I generally think EA- and longtermist- land could benefit from more ‘professional distance’: that folks can contribute to these things without having to adopt an identity or community
I am curious: if you believe professional distance is a good thing for EA, then what is your explanation for EA not being a solved problem already? The existing networks of professionals had all the analytical knowledge required; save for the people who joined up straight out of college pretty much everyone currently working in EA was already in those networks.
There seems to be some premise missing in this argument.
To me, it seems that the question whether professional distance is good or not is mostly orthogonal to the question why EA isn’t a solved problem already.
I am curious: if you believe professional distance is a good thing for EA, then what is your explanation for EA not being a solved problem already? The existing networks of professionals had all the analytical knowledge required; save for the people who joined up straight out of college pretty much everyone currently working in EA was already in those networks.
There seems to be some premise missing in this argument.
To me, it seems that the question whether professional distance is good or not is mostly orthogonal to the question why EA isn’t a solved problem already.