago and I’m perfectly satisfied of where I am today, despite this happening).
I think many others will make different tradeoffs, and that’s okay. I am merely advocating for shifting the norm and questioning one’s motivations more explicitly, instead of defaulting to this behavior as if it was harmless.
Thanks Oscar for sharing this! A few points:
Bregman and Harari are exactly examples of tokens, and being open about your EA-ness to friends is detokenizing them I think, so I do agree with you on this being part of the solution.
I don’t think me not having a job offer cuts against my thesis:
It’s not that simple and there’s more to the story
My point is, I was frustrated, but I think being honest about my EA affiliation is not something I would trade against a job—if someone doesn’t want me because of that, I’d probably be better off somewhere else. There will be other impactful opportunities, some of them with a better value-alignment factor.
I can say that also because I was not in a precarious financial situation.
It’s also a point supporting something like “I have experienced this myself and don’t regret it” (it happened 9 months ago and I’m perfectly satisfied of where I am today, despite this happening).
I think many others will make different tradeoffs, and that’s okay. I am merely advocating for shifting the norm and questioning one’s motivations more explicitly, instead of defaulting to this behavior as if it was harmless.